Fuzzy feelings of bipartisanship in the air for Ky. Chamber dinner
01/09/2015 12:04 AM
LEXINGTON — The 1,300 business leaders, advocates and legislators attending Thursday’s Kentucky Chamber of Commerce dinner got a third helping of the “new day” amongst state legislative leaders and the governor. With the ghost of former Senate President David Williams of Burkesville still haunting the evening state leaders reminisced over the work they started in the 2013 short session and the still-new attitude of bipartisanship in divided government. There were the normal hits and misses from the podium as state leaders... Read more 
Senate sends first two bills to House with contrasting prospects
01/08/2015 07:52 PM
FRANKFORT — The Senate sent one of the General Assembly’s top priorities to the House on Thursday, unanimously passing an anti-heroin bill that would provide various treatment options for addicts and crack down on dealers. On the heels of Senate Bill 5’s 36-0 passage, the Republican-controlled chamber approved a right-to-work measure that tops the GOP’s legislative wish list. The 24-12 tally fell largely along party lines, and House Speaker Greg Stumbo has said Senate Bill 1 has no chance in the... Read more
Kelley Paul promotes book about female bonding; says decision on Rand's presidential run a 'hard decision to make'
01/08/2015 03:53 PM
As U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, contemplates a potential bid for the White House in 2016 Kelley Paul is touring Kentucky promoting her book about the female bond from grandmothers, mothers, sisters and friends. Kelley Paul was in Lexington on Thursday speaking to the Women Republicans of Central Kentucky, promoting her new book, “True and Constant Friends”, which contains essays about inspiring women. As she travels the state promoting her book, the first thing she’s asked about is her husband running... Read more
Bonding proposal for teachers’ retirement system forthcoming, Stumbo says
01/08/2015 02:22 PM
UPDATED FRANKFORT — House Speaker Greg Stumbo intends to introduce this week his proposal to shore up the Kentucky Teachers’ Retirement System with at least $1 billion in bonds, he told reporters Thursday. KTRS officials had previously floated a pair of 30-year bonding plans worth $1.9 billion and $3.3 billion, saying the bonds are necessary to maintain the pension program’s long-term stability. KTRS is about 52 percent funded with $13.9 billion in unfunded liabilities. The details of Stumbo’s proposal are unknown. The... Read more
Right-to-work cleared for floor vote in Senate but dead-on-arrival in House
01/08/2015 11:19 AM
FRANKFORT — The Senate’s economic development committee set up a floor vote on a bill that would prevent unions from collect fees from workers regardless of membership, approving the measure along a party-line vote Wednesday. Senate Bill 1, right-to-work legislation that cleared the Senate Economic Development, Tourism and Labor Committee on a 7-3 vote, will make the state more attractive to businesses seeking to relocate to or remain in Kentucky, said Senate President Robert Stivers, the bill’s sponsor. SB 1 would... Read more
President Obama is in Tennessee previewing some of the big issues he’ll talk about in his State of the Union address later this month. Today, he’ll speak in Knoxville, focusing on education and an idea that is gathering steam in some states: making community college tuition-free. In the emerging debate over this idea, there are skeptics and there are true believers. “This is a fundamental systematic change. It’s bold and exactly what we need right now,” says Sara Goldrick-Rab, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Last year she co-authored a study titled “Securing America’s future with a free two-year college option.” It [...]
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An Indiana state senator has proposed a bill that would put more restrictions on owners of dangerous animals in the Hoosier state. Related StoryThe Troubling Record of a Southern Indiana Wildlife RefugeState Sen. Michael Crider, a Republican who represents parts of Marion, Shelby and Hancock counties, is one of several Indiana legislators who fielded calls from concerned citizens about a troubled non-profit animal refuge in Charlestown. The refuge, Wildlife in Need, was the focus of a recent Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting series that found a number of Animal Welfare Act violations and conditions that potentially put the public’s safety at risk. Crider [...]
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Rae Hodge | wfpl.org Sen. Minority Whip Julian Carroll, D-Frankfort, rises to argue against Right To Work legislation in the Senate chamber. FRANKFORT — Moments after Senate Republicans and Democrats finished congratulating each other Thursday on their bi-partisanship on anti-heroin legislation, a fierce debate erupted along party lines over the contentious legislation known as Right To Work. The high-priority piece of legislation for the Senate’s Republican leadership passed out of committee in a flash Wednesday night—and it passed out of the Republican-controlled Senate Thursday mostly along party lines, with only one dissenting Republican and one absent member. The legislation allows employees to work for [...]
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