As the legislative session comes to an end, both chambers of the legislature have massive priorities — and Republicans are firmly in the driver's seat.
UK HealthCare has powerful debt collection tools at its disposal thanks to its partnership with the Department of Revenue, which can garnish wages, levy bank accounts or intercept tax returns to get at money allegedly owed to the university — all without a court order.
NWS officials spoke at a workshop Thursday in Paducah about what weather models revealed leading up to the night of Dec. 10, and the effectiveness of storm warnings.
Among the provisions, the bill would eliminate what’s known as “broad-based categorical eligibility” which is what allows cabinet officials to qualify Kentuckians for SNAP benefits automatically if they qualify for other forms of public assistance, such as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). Forty-four states including Kentucky implement broad-based categorical eligibility.
One analyst noted that when Richard Nixon decreed year-round daylight time in 1973, Americans said they liked it the idea, but changed their minds when it took effect.
The Old Capitol building is the third of four buildings that have housed the Kentucky legislature since 1792. Now a museum, it is operated by the Kentucky Historical Society.
Bills moving through the General Assembly include legislation that would ban public entities from asking amployees and applicants about their vaccination status, as well as a proposal to give a religious exemption if an employer requires workers to be immunized against any disease.
