This week in NKY government meetings, Fort Mitchell plans to appoint a new city council member. Keep reading to find out what happened in local government over the past week and what you need to know for this week. What happened last week in NKY government? Boone County orders demolition of Point Pleasant home deemed […]
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Advancing bill would remake leadership overseeing broadband network KentuckyWired
A committee-approved bill would remove the executive director for the state’s broadband network KentuckyWired, and remake the board overseeing the network that’s been entangled in litigation over contract disputes and facing scrutiny in previous months from state lawmakers. Rep. Matt Lockett, R-Nicholasville, the primary sponsor of House Bill 314 and a co-chair of the Information Technology Oversight […]
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Kentucky lawmakers again try to make water fluoridation optional
A bill that would make water fluoridation optional in Kentucky, which supporters praise as a way to ensure local control, passed out of the House Local Government Committee Wednesday despite opposition from several health organizations. House Bill 103 would leave the decision on whether to add fluoride to water up to the local water systems’ governing […]
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KY bill paving way for cigar bars, decried by public health advocates, on the move
A bill that would allow eligible businesses in Kentucky to operate cigar bars, which health organizations say could compromise public health, passed the House Local Government Committee Wednesday. House Bill 194 says a person can operate a cigar bar in Kentucky if they hold a valid alcoholic beverage license and patrons could smoke indoors or outdoors. […]
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Villa Hills alerts residents about National Police Association letters
The City of Villa Hills is alerting residents about letters from the National Police Association coming into residents’ mailboxes. The letters contain headers that state, “Villa Hills City Council Members need to hear from you!” Yet, both the city itself and the police department are warning that the letters are not official city-approved material. “It […]
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Ky. House GOP budget takes aim at executive branch spending
The state executive branch would have to significantly cut spending for a number of expenses, including in-state and out-of-state travel, under a “bare bones” budget bill for the state executive branch filed this week by a key Republican committee chair. Rep. Jason Petrie, R-Elkton, the chair of the Kentucky House Appropriations and Revenue Committee, told […]
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Ky. Senate approves bill to clarify recent teacher, student electronic communication law
A bill that aims to revise restrictions on how Kentucky teachers communicate electronically with their students has passed out of the state Senate. The legislation, sponsored by Sen. Lindsey Tichenor, R-Smithfield, builds on her law from last year that required public school teachers and students to electronically communicate only by traceable forms, like emails and school-approved apps, […]
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Another year, another attempt to push KY’s Juul settlement dollars to prevention, cessation
Millions of dollars flowing into Kentucky from an e-cigarette company settlement go straight to the state’s general fund, mixing with public taxes and other revenue. Republicans in both the House and Senate are trying again this year to redirect that money — and settlement dollars from any future, related litigation — into smoking and vaping prevention […]
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Former Boone County Sheriff Michael Helmig dies
Former Boone County Sheriff Michael Helmig died Tuesday night. “[Helmig] believed deeply in the power of teamwork and leaves behind a legacy of growing the Boone County Sheriff’s Office into one of the largest and most respected law enforcement agencies in the Commonwealth of Kentucky,” reads an official statement from the Boone County Sheriff’s Office. […]
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Florence asks FBI to investigate ‘revenue diversion’
The City of Florence announced Tuesday night it had discovered “revenue diversion activities within a specific revenue stream,” a discovery that had prompted it to contact the FBI to begin a criminal investigation. The City’s announcement, which you can read here, informed the public that the Department of Local Government had granted the city an […]
