Sen. Shelley Funke Frommeyer (R-Alexandria) was tapped to serve on the newly formed Health and Human Services Delivery System Task Force. Funke Frommeyer represents the 24th senate district, including Bracken, Campbell, and Pendleton Counties, as well as part of Kenton County. Formed after the passage of Senate Bill 48, the task force will study the […]
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Senate Bill Tackles Growing List of Addictive Substances
Whitney Westerfied. LRC. A state Senator described a cat-and-mouse game between police and drug dealers in explaining the need for a controlled substances law he introduced during the 2016 General Assembly. Sen. Whitney Westerfield, R-Hopkinsville, said law enforcement is constantly trying to keep up with new substances drug dealers are peddling to addicts chasing an […]
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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.