BY MICHON LINDSTROM KENTUCKY FRANKFORT, Ky- The Senate has passed their first pro-life bill of the 2020 session. Senate Bill 9, a “born alive” bill passed with a vote 32-0. The legislation requires a medical professional to provide medically appropriate care to an infant if they are born alive after an attempted abortion or any other type of…
By KARYN CZAR A new poll finds Toyota’s opposition to stricter vehicle emissions standards is at odds with its customers’ views, and could even cost the company a generation of first-time car owners. In 2019, the automaker joined a lawsuit against the State of California and more than 20 other states that disagree with new regulations…
By Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – The Kentucky House has voted unanimously to approve $2.5 million for design and preliminary work for a veterans nursing home in Bowling Green. Lawmakers said the funding would be in addition to the $10.5 million in state bond funding allocated by the 2017 General Assembly. The proposed 90-bed facility would…
By WKYT News Staff FRANKFORT, Ky. (WKYT) – Students, school leaders and elected officials will gather at the State Capitol in Frankfort Monday, Jan. 27 in support of school choice. More than 300 people are expected in Frankfort at 10 a.m. The event kicks off with a prayer by Rabbi Snaid, a member of the Jewish…
By ASSOCIATED PRESS Lawmakers have been told Kentucky state colleges and universities will ask for their first funding increase since the 2007-08 budget. Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education President Aaron Thompson told lawmakers Thursday that public colleges will seek a 6.2% increase next fiscal year and an 8.8% increase in the 2022 fiscal year over current…
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The most important legislative opponent of legalizing medical marijuana in Kentucky said Friday that there is a “narrow path forward” for it. Senate President Robert Stivers said that the day after a medical-cannabis bill was filed in his chamber. Senate Bill 107 has bipartisan sponsorship from 11 of the Senate’s…
By JOSH JAMES A controversial bill granting Kentucky law enforcement the ability to temporarily detain anyone who refuses to identify him or herself has been withdrawn by the sponsor, who says he was “personally threatened” after posting the bill. CREDIT JOSH JAMES / WUKY Under Senate Bill 89, anyone stopped by police on “reasonable suspicion” of criminal…
BY JOE RAGUSA | KENTUCKY FRANKFORT, Ky. – A House committee approved a $35 million loan to the University of Louisville for the purchase of healthcare facilities from KentuckyOne Health. The loan, branded in House Bill 99 as the “Direct Health Care Services and Research Facilities Operations Loan Program”, would help U of L operate the facilities,…
BY JOE RAGUSA | KENTUCKY FRANKFORT, Ky. – The Kentucky House passed a bill to create new standards for hemp testing and to establish standards for transporting hemp products. House Bill 236 requires farmers to keep the THC content, specifically delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol, of their hemp below 0.3%. THC is the active chemical in marijuana and trace amounts can…
By STU JOHNSON A Frankfort boy’s idea to help bolster adoption of sheltered pets in Kentucky is moving in the general assembly. The piece of legislation received committee backing last week. Listen here. Seven year old Ethan Branscum has a suggestion to help more sheltered and rescued animals move into permanent homes. Giving those cats and…
