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How might Supreme Court case impact Kentucky’s Safer Kentucky Act?
The fate of Kentucky’s recently passed “Safer Kentucky Act” may be in the hands of the nation’s highest court. This week, the U.S. Supreme Court ...
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‘Dream come true:’ Historic conservation project in EKY was far from guaranteed
MIDDLESBORO — Senator Robin Webb remembers going to Perry County in 1997 to watch the first Rocky Mountain elk release with her father. It was the ...
by Sarah Michels, Wednesday, April 24, 2024 2:55 pm
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Historic Shelbyville project a symbol of Kentucky’s economic development aims
SHELBYVILLE — Gov. Andy Beshear was “outraged” in the early days of COVID. Kentucky’s health care workers couldn’t get what they needed—masks, gowns, etc.—to be ...
by Sarah Michels, Monday, April 22, 2024 12:11 pm
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What to take away from the 2024 legislative session
FRANKFORT — The longest “long” legislative session in many years wrapped up on April 15. So far, Gov. Andy Beshear has signed 169 bills into ...
by Sarah Michels, Thursday, April 18, 2024 2:49 pm
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Legislature closes a 60-day session
FRANKFORT — After 60 days of work, Kentucky’s lawmakers went home Monday until next year’s session. While most of the high-profile bills passed in late ...
by Sarah Michels, Monday, April 15, 2024 9:00 pm
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A year out from legal medical marijuana, legislature makes final updates
FRANKFORT — Kentucky is a year closer to legalized medical marijuana, and the state legislature is making its final preparations. In 2023, the General Assembly ...
by Sarah Michels, Monday, April 15, 2024 1:49 pm
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A year out from legal medical marijuana, legislature makes final updates
FRANKFORT — Kentucky is a year closer to legalized medical marijuana, and the state legislature is making its final preparations. In 2023, the General Assembly ...
by Sarah Michels, Monday, April 15, 2024 1:22 pm
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Legislature overrides governor’s vetoes
FRANKFORT — Kentucky lawmakers were busy undoing Gov. Andy Beshear’s work Friday, on the penultimate day of session. The Senate and the House took turns ...
by Sarah Michels, Friday, April 12, 2024 7:11 pm
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School safety guardian bill becomes law without governor
FRANKFORT — A bill potentially bringing guardians into schools as a stopgap safety measure will become law. Gov. Andy Beshear allowed Senate Bill 2, an ...
by Sarah Michels, Friday, April 12, 2024 10:22 am
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Lawmaker makes last-minute move to save abortion exception bill
FRANKFORT – By all appearances, several bills adding limited abortion exceptions to Kentucky’s near-ban seemed to be dead this session. But Sen. David Yates, D-Louisville, ...