HB 255 Weakens Child Labor Laws and Will Fuel More School Dropouts
Republished from Kentucky Center for Economic Policy Alarming growth in exploitive child labor is already a problem in Kentucky, with violations rising and the state making embarrassing national news...
More Than 100 Kentucky Groups Urge Lawmakers to Reject House Bill 5
Republished from Kentucky Center for Economic Policy A diverse coalition of more than 100 Kentucky organizations, including faith, housing, justice, mental health, recovery and community groups sent the following...
Leaders from two different political parties agree on pace in the Kentucky Senate
Republished from WEKU. The Republican and Democratic leaders in the Kentucky Senate are offering generally positive comments about the legislative pace so far. Both admit there’s likely to be...
At-home blood thinner testing the focus of Frankfort legislation
Republished from WEKU. The Kentucky House is reviewing legislation standardizing Medicaid coverage for at-home medical testing for patients on blood thinners. The measure is sponsored by Richmond GOP Representative...
Multi-faceted trucking legislation rolling along in the Kentucky General Assembly
Republished from WEKU. What might be described as a truck omnibus bill has cleared it’s first hurdle. The legislation emerged from the Senate Transportation Committee this week. Committee Chair...
Democrats lament GOP anti-crime bill as the ‘suffer Ky. act’ as it passes state House
Republished from WEKU. Ahead of Thursday’s vote, Kentucky lawmakers filed more than two dozen floor amendments in nearly equal numbers from Republicans and Democrats. But only one amendment, filed...
State Reps. Sarah Stalker and Adrielle Camuel file bill to repeal SB 150, protect trans community
Photo: Left to right: Rep. Adrielle Camuel (D-Lexington); Rep. Sarah Stalker (D-Louisville) (Official photos) via press release FRANKFORT – Citing the considerable harm that the trans community has endured since...
Rep. Adrielle Camuel (D-Lexington) made exactly one campaign promise, and she has broken it.
In a State House campaign most memorable for its moral squishiness, lack of substance, and reliance on her supposed ties to Democratic power players, Camuel made only a single...
Sponsor of ‘Safer Kentucky Act’ proposes amendments on fentanyl, homelessness
FRANKFORT, KY–Rep. Jared Bauman (R-Louisville), the main sponsor of the “Safer Kentucky Act” (HB 5), introduced a new floor amendment to the bill Wednesday. This includes a revision of...
Eastern Kentucky state senator says marijuana impairment bill likely to be amended
Republished from WEKU. A state senator from eastern Kentucky said a bill he’s sponsored that would set impairment levels for marijuana is likely to be amended. Republican Johnnie Turner...