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Kentucky 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...
Read moreDetailsBill blocking Kentuckians from suing pesticide makers splits House GOP but still advances
Courtesy of Kentucky Lantern FRANKFORT — A bill that critics say would block Kentuckians from suing pesticide companies for failing...
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Kentucky Senate passes bill exempting state energy planner from open records law
Courtesy of Kentucky Lantern FRANKFORT—Republicans in the Kentucky Senate approved a bill Thursday that would exempt a taxpayer-funded commission that...
Read moreDetailsKentucky would require photo ID to file open records request under bill passed by House
Courtesy of Kentucky Lantern FRANKFORT—With no questions on the floor, the Kentucky House passed a bill that would allow public...
Read moreDetailsBeshear vetoes bill opting KY into K-12 scholarships supported by new US tax credit
Courtesy of Kentucky Lantern FRANKFORT—Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear has vetoed a GOP-backed bill that would opt Kentucky into a scholarship...
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Local governments begin getting into compliance with state law allowing qualified manufactured homes in neighborhoods
Both the Henderson City Commission and Henderson County Fiscal Court on Tuesday began the process of complying with a state...
Read moreDetailsKentucky 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...
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Toll rates set for I-69 bridge crossing
The toll for smaller passenger vehicles was set for $3.14 per one-way crossing over the future I-69 Bridge during the...
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