BY JOHN CHEVES, [email protected] – The Kentucky General Assembly resumes its 2017 session Tuesday afternoon with an ambitious conservative agenda set by the state’s newly unified Republican leadership. When lawmakers adjourned Jan. 7 for a monthlong break, they had just passed a flurry of bills establishing new restrictions on abortion and labor unions, and Gov. Matt Bevin enthusiastically signed…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Progress is being made in tracking down rapists and finding closure for victims. A new law passed last year in Kentucky requiring law enforcement agencies to adopt a sexual assault response policy by the start of this year. All made the deadline with time to spare. The new policies cover the collection…
by Ryland Barton – State lawmakers return to Frankfort Tuesday after a break in this year’s General Assembly. With nearly two months left, the legislature is likely to consider major changes to the public education and criminal justice systems, giving the governor more power to reorganize university boards and altering the way medical malpractice lawsuits progress through…
by RYLAND BARTON – When Kentucky lawmakers return to Frankfort next week, they’re expected to take up charter school legislation. In the meantime, Louisville Public Media is taking a look at the issue from various angles. In this installment of the weeklong series, we take a look at another way the issue is often framed: as urban vs. rural.…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin has signed an executive order aimed at giving people with criminal records a “fair chance” to land state government jobs. The Republican governor’s action will remove the box on state job application forms that asks job seekers whether they have criminal records. Bevin said Wednesday that background checks can still be…
WATCH |Senator Mike Wilson holds town hall regarding education By Sean Baute | BOWLING GREEN, KY. (WBKO) — Sen. Mike Wilson of Warren County held a town hall meeting at Greenwood High School Monday to discuss issues regarding education, especially Senate Bill 1. Wilson addressed the teachers in the crowd, reassuring how important education is. “58% of our…
by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS – Governor Matt Bevin is planning a visit to Virginia to help Republican Ed Gillespie’s bid for governor. Gillespie’s campaign said Tuesday that the two will campaign together in Lynchburg and Staunton on February 9. Bevin joins a growing list of current and former GOP governors supporting Gillespie. The former chairman of the…
by Madeline Janicki – Elaine Chao breezed through the confirmation process, being confirmed to serve as the next Secretary of Transportation by the United States Senate on Tuesday afternoon. This will not be Chao’s first time serving in a President’s cabinet, serving under President George W. Bush as the Secretary of Labor. Chao is the first Asian-American…
by Chris Mayhew , [email protected] – STORY HIGHLIGHTS “Our current plan does not provide equal access to the law and justice,” Sen. John Schickel said. Parents arguing for child visitation rights in Boone and Kenton counties have to wait about four months before a judge hears their case. Shorter wait times for Northern Kentucky non-emergency family court cases will come…
by Ryland Barton – Kentucky is one of seven states in the U.S. that doesn’t allow charter schools. But the General Assembly is likely to soon approve a bill that would make the organizations a reality in the Bluegrass. Lawmakers will return next week to consider the measure. In the meantime, 89.3 WFPL is taking a look at…
