A bill that would make Kentucky a 2nd Amendment Sanctuary state passed the House Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection Tuesday. It is on the House calendar for Wednesday, but there’s no guarantee it will get a vote. Sponsored by Rep. Josh Bray (R-Mount Vernon), House Bill 29 would prohibit a ban on firearms in […]
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Senate passes bill to address nursing shortage
A bill to help address the nursing shortage passed the Senate Tuesday. Sponsored by Sen. Robby Mills (R-Henderson), Senate Bill 10 seeks to restructure the Kentucky Board of Nursing and provide more student access to nursing programs. “We can all be happy to see the latest wave of COVID-19 dramatically declining, but the awareness it […]
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Omnibus abortion bill passes House committee
For Kentucky resident Robin Kunkel, getting an abortion saved her life. If the omnibus abortion bill that passed the House Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection Committee meeting Tuesday morning becomes law, it might prevent others from getting the procedure. After years of deciding whether Kunkel and her partner wanted to have a baby, they […]
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Beshear wants to ‘break ground next year’ on $2 billion Brent Spence project
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine met Monday for a joint press conference in Covington to announce a “Memorandum of Understanding” that would see the possibility of a companion Brent Spence Bridge taking another step forward. Held at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center, the memorandum announcement will see both governors jointly seek […]
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House takes first steps to rid state of income tax
The Kentucky legislature took its first step to get rid of the state’s income tax when the House released House Bill 8 on Friday. The bill will slowly lower the state’s five percent income tax by one percent each year, with the first drop on Jan. 1, 2023. “Kentuckians, those here and those who will […]
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Week in Review: Senate seeks to end COVID State of Emergency, House Introduces Tax Reform Bill
The upper chamber of the General Assembly had a big week. Senate Joint Resolution 150 passed the committee and the floor and now heads to the House. It seeks to end the COVID-19 State of Emergency that was just extended in January. “The original emergency was declared by our governor on March 6, 2020,” said […]
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Dem calls Senate-passed education bill ‘dangerous,’ while Republican McDaniel says ‘we have a right to be involved’
In one of the most heated Senate sessions of the 2022 General Assembly, a bill that would put in “guard rails” for how teachers teach American history passed the Senate along party lines. “Considering what we have witnessed unfolding in school board meetings across our nation, I felt it crucial to address the United States […]
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Local lawmaker, Teamsters call on legislature to dole out essential worker bonuses
The Kentucky Democratic Caucus, along with several Teamster groups throughout Kentucky, held a press conference Thursday to call on the General Assembly to include bonuses in the biennial budget for those professions that were put at high risk during the COVID-19 Pandemic. In his opening remarks, James DeWeese of Teamsters 89 said the essential workers […]
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Kentucky taxpayers to potentially receive rebates
Northern Kentucky Senator Chris McDaniel (R-Taylor Mill) announced a Senate taxpayer relief measure that will potentially see families across the state receive tax rebates due to the rising cost of inflation. Here are the details of the rebate: -To combat inflation, Kentucky residents will potentially receive rebates from the previous tax year. (Not the 2021 […]
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Senate committee passes resolution to end COVID-19 State of Emergency
A resolution passed the Senate Standing Committee on State and Local Government that would put an end to the COVID-19 state of emergency in Kentucky on March 7, 2022. “The original emergency was declared by our governor on March 6, 2020,” said Sen. Donald Douglas (R-Nicholasville), who introduced the resolution. “…there have been many, many […]
