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Pilot program to add speed cameras to roadway work zones heads to Kentucky House
by Liam Niemeyer, Kentucky LanternJanuary 30, 2024 FRANKFORT — Adding speed cameras to highway construction zones received a House committee’s...
Read moreDetailsHouse passes two-year Kentucky budget, $1.7 billion in one-time spending
by Liam Niemeyer, Kentucky LanternFebruary 1, 2024 FRANKFORT — After hours of questioning and much criticism from Democrats, the GOP-dominated...
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Dixon, Mills discuss current General Assembly session priorities
Local state legislators met with the public Monday morning at the Henderson Chamber of Commerce’s legislative preview breakfast to discuss...
Read moreDetailsA bill targeting low-income housing vouchers passes Kentucky Senate
by Liam Niemeyer, Kentucky LanternJanuary 24, 2024 A bill that would prevent Kentucky cities from requiring landlords to accept low-income...
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House budget includes funding for Audubon conference center
On page 219 of the 251-page Kentucky House Bill 6, there reads a couple lines that would provide $8.5 million...
Read moreDetailsGOP bill stiffening criminal penalties, targeting homeless campers clears House committee
by McKenna Horsley, Kentucky LanternJanuary 18, 2024 FRANKFORT — Lawmakers moved a Republican anti-crime bill out of committee Thursday afternoon...
Read moreDetailsHouse anti-DEI bill would increase government oversight of Kentucky’s public universities
by McKenna Horsley, Kentucky LanternJanuary 19, 2024 A House Republican is broadening her party’s attack on diversity, equity and inclusion...
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Pruitt to run for his seventh commission seat
Robert Pruitt, currently serving his sixth term as a city commissioner, says he was asked to run for the Dist....
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Williams will run again, wants to get the vote out
Dwight Williams said he won’t change much from last fall’s campaign for a Henderson City Commission seat except for a...
Read moreDetailsSutton will run un-opposed for circuit court clerk seat
Greg Sutton will run unopposed for re-election of his Henderson County Circuit Court Clerk seat. Sutton was appointed to the...
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