Combatting Heroin: State House passes bill, aims to work with Senate to create ‘model’ law
With the goal of sharply reducing the state’s growing heroin epidemic, the Kentucky House of Representatives voted unanimously for House…
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State resumes processing tax returns after fraud concerns prompted temporary halt
The Kentucky Department of Revenue is once again processing tax returns after temporarily holding electronically filed returns because of questionable…
The Week in Frankfort: Lawmakers moving quickly on a number of important issues
Heading into the 2015 session, many observers noted that lawmakers were facing a particularly heavy agenda. Major legislation was expected…
House passes smoke-free law; bill now heads to Senate where it faces stiffer opposition
Kentucky’s House of Representatives has passed a law banning smoking in public buildings and most workplaces statewide. According to several…
House Speaker Stumbo strategizes on ‘Gatewood’s’ medical marijuana bill and drug abuse problem
Looking to ensure Kentucky takes the right steps should it ever choose to legalize medical marijuana, House Speaker Greg Stumbo…
Senate panel answers call for telecom reform, sends ‘AT&T bill’ to full Senate for consideration
A bill to reform telecommunication regulations to reflect the declining use of landlines in favor of new technologies passed the…
With 55 votes now needed, it just got harder to pass a smoke-free workplace law in House
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT – A bill to ban smoking in public places and places of employment…
Legislation authorizing lottery game based on live horse racing clears Senate committee
Legislation authorizing the Kentucky Lottery to begin selling a game of chance based on live horse racing has cleared the…
Kentucky House OKs legislation to gradually raise state’s minimum wage to $10.10 an hour
The Kentucky House has voted to pass legislation that would gradually raise Kentucky’s government-mandated minimum wage to $10.10 an hour…
Capitol Notes: Local option sales tax proposal clears panel, heads to full House for review
Local option sales tax clears House committee A House committee has approved a proposed local option sales tax constitutional amendment…
Special Olympics rally had special advocates from NKy, including gymnast Danielle Blakeney
NKyTribune Staff Report Among the nearly 100 advocates gathered in the Capitol rotunda yesterday to support Kentucky’s Special Olympics were…
State temporarily holding electronic returns because of fraudulent filing through TurboTax
Fraudulently filed tax returns through TurboTax has Kentucky and other states putting a temporary hold on processing all electronic returns….
Capitol Notes: Parade of bills – 480 of them – marks resumption of 2015 legislative session
In one of the busiest bill-filing days in recent years, members of the Kentucky General Assembly introduced more than…
Children’s advocates rally in state Capitol building to promote ‘Blueprint’ for Kentucky’s most vulnerable
By Rae Hodges NKyTribune Frankfort Reporter Filling up three floors of the state’s Capitol building, an estimated 700 Kentuckians from…
NKy legislative caucus hears lively discussion, with emphasis on heroin epidemic and bridge funding
By Mark Hansel NKyTribune Contributor Discussion of the need for effective legislation to combat the region’s heroin epidemic and the…
Three Northern Kentuckians among Gov. Beshear’s appointments to boards and commissions
Gov. Steve Beshear announced appointments to state boards and commissions that include three Northern Kentuckians. To the Kentucky Film Commission,…
Hope is high for House passage of statewide smoking ban, but Senate remains doubtful
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT — A bill to ban smoking in public places and places of employment…
Capitol Notes: Phone deregulation bill, state minimum wage bill clear house committees
Phone deregulation bill clears House panel Supporters of a bill approved by a House Economic Development Committee say the measure…
Controversial “dangerous bridge ahead” billboard removed; critics said it ‘imitated’ official road sign
Staff report A controversial billboard placed by a pro-toll coalition in Northern Kentucky was removed today, according to Lamar Advertising,…
Capitol Notes: Bills aimed at dogfighting, high stroke rates, medical malpractice advance
Bill to curb dogfighting A bill that would make Kentucky the last state in the nation to outlaw the possession,…
NKy Legislative Forum to be held Saturday morning; public invited, speakers sign up on first-come basis
The public is invited to join Northern Kentucky House and Senate members on Saturday, February 7, from 9:30 a.m. –…
Annual K-Count program aims to identify number of homeless in state, local count helps in funding
By Mark Hansel NKyTribune Contributor The annual Kentucky Housing Corporation’s K-Count to identify the state’s homeless population took place throughout…