Each week, LINK nky is publishing a profile of one of our local legislators so that Northern Kentuckians can get to know the people representing them at the state level. Rep. Savannah Maddox’s take-no-prisoners style of leadership has made her a household name in Kentucky politics within the past five years. Some have called her […]
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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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Kentucky Senate votes for partisan elections for state school board
The Kentucky Senate voted Tuesday to require partisan elections for the Kentucky Board of Education, eliminating the governor’s ability to appoint members of the board.
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Meet Sen. Shelley Funke Frommeyer
Each week, LINK nky is publishing a profile of one of our local legislators so that Northern Kentuckians can get to know the people representing them at the state level. Wellness is more than physical to Sen. Shelley Funke Frommeyer. It’s mental, the Alexandria Republican and certified financial planner tells LINK nky. It’s also what […]
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From U.S. senate vacancies to paid parental leave: Five bills to watch this week
A Kentucky bill that would eliminate the governor’s authority to fill U.S. senate vacancies – filed one week before U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell announced his impending retirement from Republican leadership – is one of five to watch in Frankfort this week. Other bills expected to come to a vote this week would create a new […]
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Kentucky panel OKs bill to ban most cell phone use in classrooms
The use of smartphones and other cell phone technology, in most instances, would be banned from public school classrooms under a bill the House Education Committee approved Tuesday. Only cell phone use during emergencies or “if directed … by a teacher for an instructional purpose” would be allowed under the legislation proposed in House Bill […]
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Meet Rep. Stephanie Dietz
Each week, LINK nky is publishing a profile of one of our local legislators so that Northern Kentuckians can get to know the people representing them at the state level. Family law has been the professional career of Rep. Stephanie Dietz for three decades. That alone gives the Edgewood attorney some unique insight into the […]
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2024 Kentucky General Assembly session preview
Budget, public safety, workforce development, school choice top to-do list The Kentucky legislative process is political. That’s true both inside Republican and Democratic caucuses and in how the parties interact with each other. Bills can live or die by the clout of the lawmaker (or lawmakers) behind them. Then there is the state budget, which […]
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Secretary of state opposes bill to eliminate early voting
A bill to do away early voting in Kentucky has been proposed by a Northern Kentucky senator despite opposition from the commonwealth’s Republican secretary of state. Sen. John Schickel (R-Union) sponsored and filed Senate Bill 61 on Jan. 4. The measure was assigned to the Senate State and Local Government committee this week. On the […]