The first Black Kentuckian to serve on the board overseeing Kentucky’s fish and wildlife management agency says he’s concerned a bill passed by the Republican-controlled legislature is intended to push him off the board. Senate Bill 245, which Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear has vetoed, could apply only to Jerry Ferrell this year because he is
FRANKFORT — Franklin Circuit Judge Thomas Wingate told lawyers to expect a decision from him in two weeks in a long-running challenge of hedge fund investments made for Kentucky public pension funds. Wingate spoke Wednesday at the end of a hearing that he called “very informative.” At issue is a proposed $227.5 million settlement unveiled
FRANKFORT — Health advocates are urging the Kentucky General Assembly to reconsider Republican changes to the Medicaid program passed in the final hours before lawmakers broke for the 10-day veto period. Meanwhile, Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear on Wednesday vetoed the changes — contained in House Bill 695 — saying they would “put up barriers to
FRANKFORT — Gov. Andy Beshear is letting a bill that would take 67 transgender inmates off hormone therapy and block public funds for inmates’ elective medical treatments become law — without his signature. Advocates have called Senate Bill 2 anti-trans legislation and criticized its high priority for the General Assembly this session. The bill says
Kentucky is investing $300,000 into space research that Senate President Robert Stivers said sets the state up as “a leader in all areas.” The money — which was allocated in the 2024 legislative session’s Senate Bill 1 — is a 10% match for a $3.1 million NASA grant announced Wednesday. The money will allow the…
The League of Women Voters of Kentucky is calling on all League members, friends, and citizen advocacy groups to unite for the Democracy Principle Rally in the Capitol Rotunda on Friday, March 28. The rally is an important stand for democracy, highlighting that the 2025 legislative session has done little to address the League’s documented…
The Kentucky Arts Council invites all Kentucky visual artists to submit work for consideration in the upcoming Governor’s Derby Exhibit April 30-May 29. The works selected for the exhibit will be on display in the Capitol Rotunda, and available for viewing by all visitors to the State Capitol. All Kentucky visual artists 18 and older…
