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GOP-controlled KY legislature gives final passage to $31 billion executive branch budget
Courtesy of Kentucky Lantern FRANKFORT—The GOP-controlled Kentucky legislature gave final passage Wednesday to the state’s executive branch budget allocating more...
Read moreDetailsAs legislature breaks for veto period, what made it, what didn’t, what still has a chance
Courtesy of Kentucky Lantern FRANKFORT — In Wednesday’s final hours, Kentucky lawmakers passed the state’s two-year budget bills, voted to name...
Read moreDetailsGas pipeline plan in western Kentucky getting help from powerful state lawmaker
Courtesy of Kentucky Lantern FRANKFORT—A powerful lawmaker is seeking a change in state law that would boost an “unprecedented” natural...
Read moreDetailsKentucky chief justice warns drug, mental health courts would be wiped out by budget proposals
Courtesy of Kentucky Lantern FRANKFORT—Kentucky judges and advocates issued a warning Thursday that, without more funding in the judicial branch...
Read moreDetailsJudge sentences ex-Gov. Bevin to jail that he can avoid by disclosing financial info
Courtesy of Kentucky Lantern LOUISVILLE — A judge sentenced former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin to 60 days in jail after...
Read moreDetailsHouse panel changes controversial provisions in bills affecting Kentucky energy planning
FRANKFORT — A Kentucky House committee advanced two bills expanding the membership of the state’s longstanding utility regulator and reshaping...
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Take a look at the bills sponsored by Henderson’s legislators
The Kentucky General Assembly’s session is winding down. Legislators will meet March 23-26, and the following week legislators for two...
Read moreDetailsKentucky Senate unanimously passes $31 billion state budget and $810 million in one-time spending
Courtesy of Kentucky Lantern FRANKFORT — The GOP-controlled Kentucky Senate unanimously passed its version of the two-year state budget Wednesday...
Read moreDetailsMore than 1,000 people being held by ICE in Kentucky jails, analysis finds
Courtesy of Kentucky Lantern The number of ICE detainees in Kentucky jails has more than doubled, and almost three-fourths of...
Read moreDetailsGOP supermajority overrides Beshear veto of education grants fueled by US tax credit
Courtesy of Kentucky Lantern FRANKFORT — Kentucky’s Republican-controlled House and Senate overrode Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto of a bill...
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