The first bill to reach Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear’s desk in this legislative session is aimed at giving Kentuckians more time to pay utility bills expected to rise because of a spike in natural gas prices during the recent extreme cold. Sen. Phillip Wheeler, R-Pikeville, told lawmakers this week he filed Senate Bill 172 after hearing from […]
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Kentucky child care reform bill on the move in legislature
Comprehensive legislation aimed at reforming Kentucky’s child care industry passed the House Tuesday 84-11 with one abstention. House Bill 6 would codify free child care for child care providers, base child care assistance subsidies on the community-level cost of child care rather than the market rate, launch data collection on the industry, require training for providers caring for […]
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KY House passes education bills. School officials support one. A union opposes the other.
The Kentucky House passed a pair of Republican education bills Tuesday that would impose a new accountability and assessment system for public school students and allow state colleges and universities to fire faculty for financial reasons. One has the backing of the Kentucky Department of Education, while the other is opposed by university union workers. […]
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Fort Wright opposes state control of short-term rental regulations
Fort Wright joined several other NKY cities last week opposing a bill that would move regulation of short-term rentals to the state level. Cities across Northern Kentucky have been enacting local regulations over the last few years, and Fort Wright isn’t the first city to express opposition Senate Bill 112. In Fort Wright, city council […]
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Advancing bill would criminalize ‘harassing’ law enforcement, ICE agents and medics
A GOP-sponsored bill approved by a legislative committee Thursday morning would criminalize harassing or impeding a “first responder,” including local law enforcement, medics and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. A Democrat who voted against the bill said he worries it could punish people who are exercising their constitutional right to film officers. Sen. Matt Nunn, […]
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Campbell County to review safety facility project; Covington to discuss ladder truck purchase
This week in NKY government meetings, Campbell County Planning and Zoning will review a new public safety facility, while Covington looks to purchase a tractor-drawn ladder truck for the fire department. Keep reading to find out what happened in local government over the past week and what you need to know for this week. What […]
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Fish and wildlife chair can stay, no license needed to hunt on your own farmland, says AG
In an about-face, Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman’s office says Kentuckians can legally hunt and fish on their own farmland without a license even if their residence is elsewhere in the state. The opinion, published Wednesday, ends the AG’s efforts to unseat the chair of the state’s wildlife management board. In December, the AG’s office […]
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Kentucky ‘will not tolerate’ child grooming, House says with unanimous vote
To applause, Kentucky’s House of Representatives unanimously passed a priority bill that would codify criminal charges for adults who groom children for sex. House Bill 4, which has 33 sponsors, most of whom are Republican, proposes a range of charges for adults, 18 and older, who groom children with an “intent to entice, coerce, solicit, […]
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Beshear super PAC gets $450K from Pennsylvania donor
The super PAC serving as a forerunner to Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear’s anticipated presidential campaign stepped up its fundraising in the second half of 2025, thanks in large part to a Pennsylvania donor who gave a whopping $450,000. The super PAC is called In This Together, and the top donor over the six-month period is […]
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Two GOP priorities for public education advance from Kentucky Senate
The Republican-controlled state Senate passed bills Monday aimed at shining more light on school districts’ spending and shifting the balance of power in Kentucky’s largest school district. The bills, considered top priorities by Senate Republicans, now head to the House, which also has a GOP supermajority, for further consideration. Senate Bill 1, sponsored by Senate […]