Gov. Andy Beshear signed two pieces of legislation sponsored by two Northern Kentucky legislators on Wednesday. House Bill 680 was sponsored by Rep. Ed Massey (R-Union) and would allow high school students to earn credits for a computer science degree passed the House on Monday. Through the virtual computer science career academy, iLEAD, middle and […]
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Thomas Massie stumps at Covington Optimist Club
Primary election season is in full swing in Northern Kentucky. The Covington Optimist Club is having weekly events for candidates running for Northern Kentucky state-level legislative offices, as well as for the candidates running for senatorial and congressional seats in the United States. They hold the events at PeeWee’s Place in Crescent Springs. Rep. Thomas […]
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NKU lobbied charter school bill after learning of ‘authorizer’ role
The Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission releases information on who lobbied during the legislative session on the 15th of each month. Over the past week, KLEC released records that showed that the Northern Kentucky University Foundation lobbied House Bill 9, the controversial charter school bill, during the last month of the session. But, the reports show […]
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Rand Paul outraising Charles Booker in Senate race ahead of May 17 primary
First-quarter reports show that Republican Sen. Rand Paul is significantly outraising his likely Democratic challenger Charles Booker. Booker is the Democratic frontrunner but still faces a primary on May 17. According to his campaign’s statistics, Paul raised nearly $3.5 million in the first quarter of 2022 and increased cash on hand to $8.6 million. This […]
Posted inFrankfort
How NKY Companies lobbied during the 2022 General Assembly
Lobbying is a part big of the legislative process. Companies pay lobbyists money to work with legislators on bills while also pushing for legislation to pass. However, companies aren’t the only groups that lobby, with schools also spending money to get their priorities passed in the General Assembly. Here is a list of Northern Kentucky […]
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The Final 48: Bills that made it through the General Assembly
The legislature pushed through a significant amount of legislation in the final 48 hours of the 2022 General Assembly session. While there were a lot of high-priority bills on Wednesday, such as charter school legislation, an omnibus abortion bill, and the budget, a lot of important stuff went through during the final hours. Let’s take […]
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How sports betting legislation died in the Kentucky Senate
House Bill 606, the bill that would legalize sports betting, died in the Senate on the last of the Kentucky 2022 General Assembly session. On Thursday morning, Rep. Adam Koenig (R-Erlanger) attempted to maneuver to get enough votes for the bill, but it ultimately failed. The bill was given some last-minute life before the veto […]
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Cannabis research center bill passes House and Senate
A bill establishing a cannabis research center in Kentucky passed the state Senate on Thursday and will head to the House for concurrence. Rep. Kim Moser (R-Taylor Mill) is the primary sponsor of House Bill 604. Moser repeatedly said throughout the session that there needs to be more research on marijuana before she would back […]
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Legislature overrides Beshear’s Charter Bill veto; NKY to get charter school
The House and Senate overrode Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto of House Bill 9, the charter school funding bill that will bring a charter school to Northern Kentucky. The bill’s original passage in the House had a narrow vote of 51-46, but the proponents of the bill gained a vote in Rep. Michael Pollock (R-Campbellsville) to […]
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ACLU, Planned Parenthood file lawsuits as Kentucky Legislature overrides Governor’s veto of Omnibus Abortion Bill
Just as the Legislature overrode Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto of House Bill 3, the omnibus abortion bill, advocates from Planned Parenthood and the ACLU announced they are filing two lawsuits against the new law. The new law would make several changes to abortion laws in Kentucky, including a 15-week ban that is similar to the […]