FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – Kentucky would begin charging people for multiple handicap parking placards under a bill that has cleared the state House of Representatives.Kentucky had issued just over 32,000 disabled parking placards in 2008. In 2009, one year after the state stopped charging a fee, the state issued 209,000 placards. The explosion in placards…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WKYT) – Kentucky historians are protecting precious state artifacts in case the nearby Capital Plaza Implosion causes shaking at the Kentucky Historical Society. The society’s building is just a few blocks away from the Capital Plaza Tower, which is set for demolition Saturday at 1:30 p.m. “We don’t anticipate that we are going to…
FRANKFORT — Pregnant women in jail or prison could not be shackled during labor or child birth under a bill passed Monday by the state Senate. Senate Bill 133, sponsored by Sen. Julie Raque Adams, R-Louisville, would also allow women charged with non-violent drug offenses to be released while awaiting trial. Such inmates would have…
Proposals to tax widely-used painkillers called opioids have failed in other states, leaving Kentucky legislators in uncharted territory as they consider the levy to help shore up the state’s shaky finances. Kentucky would be the first state to approve such a tax if it succeeds in the current legislative session. The two-year state budget approved by…
by Beth Warren, Louisville Courier Journal – Published 6:59 a.m. ET March 5, 2018 | Updated 9:43 a.m. ET March 5, 2018 A Kentucky couple was forced into sobriety because of Casey’s Law. Now, they plan to marry. Sam Upshaw Jr./Louisville Courier Journal A nationally renowned pain doctor has called a proposed Kentucky opioid tax…
You might have heard you need a passport to fly inside the U.S. That’s wrong. We explain. Rachel Aretakis/Louisville Courier Journal Kentucky residents worried about being able to fly with only their license from the Bluegrass State can rest easy for now. For a time, Kentucky was looking at potential difficulties that residents flying domestically might encounter without…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (March 2, 2018) – The Senate passed a measure yesterday to preserve the status quo in determining how many package liquor licenses are issued in individual cities and counties by a 32-4 vote. The measure, known as Senate Bill 110, would do that by codifying in law rules that limit the number of…
Lindsey Collinsworth nearly died alone in a stairwell. A few years later, the Catholic high school graduate and recovering addict has a job she enjoys, a baby on the way and the most supportive boyfriend she’s ever had. Actually, thanks to a surprise Christmas Day proposal, he’s now her fiancé. The couple has an unusual link. Before Lindsey…
Vice President Mike Pence will appear at a Versailles bakery next week for an event to promote the Republican tax cuts. America First Policies, a group started by President Trump’s campaign aides to back the White House agenda, is hosting the event at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at More Than a Bakery. Pence has done similar tax reform talks…
Murray State University’s president says the House committee’s version of the state budget that restores higher education funding was the result of a ‘significant’ team effort. In a letter to the campus community on Wednesday, Davies said the House Appropriations and Revenue Committee’s biennial budget scales back cuts that had been proposed by Governor Matt Bevin.…