The Environmental Protection Agency is awarding a $62 million grant to Kentucky’s state government to help expand residential solar energy to low-income households as part of a federal grant competition.
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Say, whatever happened to that bill ?
Kentucky lawmakers filed more than 1,200 bills this session — the most in more than 20 years — and passed about 215 of them before adjourning Monday, according to a news release from the Legislative Research Commission. That’s a lot of legislating to keep up with. So we put together a scorecard of what made […]
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Kentucky’s new anti-vaping law ignites constitutional challenge
Four vape shops, the Kentucky Vaping Retailers Association and the Kentucky Hemp Association have filed suit in Franklin Circuit Court seeking to strike down a new state law outlawing the sale of some of their products.
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Open records loopholes die in Kentucky Senate. Attempt to revive anti-DEI bill also fails.
Republican leaders in the Kentucky Senate have announced plans to revisit the controversial rewriting of the Kentucky Open Records Act and the failed attempt to revive legislation targeting diversity, equity and inclusion in higher education during the interim before next year’s session.
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U.S. Rep. Massie joins move to oust Speaker Johnson, who vows: ‘I am not resigning’
Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky called on U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson to resign during a closed-door meeting of GOP lawmakers on Tuesday, throwing more uncertainty into that chamber just months before the November elections. Massie told reporters after the meeting and just before a Johnson press conference he believed the votes exist to […]
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Kentucky Senate avoids vote on abortion exceptions
A Democrat tried to force a Senate vote on a stalled bill that would have added exceptions for rape and incest to Kentucky’s strict abortion ban, but the move was ruled out of order by Senate President Robert Stivers.
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Tobacco control comes up short in state budget, while anti-vaping law could increase smoking
Kentucky lawmakers have passed an anti-vaping bill, which advocates say could increase cigarette use in the state, despite calls for increased funding for tobacco prevention programs.
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‘We cannot hold on:’ Kentucky child care providers plead for more help from lawmakers
Kentucky child care providers have sent a letter to lawmakers requesting supplemental funding to help prevent the industry from collapsing due to the loss of federal COVID-19 dollars.
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Beshear vetoes sweeping anti-crime bill along with parts of state budget
Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear issued a number of vetoes Tuesday including rejecting a sweeping anti-crime bill pushed by Jefferson County Republicans and strongly opposed by Democrats, arguing House Bill 5 is a costly and “unwieldy” bill. HB 5, primarily sponsored by Rep. Jared Bauman, had received opposition across a broad political spectrum with conservative […]
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The IRS is testing a free method to directly file taxes. But not everyone is thrilled.
Many U.S. taxpayers in a dozen states for the first time can electronically file their federal returns directly to the Internal Revenue Service for free — but critics insist the new federal benefit is not needed and will even harm both users and states. More than 50,000 taxpayers in Arizona, California, Florida, Massachusetts, Nevada, New […]
