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Cleaning up the Legislative Redistricting Mess from 2013

Feb 13, 2014 at 01:30 pm by admin

 (February 13, 2014) - The Kentucky Legislature has primarily two major functions. One is to design and pass a budget for the operations of Kentucky State Government every t.... Read More

Senate Bill 31: Be Scared of UN Black Helicopters Over KY

Feb 13, 2014 at 10:37 am by admin

  Editorial Ivan PotterWest Ky. JournalClinton, Ky. Feb. 11, 2014 Fact and fiction often occupy the same space and time. So it is with Senate Bill 31 introduced by Senators.... Read More

Meet My Emerge Kentucky Classmates

Feb 03, 2014 at 03:12 pm by admin

The beginning. Twenty-three women. A businesswomen, a lawyer, a farmer, one who grew up desegregating the schools in the south, a world traveler, a home birthing advocate, an.... Read More

Lobbyist spending hits all time high

Jan 31, 2014 at 11:26 am by admin

According to recently-filed reports, businesses, organizations, and legislative agents spent $16.4 million on Kentucky lobbying in 2013, a record amount for an odd-numbered ye.... Read More

Ag Committee passes hemp bill- Comer urges full House vote

Mar 06, 2013 at 11:43 am by admin

FRANKFORT, Ky. — In a nearly unanimous vote, the House Agriculture Committee passed Senate Bill 50, Sen. Paul Hornback’s industrial hemp bill supported by Agricult.... Read More

General Assembly meeting in short 2013 session

Jan 08, 2013 at 04:56 pm by admin

They’re baackk.. (Frankfort, KY - January 8, 2013) - Those wild and wacky legislators came back to Frankfort today like swallows to Capistrano, seals to the Galapagos.... Read More

Lobbying Spending Hits $13 Million

Oct 02, 2012 at 01:45 pm by admin

Businesses and organizations are on track to set a new lobbying spending record in Kentucky.  In the first eight months of 2012, over $13.2 million was spent on lobbying.... Read More

Hubbard and Humphries answer questions from Farm Bureau

Sep 26, 2012 at 09:00 pm by admin

(Clinton KY, September 20, 2012) – Senate candidates Carroll Hubbard and Stan Humphries appeared together in a forum sponsored by the Kentucky Farm Bureau on Thursday ni.... Read More

Legislative pensions an issue in 2d House District campaign

Sep 12, 2012 at 04:03 pm by admin

HICKORY, KY – Today, in a joint press conference with other Republican candidates for state representative, Richard Heath, Republican from Mayfield in Kentucky’s S.... Read More

Reese' report exposes legislative pension boondoggle

Jun 15, 2012 at 12:58 pm by admin

Expanded gambling will lead to expanded addictions

Jan 02, 2012 at 01:18 pm by admin

To the Editor: Our Governor and members of the General Assembly have not explored the future costs of treating Kentucky’s 60,000 addictions that will come from gambl.... Read More

News that got lost in the 24 hour cycle

May 27, 2010 at 12:00 pm by admin

While we were looking the other way…. News is happening in other areas besides the Paul victory and the Gulf oil spill. Here's a tiny glimpse of what went past us..... Read More

The new educational reality?

Mar 17, 2010 at 10:05 pm by admin

Last week in the General Assembly

Mar 14, 2010 at 07:46 pm by admin

  With the 47th day of the 60 day session of the 2010 General Assembly coming up on Monday, the Governor has signed 12 bills and one resolution:  SB 19, 35.... Read More

Over halfway through the session - six bills become law

Feb 21, 2010 at 04:55 pm by admin

The last week of February marked the week past the halfway point of the Session. Since last week, the House has added 79 more bills to the hopper. tHEIR total is up to 539 bil.... Read More