Out of 12 Northern Kentucky women ever elected to represent the region in the state legislature, seven won for the first time in the last 10 years. Five of those women will be on the ballot again this November. Two of the five will be opposed by NKY women who are running for the Kentucky […]
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Ruth Moyer Elementary Breaks Ground on Renovation (11-10-15)
Ruth Moyer Students break the first ground at Ruth Moyer School as Superintendent, Gene Kirchner, looks on. FTM file. A groundbreaking ceremony was held yesterdayWednesday, November 10 on the front lawn of Ruth Moyer Elementary. Guests included local lawmakers, members of the Fort Thomas School Boards and Education Foundations, construction staff and local leaders. Each […]
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State Lawmakers Teach Moyer 4th, 5th Graders About Civic Responsibility
KY State Senator Katie Stine and State Representative Joe Fischer visited Moyer Elementary Monday/FTIS As part of the “America’s Legislators Back to School Program,” Kentucky lawmakers Senator Katie Stine and Representative Joe Fischer visited Moyer Elementary 4th and 5th graders on Monday. The topic of their visit: the students’ role in their government.
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Stine, Fischer to Visit Moyer Students, Give Lesson on Civics and Public Service
Kentucky legislators Katie Stine and Joe Fischer will visit Ruth Moyer Elementary in November/Google As part of the nationwide “America’s Legislators Back to School” Program, Kentucky State Sen. Katie Stine and recently re-elected State Rep. Joe Fischer will visit Ruth Moyer Elementary in Fort Thomas.
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How Prepared is Kentucky for Ebola?
An Ebola strain. There has been one documented case of Ebola in the United States so far./Wikimedia Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers and Senate President Pro Tem Katie Stine, representing the Republican Senate Majority Caucus, were briefed yesterday on the status of Kentucky’s readiness to deal with the Ebola virus.
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Katie Stine Reacts to Failure of KY House to Pass Heroin Bill
Source: Press Release The 2014 legislative session adjourned sine die, or “the end,” at midnight April 15. The session produced measures that will affect economic development, appropriate funds for state government for the next two years, public health, safety and education. Of course, as with every session, there were measures that did not succeed. I […]
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Editorial: Senate Bill 5 Shining Example of Dysfunctional Frankfort
Photo via CN2 This is why people get so frustrated with politics. Fort Thomas City Hall, Frankfort, Washington – they all have characteristics that drive “we the people” crazy. They ignore common sense and many times the desire of its constituents. In the case of the Kentucky House of Representatives’ inability to pass Senate Bill […]
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Katie Stine’s Senate Bill 5 on Heroin Runs Out of Time
Katie Stine’s Senate Bill 5, “that (would have fought) the scourge of heroin that is spreading throughout Kentucky” passed the Senate January 19. “Unfortunately, there have been many people (that died) of overdose; at least 24 in Kenton County alone, since then,” said Katie Stine through her legislative update sent on April 11. “Hopefully the […]
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Senator Katie Stine: Legislative Update
Thursday, the 45th day of the legislative session, the House passed its budget bill. This leaves us in the Senate 13 days to work on the budget, present it in a committee, and vote on a Senate version.
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Heroin legislation update: Defense attorneys lobbying to take bill in ‘a different route’
House Judiciary Chairman John Tilley said he’s looking to improve the Senate’s bill aimed at combating heroin but that doesn’t necessarily mean taking the advice of defense attorneys who are concerned about some of the sentencing provisions in the bill.