Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts blocked Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul from posing a question during the Senate impeachment trial Wednesday that would have named the alleged whistleblower at the center of the case, Fox News is told — and Paul may try to force the issue during the question-and-answer session that…… more »
CINCINNATI (KT) – Oral arguments were heard Wednesday at the 6th U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati on the constitutionality of legislation passed by the Kentucky General Assembly on restricting use after 11 weeks of an abortion procedure known as dilation and evacuation. The measure, House Bill 454, easily passed both chambers in…… more »
FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) – Calling it an education first budget, Gov. Andy Beshear laid out his state spending plan for the next two years, which includes no spending cuts for the first time in more than a decade and fully funding the public pension plans. He unveiled his budget before a joint session of the…… more »
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear will reveal his first two-year state government budget proposal on Tuesday, turning his amiable rhetoric into cold, hard numbers. Beshear’s $23 billion spending plan — to be launched with a 7 p.m. address to state lawmakers televised on KET — is only the start of the process. Next, the House and…… more »
State Rep. Patti Minter, D-Bowling Green, has joined a dozen other Democratic lawmakers in calling for all public schools to offer comprehensive sex education to students between kindergarten and the 12th grade. Through House Bill 296, and starting during the 2021-22 school year, each school district would be required to provide students instruction covering human…… more »
alling Kentucky’s pretrial release system “badly broken,” a state agency has asked the state Supreme Court to set “clear constitutional rules” to fix the process used to collect bail money from the accused. In a petition to the state’s highest court, the Department of Public Advocacy raised numerous challenges to pretrial release practices across the…… more »
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Friday took another step toward dismantling Michelle Obama’s school nutrition guidelines, proposing a new rule that could lead to more pizza and fries and less fruit and a smaller variety of vegetables on school menus. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, who announced the rule changes on Obama’s birthday, said…… more »
A bill pending in the Kentucky Senate would give police new powers to stop people on the street and demand that they identify themselves and explain their actions, drawing criticism from civil rights lawyers who say that would be an unconstitutional device likely used against minority groups. Under Senate Bill 89, if a police officer…… more »
Now that the Senate is formally in possession of the articles of impeachment, the pressure is on for Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to deliver an outcome favorable to President Trump and his allies. Chris Jansing is joined by Ethics Public Policy Center Senior Fellow Peter Wehner and TIME Magazine Contributor Elise Jordan to discuss what…… more »
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s elections for governor and other constitutional offices would shift to even-numbered years, coinciding with presidential elections, under a proposal overwhelmingly approved Thursday by the state Senate. Attempts to do away with statewide elections in odd-numbered years have become a perennial endeavor in the Senate. Similar proposals died in the House…… more »
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