Capitol Notes: Keene’s ignition interlock device bill advances; human trafficking, KEES, P3 bills also move forward
Ignition interlock device bill approved by House A bill that would replace hardship licenses for DUI offenders with an…
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By 71-25 vote, Kentucky House passes phone deregulation bill; HB 152 now goes to Senate
A landline phone deregulation bill that supporters believe will lead to more investment in broadband and advance communication networks in…
Capitol Notes: KTRS bond bill, early childhood bill pass House, head to Senate
KTRS bond bill on to Senate A House proposal to authorize $3.3 billion in bonds to reduce the unfunded liability…
Gary Moore, in his fifth term as Boone County judge-executive, reflects on progress made, work still to do
By Mark Hansel NKyTribune Contributor Gary Moore began his fifth term as Boone County Judge-executive in January and has seen…
Smoking ban bills assigned to committee that appears unlikely to send to full Senate
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT – The state Senate’s Republican leaders have assigned both the Republican and Democratic…
Capitol Notes: Senate committee takes up electronic gaming, approves three bills
How technology is revolutionizing gambling and threatening traditional bingo and state lotteries was evident at a hearing of a state…
In open letter to legislators, Kentucky Chamber urges action on pension systems
The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce sent an open letter to members of the General Assembly Wednesday applauding the work that…
Weather, road conditions prompt changes to 2015 Regular Session of General Assembly
Due to additional issues with weather and poor road conditions across the state the president of the Senate president and…
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…
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…