Kentucky county clerks are starting to see fewer backlogs from their changeover to a new motor vehicle registration system earlier this month. But customers are still hitting roadblocks, state transportation officials told lawmakers Wednesday. The biggest glitch statewide is “bad data,” mostly property tax records, carried over from the old data system to a new […]
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NKY legislator aims to broaden Medicaid for midwife births
Medicaid covers the cost of nearly half of all Kentucky births. But it pays nothing for certified professional midwives who help moms give birth at home instead of in a hospital. Sen. Shelley Funke Frommeyer wants to change that. On Tuesday, the Senate Families and Children committee unanimously approved Funke Frommeyer’s Senate Bill 89, which […]
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State bills target Newport’s RMR, other recycling facilities
Two bills have been introduced to the committee on committees that would affect recycling facilities in the state, with HB 197 requiring a notice of violation to be sent to the local governing body where the facility is located, and HB 91 requiring the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet to promote administrative regulations to implement a program to control explosions and combustion events at metal recycling facilities.
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Meet Rep. Mark Hart
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. Rep. Mark Hart was first elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives in 2016. Since then he has been reelected three times and racked up […]
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Safer KY Act: NKY law enforcement, prosecutor see promise in bill
Less than 30 minutes after classes ended at Latonia Elementary on Tuesday, shots rang out near the school. Students and staff still inside the building were told to shelter in place. Outside, near 39th and Decoursey streets, police found two 14-year-olds shot in the street. One of the two, Amani Smith, later died at the […]
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Kentucky bill would repeal ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth
A 2023 Kentucky ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth under the age of 18 would be repealed under a new bill filed in the Kentucky House Thursday. Currently, the ban, implemented under 2023 Senate 150, is in full effect and pending a move for U.S. Supreme Court review (writ of certiorari) of a 2023 […]
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Proposed state residential zoning reforms trouble local officials
The Kenton County Mayors Group discussed Kentucky House Bill 102, which aims to reform local zoning laws in an effort to increase affordable housing, at their meeting on Saturday, with many local officials concerned that it might restrict the power of local governments to determine their own zoning policy.
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Bill seeks to bar noncitizens from school board elections
Two Republican state lawmakers are backing a proposed constitutional change to ensure non-U.S. citizens can’t vote in state and local school board elections. Rep. Michael Meredith (R-Oakland) and Rep. Killian Timoney (R-Nicholasville) are the lead sponsors of House Bill 341 proposing the change. In a committee hearing on the bill Thursday, Meredith said the proposal […]
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Kentucky Senate president mulls funding for private, charter schools
Kentucky lawmakers aren’t giving up on a proposed school choice amendment after recent court rulings struck down laws to publicly fund private and charter schools. Huddling with reporters Tuesday, Senate President Robert Stivers said lawmakers are discussing a vote to put a proposed school choice amendment on the 2024 general election ballot. What Stivers couldn’t […]
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Bill sparks controversy over parental access to medical records
A Kentucky lawmaker’s attempt to give parents or guardians legal access to a minor’s medical records is drawing fire from state reproductive health and mental health advocates. Rep. Rebecca Raymer (R-Morgantown) sponsored the proposal in House Bill 174, passing the House Health Services committee last Thursday. The bill would give parents of someone under age […]
