State Government

Unlike most states, Kentucky does not require filed or advancing bills to be accompanied by a financial analysis. Sometimes lawmakers ask for them, and sometimes they are “confidential.”

Part of the work includes $14 million for temporary structures where the House and Senate will meet while renovation of the 120-year-old building is underway.

Adams was chosen by his peers in the National Association of Secretaries of State to co-chair its Elections Committee, along with Democratic Secretary of State Gregg Amore of Rhode Island.

Roughly 150 bills passed this year are going into effect Monday. Here’s a dozen of the laws reshaping Kentucky statutes.

The expanded law is designed to protect motorists with disabled vehicles.

The program started as a demonstration focused on treatment for substance-use disorder during incarceration.

Opponents have said it will hurt small businesses and lead to a monopoly for big retailers.

The Kentucky delegation will meet with “companies and trade organizations to determine future investment and job-creation opportunities in the state,” officials said in a press release from the governor’s office.

Gov. Andy Beshear said President Joe Biden was “in control of the room” during a meeting with a group of Democratic governors Wednesday night. Beshear’s name has come up in discussions as pressure for Biden to step off the ticket mounts.

Secretary of State Michael Adams says changing it now would "sow chaos" in a presidential election year.