Bill mandating process for parents to challenge books, programs in Kentucky public schools advances
Critics continue to criticize the legislation as a slippery slope to banning books by Liam Niemeyer, Kentucky LanternMarch 13, 2023 A controversial bill that would mandate a process in...
Bill to let advanced-practice registered nurses prescribe controlled substances on their own after four years passes, at long last
By Melissa PatrickKentucky Health News A bill to create a path for Kentucky’s advanced-practice registered nurses to prescribe controlled substances independently has finally passed and is on its way...
‘Gray machines’ ban, sports betting legalization advance in Kentucky House
Speaker Osborne optimistic Senate will agree this year By Liam Niemeyer, Kentucky Lantern FRANKFORT — Two gambling-related bills — one to legalize betting on sports contests and another to...
Bill Regulating Delta-8 THC Passes House, Hemp Industry Welcomes New Oversight
Frankfort, Ky.–The Kentucky House of Representatives passed a bill, House Bill 544, requiring the state regulation of Delta-8 THC, a psychoactive substance derived from hemp. The bill would establish...
An unrelated bill became a vehicle for allowing concealed weapons on Kentucky’s college campuses
NRA supports, campus police chiefs oppose ending gun-free zones By Liam Niemeyer, Kentucky Lantern FRANKFORT — Republican legislation that would ban colleges, universities and any other “postsecondary education facility”...
Juvenile justice would get more money, more scrutiny under bills approved by Kentucky Senate
By Sarah Ladd, Kentucky Lantern FRANKFORT — The Kentucky Senate Tuesday unanimously passed two bills aimed at stemming what lawmakers called a crisis in Kentucky’s Department of Juvenile Justice....
Bill could pave way for online news outlets to publish legally-required public notices
By McKenna Horsley, Kentucky Lantern FRANKFORT — Without a daily or weekly printed newspaper of record in Northern Kentucky, local leaders are seeking a way to get public notices...
Bill would create phone app for confidential mental-health texting for Ky. youth; 9.5% of Ky. high-schoolers have attempted suicide
By Melissa PatrickKentucky Health News A bill to create a free mobile-phone application for confidential crisis intervention for Kentucky youth, parents and their teachers is poised to pass the...
KCTCS supports Stivers’ proposed review of Kentucky’s higher education system
by McKenna Horsley, Kentucky Lantern FRANKFORT — Kentucky’s two-year college system supports Senate President Robert Stivers’ call for a comprehensive review of higher education, says the system’s acting president....
House health chair says anti-trans bill will worsen state’s health-workforce shortage, chill doctors’ dealings with young patients
By Melissa Patrick, Kentucky Health News A bill to ban gender-affirming treatment for Kentucky minors would worsen the state’s health-care workforce shortage and chill family health providers who often...