The Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce commends the Kentucky General Assembly for taking difficult steps to stabilize our pension systems and modernize our tax code. Its actions will help turn the corner on the Commonwealth’s dire financial condition, and improves the economic competitiveness of our region and the state. We thank the General Assembly for […]
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OP-ED: Senate Republicans Doing Their Part
Senate Republicans stand behind Senate President Robert Stivers, as he makes a statement on the state budget. By Wil Schroder Since day one of this session, Senate Republicans have been focused on a budget that pays down our pension debt in order to keep our promises to public employees and teachers and to protect future […]
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Lets Talk Kentucky State Politics
Lets start with a quick summary of where we are at in Frankfort: A budget hasn’t been approved yet with only 2 days left in the current session (a short recess has been called until April 14th) A budget can still be passed after the end of the session but only if the Governor calls […]
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Kentucky State Politics & Fort Thomas Impacts
My last post focused on local races but I would be remiss to not at least mention the races for the state house. Both the local state senator and local legislator are up for re-election this November. The stakes are high in this election as well. By way of a brief summary here are few […]
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Kentucky News & You
I know I generally keep these posts focused on local (Fort Thomas) news but a couple of items from Frankfort have too much potential impact on our community to ignore. As you may have heard there was a special session recently that required our legislators to return to Frankfort for discussion and voting. In this […]