The state budget took two crucial steps toward its finale Wednesday. The Senate Appropriations and Revenue committee presented its version of the two-year biennial budget, and it moved through the Senate floor on the same day. The bill will now head back to the House for approval, but it’s likely to face additional changes via […]
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Beshear signs name, image and likeness bill into law
Gov. Andy Beshear signed into law the name, image, and likeness bill that will allow college students to cash in on their own brand. He was flanked by Kentucky’s college coaches, including John Calipari, Northern Kentucky University’s Men’s Basketball Coach Darrin Horn, and Director of Athletics, Ken Bothof. Fellow Northern Kentuckian Jeff Walz, the University […]
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Independence to address dangerous intersection in partnership with county: ‘You can’t put a price on safety’
Independence City Council is partnering with Kenton County to fix the intersection at Independence Station road and Kimberly Drive. The partnership was discussed at this week’s Independence city council meeting. According to Mayor Christopher Reinersman, the intersection has been dangerous for some time, especially for the school buses. The Kenton County School district has discontinued […]
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Bill banning vaccine mandates and disclosure intended to ‘protect privacy rights’
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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Residents upset over Volunteer Park in Fort Wright; officials say they asked for input
Three adult residents and two children came to the Fort Wright meeting Wednesday evening to protest the design of Volunteer park on Park Avenue. Chris Schaffer, who lives at 5 Park, explained that they think the new design for the playground equipment is very plastic looking, and a poor substitute for the natural, wooden equipment […]
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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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Northern Kentucky U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie votes ‘no’ on Resolution to support Ukraine
Northern Kentucky U.S. House Representative Thomas Massie voted against a resolution supporting Ukraine Wednesday. Massie was one of three to vote against it, including Reps. Matt Rosendale (R-Montana) and Paul Gosar (R-Arizona) were the other two. The resolution calls on a quick end to the conflict and that the House “stands steadfastly, staunchly, proudly, and […]
