On Tuesday, a bill that would ban vaccine mandates and disclosure in the public sector passed the House State and Local government committee. “The first section of House Bill 28 would disallow public institutions from requiring the disclosure of immunization status with regard to COVID-19,” said the bill’s primary sponsor Rep. Savannah Maddox (R-Dry Ridge). […]
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Kentucky Teacher Retirement System did not have the 2nd largest investment in a Russian bank
The Public Pension oversight board heard testimony from the Teachers’ Retirement System of Kentucky on Monday, just days after the pension was found to have sold off shares in a Russian bank before the invasion of Ukraine. But the pension was never the second-largest shareholder in Sberbank, said Beau Barnes, deputy executive secretary and general […]
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Frankfort Week in Review: Unemployment, income tax, abortion bills continue to move through the General Assembly
Unemployment Bill Likely to Head to Governor’s Desk House Bill 4, the bill that would slash unemployment benefits Kentucky, passed the Senate yesterday and now heads back to the House before it would land on Gov. Andy Beshear’s desk. The bill was presented to the Senate by Northern Kentucky Senator Wil Schroder (R-Wilder) and would […]
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The Frankfort LINK Live: Episode 7
On this week’s episode, hosts Michael Monks and Mark Payne are joined by State Rep. Savannah Maddox (R-Dry Ridge) who talks about her legislative priorities in Frankfort and where she is on her possible run for governor next year, and Tri-ED CEO Lee Crume discusses the impact of a possible Brent Spence Bridge corridor project […]
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Banta files bill to give lifetime protective order for domestic violence victims
In 2009, Nikki Goeser, a former staffer for Northern Kentucky Congressman Thomas Massie, watched someone kill her husband in a Tennessee restaurant where the couple had gone to a karaoke night. The murderer had been stalking Goeser, and now she again must face the prospect of dealing with him as he’s set to be released […]
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Workforce numbers that led to cuts in essential services misleading, center for economic policy says
When Republican Rep. Russell Webber (R-Shepherdsville) talked about House Bill 4 on the House floor last month, he cited workforce participation rates released from the Kentucky Chamber as a reason for the need to cut unemployment benefits and get Kentuckians back to work. “Right now, 47 percent of the working-age population in Kentucky is not […]
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Bill advances that would make Kentucky a 2nd Amendment Sanctuary
A bill that would make Kentucky a 2nd Amendment Sanctuary state passed the House Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection Tuesday. It is on the House calendar for Wednesday, but there’s no guarantee it will get a vote. Sponsored by Rep. Josh Bray (R-Mount Vernon), House Bill 29 would prohibit a ban on firearms in […]
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Senate passes bill to address nursing shortage
A bill to help address the nursing shortage passed the Senate Tuesday. Sponsored by Sen. Robby Mills (R-Henderson), Senate Bill 10 seeks to restructure the Kentucky Board of Nursing and provide more student access to nursing programs. “We can all be happy to see the latest wave of COVID-19 dramatically declining, but the awareness it […]
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Omnibus abortion bill passes House committee
For Kentucky resident Robin Kunkel, getting an abortion saved her life. If the omnibus abortion bill that passed the House Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection Committee meeting Tuesday morning becomes law, it might prevent others from getting the procedure. After years of deciding whether Kunkel and her partner wanted to have a baby, they […]
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House takes first steps to rid state of income tax
The Kentucky legislature took its first step to get rid of the state’s income tax when the House released House Bill 8 on Friday. The bill will slowly lower the state’s five percent income tax by one percent each year, with the first drop on Jan. 1, 2023. “Kentuckians, those here and those who will […]