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New restrictions on vape sales in Kentucky win approval with tobacco industry backing
Courtesy of Kentucky LanternMarch 29, 2024 FRANKFORT — A bill to curb underage vaping, which opponents say will hurt small...
Read moreDetailsClose call for open records law as panel un-adopts mass exemptions for Kentucky elected officials
Courtesy of Kentucky LanternMarch 27, 2024 FRANKFORT — In a rare change of mind, a Senate committee rejected a measure...
Read moreDetailsEastern and western Kentucky rebuilding projects get House nod
Courtesy of Kentucky LanternMarch 25, 2024 FRANKFORT — A House shell bill was changed in a committee Monday afternoon to...
Read moreDetailsSweeping GOP crime bill clears Kentucky Senate despite judiciary chairman’s opposition
Courtesy of Kentucky LanternMarch 15, 2024 FRANKFORT — A GOP-backed omnibus crime bill won state Senate approval Friday over the...
Read moreDetailsHouse votes to end diversity, equity, inclusion programs in Kentucky public higher education
Courtesy of Kentucky LanternMarch 15, 2024 FRANKFORT — Despite hours of impassioned pleas by Democrats, the Republican-dominated House approved a...
Read moreDetailsDivided Kentucky Senate advances bill attaching Fish and Wildlife to agriculture department
Courtesy of Kentucky LanternMarch 15, 2024 FRANKFORT — The GOP-dominated Senate narrowly advanced a controversial change for Kentucky’s wildlife management...
Read moreDetails‘Game changer:’ Amendment for public dollars to nonpublic schools clears General Assembly
Courtesy of Kentucky LanternMarch 15, 2024 FRANKFORT — The Kentucky Senate on Friday joined the House in passing legislation for...
Read moreDetailsKentucky Senate ups House’s one-time spending on projects by more than a billion dollars
Courtesy of Kentucky LanternMarch 13, 2024 FRANKFORT — The GOP-dominated Kentucky Senate approved budget bills Wednesday funding the state executive...
Read moreDetailsCOMMENTARY: A lot to give up without a fight, public’s right to know undercut by ‘modernization’ bill
Courtesy of Kentucky LanternMarch 14, 2024 Approximately nine minutes. That was the duration of the March 12 floor debate in...
Read moreDetailsKentucky House passes bill that adds loopholes to open records law
Courtesy of Kentucky LanternMarch 12, 2024 FRANKFORT — The House approved a Republican-backed bill that open government advocates have repeatedly...
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