Kentucky House OKs plan to spend $801 million but doesn’t specify what for
Courtesy of Kentucky Lantern FRANKFORT--Seven pieces of legislation—including a vague one-page plan for spending $801 million and the state’s road...
KY Senate sends bill to opt Kentucky into federal K-12 scholarship program to Beshear
Courtesy of Kentucky Lantern A Republican-backed bill opting Kentucky into a tax credit program promoted by the Trump administration to...
Kentucky would opt into federal plan for private-school tuition aid under GOP bill
Henderson Rep. Payne defends his 'aye' vote The state House approved a bill that would opt Kentucky into a federal...
Kentucky Republicans issue subpoenas to Beshear administration for budget information
Courtesy of Kentucky Lantern Kentucky Republicans in the General Assembly have issued subpoenas to the Beshear administration for information they...
KY Supreme Court unanimously strikes down Republican lawmakers’ 2022 charter school law
Courtesy of Kentucky Lantern Kentucky Supreme Court justices all agreed that the Republican-controlled legislature’s 2022 law allowing charter schools is...
KY House passes education bills. School officials support one. A union opposes the other.
The sponsor of one of the bills is Henderson Rep. J.T. Payne Courtesy of Kentucky Lantern The Kentucky House passed...
Kentucky’s closed primaries exclude fastest-growing voter group. Should that change?
Courtesy of Kentucky Lantern On May 19, about 1 in 10 registered Kentucky voters will not be eligible to cast...
Public notices would still be published in KY newspapers under bill carried by GOP leader
Courtesy of Kentucky Lantern Republican Senate President Pro Tem David Givens is sponsoring a bill that would resolve a battle...
Kentucky House committee approves changes to assessments that measure student growth
Courtesy of Kentucky Lantern A bill that would change how Kentucky schools measure success of their students passed out of...
First independent poll in Kentucky US Senate race shows many voters are still undecided
Courtesy of Kentucky Lantern The first independent poll in Kentucky’s U.S. Senate race shows a three-way split among top Republicans...