Kentucky lawmakers plan to spend much of their first day back in session Friday overriding Gov. Andy Beshear’s vetoes to six Senate bills, including one that would set new requirements for taking aging coal-fired power plants offline and another that would replace the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission with an independent gaming corporation.
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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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State road plan allocates over $1 billion to NKY counties
Kenton County, Boone County, and Campbell County received $1.019 billion in state and federally-funded road projects in the 2024 state road plan, with the Brent Spence Bridge companion bridge project receiving the most funding.
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Government transparency decisions await Kentucky lawmakers when they reconvene Friday
Lawmakers in Kentucky are set to consider gubernatorial vetoes of bills passed by both chambers, including a bill to end the certificate of need requirement for freestanding birth centers and a maternal health bill that ran aground in the Senate after a late amendment was added, as well as other high-profile legislation.
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Meet Rep. Mike Clines
Each week, LINK nky is publishing a profile of one of our local legislators so that Northern Kentuckians can get to know the people representing them at the state level. Education has defined Rep. Mike Clines’ career. Decades of experience as a private school administrator and teacher in the Covington Catholic school system have allowed […]
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Beshear slams proposed state budget for limited emergency response funding
Gov. Andy Beshear has criticized the state budget for imposing a $25 million annual limit on “necessary government expenses” for natural disaster response, which could be exceeded in just three to four months, and for imposing an additional $4 million annual limit for state emergency wildfire response.
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KY House candidate TJ Roberts denies antisemitic chat reported by Hatewatch
TJ Roberts, a Republican candidate for the 66th House District in Kentucky, denied the antisemitic statements attributed to him by Hatewatch in a private chat in 2017, and accused the Southern Poverty Law Center of “false reporting” and “deliberate misrepresentations”.
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NKY lawmaker tracker: how many bills have made it to the governor so far?
Rep. Stephanie Dietz and Rep. Kimberly Poore Moser lead the NKY legislative caucus with seven and five bills respectively, which have been delivered to or signed by Gov. Andy Beshear.
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Deters appeals Massie candidacy challenge; Massie fires back
Eric Deters is appealing a circuit court’s March 15 dismissal of his candidacy challenge against Congressman Thomas Massie, while Massie is seeking court sanctions against Deters for alleged violations of rules of civil procedure.