Bill to ensure proper reporting of child abuse in Kentucky advances
SB 229 is another bill focused on children’s welfare sponsored by Sen. Julie Raque Adams.
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Sports betting revived in the legislature
HB 551 sets up a framework for sports betting in the Commonwealth.
Quarles and Cameron steal parts of Beshear’s platform.
Apparently, even the GOP realizes that both Governor Beshear AND his policies are popular across Kentucky. So popular, in fact, the two Republican candidates for governor have stolen part of Beshear’s platform.
HB 3, juvenile justice bill, passes the House, heads to Senate
Bill provides funding to reopen Louisville detention center, but also increases incarceration of young people and makes their records public
Repubs grabbing control of boards
Republicans in the legislature are quietly consolidating power behind the scenes.
Do we want Repubs in charge of government IT?
Will six leges actually be able to even understand everything in the state’s IT division, much less oversee it?
Repubs in Frankfort fast-track multiple bad bills
And one of the bills is the infamous HB 470, otherwise known as the “let’s cause more teen suicides” bill.
Students walk out to protest Wise’s anti-trans bill
Pretty much the entire student body at The Brown School left the building to stand with their trans classmates.
Cassie Chambers Armstrong wins special election
She will fill the KY Senate seat once filled by Congressman Morgan McGarvey.
LWV: It’s time for felons to get to vote again
Kentucky’s disenfranchisement rate is over twice the national average.
Young people may move the C.R.O.W.N. act over the finish line
This may be the year Kentucky finally passes this bill – and some young people are leading the way.
KFTC seeks investigation of surface mining’s role in deadly Kentucky floods
‘Gravely concerned,’ group wants to know if inadequate reclamation contributed to disaster
Kentucky lawmakers ponder firearm legislation in 2023 session
KY lawmakers have filed a number of gun-related bills this session, with more on the way.
GOP lawmakers seeking oversight of disaster donations, while Beshear defends funds’ transparency
Sen. Whitney Westerfield, R-Fruit Hill, said he wants to ‘get to the bottom’ of how the donated disaster funds have been used so far.
