Kelly Craft and her coal exec spouse gave maximum $10,000 each to Republican Party of Kentucky… Who else?
by Tom Loftus, Kentucky Lantern FRANKFORT — Republican candidate for governor Kelly Craft and her husband Joe Craft each contributed $10,000 to the Republican Party of Kentucky last month. The two...
Can’t find the word? Try ‘bigotry’ – Fear and loathing in the Kentucky legislature
by Teri Carter, Kentucky Lantern In the penultimate courtroom scene in 1993’s “Philadelphia,” Denzel Washington’s character demands the court acknowledge the subject they have danced uncomfortably around throughout the...
Legislative roundup: Here are some of the bills that received a final vote before the legislature adjourned on Thursday
Frankfort, Ky.–The General Assembly’s 2023 Regular Session ended with a flurry of activity as lawmakers rushed to pass bills before the 10-day veto recess. The week was marked by...
Bill would address health-care workforce shortage with public-private fund to help Kentuckians enter health-related professions
By Melissa PatrickKentucky Health News In response to Kentucky’s health-care workforce shortages, the legislature has sent Gov. Andy Beshear a bill to create a fund with private and public...
Bill to address postpartum depression and other maternal mental-health problems has passed and awaits the governor’s action
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to ensure greater access to information and resources for mental-health care before and after the birth of a child passed without...
Kentucky legislature sends governor a bill to regulate Delta-8 THC
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News In response to a court decision last year that deemed products containing Delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol legal, a bill to regulate products with the substance...
Kentucky education commissioner says legislature put youth at risk with anti-LGBTQ bill
The day after Kentucky lawmakers rapidly changed and passed a bill to include measures banning gender-affirming care for minors, the state’s top education official decried the “sweeping and harmful”...
How Republicans scrambled and maneuvered to quash bipartisan Senate changes to bill banning gender-affirming care for youth
By Melissa PatrickKentucky Health News A revised bill with language to ban gender-affirming care for Kentucky’s transgender youth moved quickly through both houses of the General Assembly Thursday and is...
Bill making it harder to retire Kentucky coal plants heads to governor’s desk
Kentucky’s manufacturers, investor-owned utilities and House Democrats opposed the measure by Liam Niemeyer, Kentucky Lantern FRANKFORT — A bill backed by Kentucky’s coal industry that would make it harder...
Former Lexington Council Member Votes For Anti-Trans Bill in State Senate
Frankfort, Ky.–A former Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council Member recently voted to concur on Senate Bill 150, an anti-trans bill, in the Kentucky legislature. Amanda Mays Bledsoe, R-Lexington, voted in...