A college admission test criticized for emphasizing the Bible and conservative social ideas could factor into state merit scholarship awards under a bill that passed a Kentucky Senate committee last week. Senate Majority Whip Mike Wilson (R-Bowling Green) sponsored Senate Bill 7, which led to questions from Democrats at the Senate Education Committee Thursday about […]
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Meet Rep. Stephanie Dietz
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. Family law has been the professional career of Rep. Stephanie Dietz for three decades. That alone gives the Edgewood attorney some unique insight into the […]
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Kentucky bill seeks to hold fathers accountable for prenatal costs
State Rep. Stephanie Dietz is the lead cosponsor of a bill that would allow pregnant women to seek child support for their unborn child. The legislation is called House Bill 243. Rep. Amy Neighbors (R-Edmonton) filed it in the Kentucky House on Jan. 11. “Pregnancy is expensive and it makes sense to have fathers share […]
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Brent Spence Bridge project is big ticket item in governor’s highway plan
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has released a state highway plan that proposes $563.6 million in NKY road and bridge projects –with the Brent Spence Bridge project at the top of the list.
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Kentucky Senate advances ballot measure to move governor’s race to presidential election years
The Kentucky Senate has voted to propose a 2024 ballot measure that would move elections for governor and other statewide officers from odd-numbered years to even-numbered presidential election years starting in 2032.
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‘Save Kentucky Moms Act’ looks to tackle maternal mortality crisis
A bipartisan bill to reduce Kentucky’s high maternal mortality rate has been unveiled by Rep. Kimberly Poore Moser to improve health insurance coverage for pregnant mothers and provide additional support, both before and after birth.
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Kentucky House budget would increase K-12 funding but not fund universal pre-K
Kentucky House Republicans have filed a $124.8 billion two-year spending plan that would increase funding for K-12 public schools, raise state employee salaries, and invest nearly $2 billion in one-time funds for ‘priority areas’
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Kentucky legislature asked to end long, worrying wait lists for adults with disabilities
Written by Deborah Yetter for Kentucky Lantern Kim Thompson is happy her adult son, who is intellectually disabled, lives with her. “I want him at home,” the Louisville woman said of her son, Forest Thompson-Bell, 27. “I want to be very clear about that.” But Thompson, 54, is among thousands of Kentucky parents or other […]
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Anti-DEI bill seeks to remove ‘trauma-informed approach’ for Kentucky schools from state law
Written by McKenna Horsley for Kentucky Lantern A bill aimed at preventing education funding to go to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging frameworks in K-12 schools would also remove language protecting “trauma-informed” methods in Kentucky schools if the bill remains unchanged as it makes its way through the General Assembly. Part of recently-filed Senate Bill 93 from […]
