Kathy Donelan doesn’t like the options facing her Highland Heights child care and preschool center if the state doesn’t put money into the child care industry this session. “I could close,” Donelan told members of the Senate Families and Children Committee Tuesday as she testified in support of the Horizons Act, a $300 million, two-year […]
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Campbell County Schools push for higher SEEK funds for teacher pay
Under House Bill 6, Campbell County Schools is only projected to be able to offer 1-2.6% raises in the next school year.
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Profile: Sen. Gex Williams
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. Sen. Gex Williams’ professional background is in computer science and information technology. So it was no surprise when Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers appointed the […]
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Kentucky eyes loan forgiveness to fix teacher shortage
A Northern Kentucky lawmaker wants the state to fund teacher recruitment awards and student teacher stipends to help address the state’s public school teacher shortage. Retired educator Rep. Kim Banta (R-Fort Mitchell) is the lead sponsor of House Bill 377 – a proposal to establish a teacher recruitment student loan forgiveness pilot program and student […]
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Senate OKs Medicaid pay for midwife home births in KY
Giving birth at home with help from a trained midwife would be an option for more Kentuckians under a bill that has passed the Kentucky Senate. Sen. Shelley Funke Frommeyer (R-Alexandria) sponsors Senate Bill 89, passed 34-3 on Thursday. The bill would make home birth available to more women by allowing Medicaid reimbursement for licensed, […]
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NKY medical examiner’s office renovation: 18-24 months, funding needed
State justice cabinet officials say it could take 18 to 24 months for another Northern Kentucky Medical Examiner’s Office to reopen in NKY if funding for the project is included in the next state budget. Based on recent estimates from project designers, Justice and Public Safety Cabinet budget director Rebecca Norton told the Senate Appropriations […]
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Advocates rally for end to felon disenfranchisement
Kentuckian Chris Applegate doesn’t take his right to vote for granted. Applegate, who lives in Corinth, lost the right to vote in Kentucky some years ago. He restored that right in 2019 when Gov. Andy Beshear signed an order automatically restoring voting rights to nonviolent felons who have finished their sentence or terms of release. […]
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Anti-DEI bill passes Kentucky Senate
A bill that threatens action by the state’s Attorney General against Kentucky public colleges and universities that promote “discriminatory concepts” linked to race and gender has passed the Kentucky Senate. Senators voted 26-7 along party lines Tuesday to approve Senate Bill 6, sometimes referred to as an anti-DEI bill, for its proposed curbing of diversity, […]
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Homestead exemption expansion could save Kentucky seniors on property taxes
Older Kentuckians who own their home could see future property tax savings under a constitutional amendment proposed Monday in the Kentucky Senate. The savings would come from expanding the state’s homestead exemption, a statutory tax break for Kentuckians 65 and older that exempts a set amount of a home’s value from the property tax rolls. […]
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Kentucky attorney general files lawsuit alleging Kroger pharmacies contributed to the opioid crisis
Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman filed a lawsuit Monday against one of the nation’s largest grocery chains, claiming its pharmacies helped fuel the state’s deadly opioid addiction crisis. The lawsuit against the Kroger Co. says its more than 100 Kentucky pharmacies were responsible for over 11% of all opioid pills dispensed in the state between […]
