WEKU | By Stu Johnson The need to update the uniform commercial code in Kentucky created a philosophical debate in the State Senate about digital currency. In detailing the UCC revision on the floor, Fruit Hill GOP Senator Whitney Westerfield said it allows businesses to interact with one another. That includes how to interact with digital…
Louisville Public Media | By Lily Burris State lawmakers could soon remove a mandate that requires the chemical fluoride to be added to Kentucky’s water supply — despite warnings from dental professionals. In Kentucky, state regulations require water systems that serve more than 3,000 people to add fluoride to the water to help protect residents’ dental…
WEKU | By Stu Johnson Legislation to loosen time restrictions on the over-the-counter purchase of a popular decongestant is before the Kentucky House. The bill, sponsored by GOP Bowling Green Representative Mark Duvall, pertains to pseudoephedrine. The western Kentucky lawmaker said current law allows for three months of this medicine per year. “Then you’d have to…
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Gov. Andy Beshear has appointed the following leaders to Kentucky boards and commissions: Gov. Beshear has appointed Deborah Alexander and Foster Shrout as members of the Consumers’ Advisory Council for terms expiring Feb. 1, 2027. Deborah Alexander of Lexington is a retired U.S. Department of State senior diplomatic advisor. She replaces Jerry Hodges, whose term has…
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News While emergency-department visits and hospital admissions related to respiratory illness were again less numerous in the week ended Feb. 4, the state Department for Public Health still considers them elevated. ED visits for respiratory-associated illness in Kentucky in the week saw a 6.7% drop, to 3,005 visits, according to the health…
Kentucky Public Radio | By Joe Sonka The state budget passed by the Kentucky House last week included a last-minute amendment to completely defund a heralded statewide program steering criminal defendants to drug treatment instead of prison. The Alternative Sentencing Worker Program has been within the Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy for more than a decade, now employing 53 social…
By Buddy Forbes FRANKFORT, Ky. (WYMT) – A bill passed through Kentucky’s House Wednesday, which would establish a new online grant database. “It’s just a shame to leave any money on the table when it comes to investing in our communities,” said House Bill 299 sponsor, Rep. Ashley Tackett Laferty. “Especially in communities like ours, which…
BY AUSTIN SCHICK KENTUCKY FRANKFORT, Ky. — In Kentucky and across the country there is a shortage of veterinarians, particularly in rural areas of the commonwealth. Now lawmakers in Frankfort are pushing to establish a veterinary school at Murray State University. What You Need To Know House Bill 400 would allow Murray State university to offer the state’s…
WUKY | By Josh James Gov. Andy Beshear is holding out hope that his central reelection campaign promise could still materialize — in some form — despite a less than enthusiastic response in the GOP-led legislature. The House’s biennial budget boosts education funding, including moving to 100% coverage for school transportation by the second year. But…
BY MASON BRIGHTON KENTUCKY FRANKFORT, Ky. — Drastic changes to the Kentucky Board of Cosmetology could soon become a reality, a move those in the nail technician industry support. What You Need To Know Senate Bill 14 passed through committee and now heads to the full Senate for a vote It would expand the state’s Board of Cosmetology…
