How a bill becomes law (the real story)
This is how it works, folks. If our system, such as it is, sounds absurd, it is because it is.
KYGA 2024
Content related to the 2024 session of the Kentucky General Assembly
Power plant debate helps push lobby spending to new high for Kentucky legislature
Over $12 million was spent lobbying our legislators in the four months of the session.
Kentucky General Assembly fumbles opportunities to help kids
When you’re given the ball, and have a clear path to the goal line ... and then you fumble the ball ... that’s dumbfounding.
Most new laws effective July 15; Governor has until end of week to decide fate of those on his desk
The clock is ticking on the remaining veto days.
The 10 WORST BILLS of the KY General Assembly
We’ve got the deep dive into our list of the very worst bills of the legislature, which we’re going to let YOU VOTE to pick the actual worst legislation of the session, then we close with our Earth Week call to action.
Kentuckians will be able to apply for medical marijuana sales licenses sooner than expected
Business can start applying for licenses July 1 of this year.
Kentucky lawmakers expedite medical marijuana licensing, but pass on adding extra conditions
The new law would allow Kentucky to issue medical cannabis licenses to businesses as early as this summer, increasing the odds that cannabis will be available for patients at dispensaries beginning 2025.
Kentucky’s new anti-vaping law ignites constitutional challenge
Vape retailers, hemp association file suit in Franklin Circuit Court
Believe it or not, THREE good things happened in Frankfort yesterday
A Sine Die for which to be thankful.
Let us savor the victory for open records – then prepare for the next fight
All who fought to protect our open records laws should celebrate our shared victory. But then, we should work together to get ready for the next attack.
Legislature rejects pleas, cuts tobacco-prevention spending
Winds up passing a vaping bill some say could spur youth smoking
Our readers are smarter than our legislators
It seems our readers can see through the grandstanding and posturing, and know what the REAL results of HB 5 will be.
Westerfield to Senate: Poll shows GOP voters in Kentucky support gun removal measure
Westerfield cited polling that found 76% of Republican primary voters “think Kentucky lawmakers should work to prevent gun violence, including working to keep Kentuckians going through a mental health crisis from harming themselves or others.”
