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Republican-backed budget bill with increased K-12 funding sent to Kentucky's Democratic governor

Mar. 28, 2024 21:31 PM EDT

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's legislature delivered on a new two-year state budget Thursday that would increase funding for K-12 schools as lawmakers accomplished their biggest responsibility of this year's legislative session. The spending plan won final passage in the House...

Republican-passed bill removes role of Democratic governor if Senate vacancy occurs in Kentucky

Mar. 28, 2024 20:17 PM EDT

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky lawmakers gave final approval Thursday to a bill stripping the state's Democratic governor of any role in picking someone to occupy a U.S. Senate seat if a vacancy occurred in the home state of 82-year-old Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell. The...

Kentucky Senate approves expanding access to paid family leave

Mar. 28, 2024 19:28 PM EDT

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A bipartisan bill aimed at expanding access to paid family leave won final passage Thursday as Kentucky's legislature shifted into overdrive before a two-week break. The Senate voted 36-0 to send the family leave legislation to Gov. Andy Beshear. ...

GOP-backed bill proposing harsher sentences to combat crime sent to Kentucky's governor

Mar. 28, 2024 16:24 PM EDT

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Kentucky wrapped up work Thursday on a sweeping criminal justice bill that would deliver harsher sentences to combat crime. Opponents making a last stand before final passage warned the measure would carry a hefty price tag with no assurances that a...

Transfer portal, NIL challenge teams to fill and maintain rosters, even as March Madness continues

Mar. 28, 2024 15:18 PM EDT

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Morehead State coach Preston Spradlin wasn’t surprised when several players from his 2021 March Madness team eventually took their talents elsewhere, with a couple landing at Power Five programs. The Eagles’ return to this year’s NCAA Tournament shows...

A mom called 911 to get her son mental health help. He died after police responded with force

Mar. 28, 2024 10:56 AM EDT

Taylor Ware’s mom just wanted to get her son the help he needed. But her home was 400 miles away and Ware was deep into a manic episode at an interstate rest stop in rural southern Indiana. “I need someone to come, OK, so that he can get help at a mental hospital....

Editorial Roundup: Kentucky - Advisory

Mar. 28, 2024 07:11 AM EDT
Eds: The Kentucky editorial roundup will not move this week due to a lack of editorials of state-wide interest. We will resume the roundup at its normal time on Thursday, April 4, 2024. The AP

State budget bill passed by Kentucky Senate would increase support for schools

Mar. 27, 2024 22:45 PM EDT

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Senate delivered bipartisan support Wednesday night for a new two-year state budget that would increase funding for K-12 schools as lawmakers moved closer to accomplishing their biggest responsibility of this year's legislative session. The budget...

More teens would be tried in adult courts for gun offenses under Kentucky bill winning final passage

Mar. 27, 2024 21:32 PM EDT

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A bill intended to combat teen crime by transferring more youths for trial in adult courts when charged with gun-related gun offenses won final passage in the Kentucky legislature on Wednesday. The Senate voted 24-10 to sent the bill to Democratic Gov. Andy...

Media attorney warns advancing bill would create 'giant loophole' in Kentucky's open records law

Mar. 27, 2024 16:37 PM EDT

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Legislation advanced by Kentucky lawmakers on Wednesday would carve out a “giant loophole” in the state's open records law that would enable public officials to evade scrutiny, a media attorney says. The measure was approved by the Senate State and Local...