Government

Amye Bensenhaver, of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition, said the bill is a reaction to recent rulings by Kentucky courts that discussions of public business conducted on private devices are subject to the state’s open records law.

The bill was sponsored by Sen. Whitney Westerfield, of Christian County.

In Kentucky, Beshear said the state has saved around $300 million by eliminating insurance industry middlemen known as pharmacy benefit managers from its Medicaid program in 2021.

In this session, lawmakers are trying to flex control over everything from when they can meet in special session to decisions about permanent displays in the Capitol Rotunda.

That bill was introduced in response to a mass shooting at Marshall County High School in 2018 that killed two students and injured others.

Labor officials expressed strong concerns about what they called the "erosion" of "critical" workplace protections.

McConnell, who turned 82 last week, cited the death of his wife’s sister several weeks ago, as an event that prompted him to think about his future.

The bill would leave it up to the physician to determine if rape or incest had occurred.

School transportation challenges have spurred several pieces of proposed legislation.

The meeting will be March 2 at the Hopkinsville-Christian County Public Library.

Some parking spaces will be unavailable to use after the work begins March 4.

So far, the Senate has passed a bill that aims to limit DEI in public colleges and universities, and the House has introduced legislation that would bar universities and colleges from expending “any resources” to support DEI programs or DEI officers.