State Government

Lobbying efforts around HB 594 dominated spending in the 2023 session of the Kentucky legislature.

House Bill 829 became law during this year’s legislative session and moved up the medical cannabis timeline from January 2025 to July 1, 2024. 

Anyone using the temporary office in the Forbes Place building at 10th and Virginia streets must first make an appointment.

In a decision Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court gave wide discretion to states and localities to create policy around homelessness. It clears the way for a Kentucky ban on outdoor homelessness to go into effect in July.

According to data released earlier this year, Kentucky has an overall housing gap of over 200,000 units.

The committe warned in a letter that the governor’s endorsement blurs judicial and partisan lines in nonpartisan race.

Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021, commemorating the day in 1865 when the last enslaved people in the United States learned they were free

Each year, your Kentucky lawmakers make hundreds of votes. KPR had a computer scrape hundreds of documents to produce an easy-to use-voting record.

The new commissioner for the state’s Department of Juvenile Justice warned lawmakers Wednesday that an influx of youth sent to juvenile detention facilities could burden an already overtaxed system.

The funding will go toward 11 construction projects, including plans for 76 units in Christian County.

The commission has broad oversight over gambling in Kentucky, including betting on horse races, sports wagering and equine safety and medications.