State Rep. Patti Minter, D-Bowling Green, has introduced legislation called the Student Loan Borrower Bill of Rights in the Kentucky General Assembly. House Bill 239 focuses on providing more transparency to student loan borrowers so they can have full disclosure in the borrowing process, she said. “This is not canceling student debt,” she said. “This…… more »
Historical horse racing, which the Kentucky Supreme Court determined was not pari-mutuel wagering and therefore not legal in Kentucky, may have new life as legislation will soon be filed to legalize it. Sen. John Schickel, R-Union, announced Thursday that he will introduce a bill when lawmakers return next week for the second part of the…… more »
A year ago, Mary Lou Muncy landed her dream job advising home health care agencies on wound care. The timing seemed perfect. Muncy’s contract as a nurse at the Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Lexington had ended, and she wasn’t ready to retire. With an annual salary of $77,000, Muncy would have enough money…… more »
President Biden this week indicated he is open to negotiating the terms for an additional round of direct payments to American households – and a new study suggests that lowering the cutoff threshold may be economically prudent. An analysis conducted by nonpartisan, nonprofit Opportunity Insights of the most recent round of direct payments found that…… more »
Faced with a weakening of his executive powers, Kentucky’s Democratic governor has offered an outline for potential compromises in a letter to top Republican legislative leaders. Gov. Andy Beshear sent the letter to House Speaker David Osborne and Senate President Robert Stivers last week, soon after the governor vetoed a series of GOP-backed bills that…… more »
All but five Senate Republicans voted in favor of an effort to dismiss Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial on Tuesday, making clear a conviction of the former president for “incitement of insurrection” after the deadly Capitol siege on Jan. 6 is unlikely. While the Republicans did not succeed in ending the trial before it…… more »
FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) – Secretary of State Michael Adams has announced that in December, Kentucky’s electorate declined as more voters were taken off the rolls than were added. While 671 new voters registered, another 3,089 voters were removed. Of them, 2,625 were deceased voters, 287 nonresident voters, 174 voters who voluntarily de-registered, and three others…… more »
Described as the biggest climate survey yet conducted, UN Development Programme (UNDP)’s “People’s Climate Vote” poll also showed that people supported more comprehensive climate policies to respond to the challenges. The survey covered 50 countries with over half the world’s population. “The results of the survey clearly illustrate that urgent climate action has broad support…… more »
Roman Catholic bishops criticized on Friday President Biden’s recent executive order on applying anti-discrimination protections to certain groups, arguing it didn’t properly account for religious liberty and furthered “false theories on human sexuality.” Wednesday’s order, they said, “threatens to infringe the rights of people who recognize the truth of sexual difference or who uphold the…… more »
The Kentucky Supreme Court has denied a motion for a rehearing on their decision issued last fall that stated historical horse racing is not pari-mutuel wagering and is therefore illegal under state law, ending a decade long legal battle. Last September, the justices issued an opinion written by Justice Laurance VanMeter. Five of the six…… more »
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