The December 2021 tornado outbreak killed 14 people in the Hopkins County town and destroyed or seriously damaged north of 70% of its residences, decimating its tax base.
Most bills the Kentucky General passed into law this year will go into effect 90 days after the end of the session, but 27 of them have “emergency clauses” attached.
The Kentucky General Assembly's Republican supermajority sped more than 100 bills to passage ahead of the governor’s veto period. Some of the most contentious measures were heavily amended before the public could give their input, or even read them.
The Republican-controlled General Assembly can override Democrat Beshear’s veto when lawmakers return to Frankfort Thursday and Friday following the veto period.
