House sends $10.10 per hour minimum wage bill to Senate after mostly party-line vote
02/10/2015 05:49 PM
UPDATED FRANKFORT — The Democrat-led Kentucky House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday largely along party lines that would raise the state’s minimum wage to $10.10 per hour over three years despite protests that the measure would cost thousands of jobs. Those same concerns will likely doom the bill once it reaches the Republican-led Senate. House Bill 2, sponsored by House Speaker Greg Stumbo, passed the chamber on a 56-43 vote. GOP Reps. David Hale of Wellington, Jim Stewart of Flat Lick... Read more 
Bill providing dating partners domestic violence protections passes House committee unanimously
02/10/2015 03:00 PM
FRANKFORT — A bill that would give protection to victims of dating violence and stalking unanimously passed the House Committee on Judiciary Tuesday. House Bill 8, sponsored by Rep. John Tilley, D-Hopkinsville, would allow victims of dating violence to be able to obtain protective orders against their abuser. Current state law dictates that emergency protective order procedures applies only to married couples, persons living together or individuals that have a child in common. Marion Brown, executive director of Sanctuary Inc. in Hopkinsville, a... Read more
GOP auditor candidate Mike Harmon wants top-to-bottom state government audits
02/10/2015 02:57 PM
Rep. Mike Harmon is banking on a strong slate of gubernatorial candidates and a campaign based around keeping an eagle eye on state agencies in his run for state auditor. Harmon, R-Danville, said it was a Republican gubernatorial candidate who spoke of the need for an auditor to do a top-to-bottom audit of state government that convinced him to run for the post. “I tell some of our gubernatorial candidates I feel kind of sorry for them because really we’re... Read more
Record $3.3 billion bond proposal for Ky. teachers' pensions moves to full House without opposition in committee
02/10/2015 02:31 PM
FRANKFORT — The House Appropriations and Revenue Committee passed legislation on Tuesday that would authorize the single largest bond issued in the state’s history, a $3.3 billion proposal to shore up funding at the Kentucky Teachers’ Retirement System. House Bill 4, sponsored by House Speaker Greg Stumbo, didn’t receive a dissenting vote in the budget committee, although Rep. Addia Wuchner, R-Florence, voted pass. The near unanimous result buoyed Stumbo’s hopes of not only passing the bill once its reaches a floor vote,... Read more
Constitutional amendment allowing local option sales tax passes House committee
02/10/2015 12:20 PM
FRANKFORT — A bill which if passed and ratified would give local voters a chance to decide whether they want to pay for new projects, by giving them the right to vote – up or down – on projects and their costs has cleared a House committee. House Bill 1, sponsored by Speaker of the House Greg Stumbo, D-Prestonsburg, is a local sales tax option that voters would first decided the merit of at the ballot box in November 2016. The... Read more
House committee approves bill granting $132.5 million in bonds for new UK research center
02/10/2015 11:44 AM
FRANKFORT — The House Appropriations and Revenue Committee approved a bill on Tuesday authorizing $132.5 million in bonds for a new research facility at the University of Kentucky. UK President Eli Capilouto said the university requested the multipurpose research project as part of its biennial budget proposal last year, and the school would shoulder more than half the overall costs of the project. House Bill 298, which passed the committee on a 27-3 vote, would not only authorize $132.5 million in... Read more
One of Louisville’s waterfront attractions is getting an upgrade as officials expect a new light display on the Big Four pedestrian and bicycle bridge to be running by Wednesday evening. Nearly 1,500 LED lights have been installed and will display different colors and patterns, depending on which of the many schemes is programmed to run, said Michael Kimmel with the Waterfront Development Corporation. “They ought to last a good long while. Generally the lights will last over a decade,” he said. The project is similar to the Peace Bridge in Buffalo, New York (pictured above). The nearly $2 million cost to install the lights came mainly [...]
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Kentucky's minimum wage would eventually rise to $10.10 an hour in a three-step increase under a bill passed by a divided state House in a debate Tuesday that resembled last…Click to Continue » [...]
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A state House committee on Tuesday passed a bill that would give felons the right to vote. The House has passed a similar bill every year since 2007, but the bills have died in the Senate. Janet Tucker, of the advocacy group Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, said that keeping felons from voting disproportionately affects minority communities. “Those communities really aren’t getting their full vote in our democracy still, so it’s an important issue for our democracy as well as individuals and their rights as citizens,” Tucker said. Felons convicted of murder and sex offenses are excluded in the House bill. Kentuckians for the Commonwealth estimates that 186,000 felons who [...]
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A bill that would increase Kentucky’s minimum wage to $10.10 over the course of three years has passed the state House of Representatives. A similar version of the bill passed the House last year but died in the Senate House Speaker Greg Stumbo, a Democrat from Prestonsburg, sponsored the bill. He says the bill didn’t gain traction in the Republican-led Senate because it was an election year. “It was a political issue, it was a big political year,” Stumbo said on the House floor. “Well, that election has come and gone, the bill was not adopted. So this year let’s make it different: [...]
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Majority Leader Mitch McConnell declared a Senate stalemate Tuesday over immigration provisions attached to a Homeland Security spending bill, and called on the House to make the next move to…Click to Continue » [...]
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Democrats and Republicans rally around bill aimed at curbing dating violence
from jcheves@herald-leader.com (John Cheves)
from jcheves@herald-leader.com (John Cheves)
For the first time in years, a bill to expand civil protective orders to dating partners — including young students in relationships that turn violent — has a good shot…Click to Continue » [...]
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By Jack Brammer jbrammer@herald-leader.com FRANKFORT — At the urging of Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes, a House committee unanimously approved legislation Tuesday to modernize voter registration. House Bill 214, sponsored by Rep. Darryl Owens, D-Louisville would allow voters to register online to vote and update their voter registration “Electronic voter registration is more convenient and secure, saves our county clerks time and money, and results in more accurate voting records,” said Grimes, who noted that it already is in use for military personnel overseas. She added that 20 other states already use electronic voter registration. The House Committee on Elections, Constitutional Amendments and Intergovernmental [...]
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