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The final budget bill outlines $30 billion of state government spending over the next two years, with Republicans lauding it as a historic investment in Kentucky education and Democrats criticizing it as falling too short.
Democrats made their final impassioned pleas against the tough-on-crime legislation as it made final passage through the Kentucky General Assembly, until Republicans moved to limit debate.
Child care, vaccines, and autism education are among the bills on the move.
An amendment to the bill also allows schools to hire pastoral counselors as part of their trauma-informed care team.
Another mule bill turns into a real bill – about horses and horse racing.
A Black University of Louisville student says a Frankfort lobbyist acting in a personal capacity misrepresented a statement from her under oath to support anti-DEI legislation.
The bill’s language is broad enough to do that, according to Westerfield.
The bill now requires hospitals, birthing centers, and midwives to offer perinatal palliative care.
It now goes to the House with just days left in the legislative session.
“I'm not comfortable with going down the road of nullifying federal laws that we don't like. It sets a dangerous precedent. It didn't work out well 170 years ago.”
The amount of evidence required by the budget bill is not clear, though.
He also discussed various bills that have reached his desk – and continued to call out the ‘partisan politics’ in Frankfort.
The petition to remove Kulkarni from the ballot was filed by the former state legislator she defeated in a Democratic primary in 2018, alleging she should be disqualified for a filing error involving her nomination signatories.
Why not just write one multi-thousand-page bill and pass it?
This Kentucky-based advocacy organization is opposed to using public money for private schools, and is planning various actions to defeat the bill.
They moved the Racing Commission to Ag as well.
