Northern Kentucky University’s partnership with FC Cincinnati is getting some love from the Kentucky General Assembly. Last week, the Kentucky Senate proposed authorizing $16 million in bonding authority for the expansion and renovation of NKU’s soccer stadium, Scudamore Field, as part of the next two-year state budget. The bond authorization is included in the Senate […]
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NKU grads among 3 finalists for Kentucky education commissioner
The Kentucky Board of Education has selected three finalists for the post of Kentucky Commissioner of Education, including two educators with doctorates from NKU, and is expected to name a new commissioner before the end of this month.
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Medical cannabis funding hinges on conclusive ‘evidence,’ Senate proposal says
The Kentucky Senate has proposed keeping new funding out of the hands of state medical cannabis regulators until there is conclusive evidence as to the drug’s effectiveness.
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Kentucky House moves to cut DEI programs, impacting protected groups
The Kentucky House has voted to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives at public colleges and universities – a move that could potentially ban state schools from offering programs geared toward federally protected classes of religion, race, sex, color or national origin. The move came Friday when House members voted 68-18 to strip earlier DEI […]
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Senate budget includes over $175M in new funding for NKY projects
More than $175 million in new direct funding for Northern Kentucky projects – including a massive project at Covington Central Riverfront and airport improvements at CVG – is found in a budget proposal approved Wednesday in the Kentucky Senate. The Senate added the funding to state budget bills that first passed the Kentucky House on […]
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Five NKY Chamber infrastructure asks to watch this session
The NKY Chamber has identified funding to complete the KY 536 corridor project as its top infrastructure priority, with the House and Senate expected to negotiate on the final appropriations before the legislative session ends in April.
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Shop owner worried anti-vape bill could hurt business
An anti-vaping bill that a Northern Kentucky shop owner says will put his stores out of business passed the House Monday with opposition from some regional lawmakers. The legislation, House Bill 11, would limit vape sales in Kentucky to products authorized or pending action by the federal Food and Drug Administration. Retailers would have to […]
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Anti-DEI bills raise concerns among NKU students, faculty
James Renton said he gets why some Kentucky lawmakers and others want to roll back diversity, equity and inclusion policies at public universities like Northern Kentucky University, his alma mater. “I grew up in a conservative town and I can understand personally that change is very difficult, especially for people who were raised with certain […]
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Bill for better maternal health, insurance clears Kentucky House
A bill to create a special health insurance enrollment period for pregnant women – a response to the state’s high maternal mortality rate – has advanced in Frankfort, passing the Kentucky House Tuesday. House Health Services chair Rep. Kimberly Poore Moser (R-Taylor Mill) is the sponsor of the legislation in House Bill 10. Referred to […]
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Ky. Senate approves bill to criminalize child sex dolls, AI child sexual abuse material
House Bill 207, which would outlaw child sex dolls and make computer-generated child pornography a felony in Kentucky, passed the Senate unanimously on Wednesday, one month after passing the Kentucky House.
