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The Kentucky General Assembly has voted to end some partisan elections, freeze zoning ordinances and explore the breakup of Jefferson County Public Schools.
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The budget bills outline $33 billion of state government spending over the next two years, with Republicans lauding it as a historic investment in Kentucky education and Democrats criticizing it as falling too short.
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Legislation to amend the Kentucky Open Records Act cleared a Senate committee despite bipartisan criticism that it would undermine government transparency, though a controversial part of the bill was rejected.
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A bill advancing through the state legislature would create a system and potentially build a new facility for “high acuity” children with extreme levels of aggression or violent behavior.
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A GOP lawmaker believes his bill to move up the licensing timeline for medical cannabis businesses in Kentucky will pass into law before the end of the session.
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A Black University of Louisville student says a Frankfort lobbyist acting in a personal capacity misrepresented a statement from her under oath to support anti-DEI legislation.
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Public K-12 schools in Kentucky could hire pastoral counselors to provide mental health services under an amended school safety bill.
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Kentucky House and Senate members will likely have some long days this week in Frankfort. Many bills will be voted on over the next four days before the break when Gov. Andy Beshear could deliver vetoes. Still to be worked out is a two-year year state budget.
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The last-minute additions include a freeze on city zoning laws, a study on the makeup of the Metro Council, and changes to the review process for LMPD complaints.
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A joint resolution that passed the House natural resources committee Thursday would direct the state’s environmental authority to defy federal rules for fossil fuel power plants.
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Lawyers and experts say the sole doctor has become the decisive voice for whether miners can receive worker’s compensation from the coal companies employing them.
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A proposed real estate transaction that came together around the time of a recent misconduct trial in Louisville Metro Council likely would have violated local law, according to the city’s Ethics Commission.