2015 General Assembly had "one of the most productive sessions in recent history," Beshear says
03/25/2015 07:39 PM
FRANKFORT — In the final year of his term, Gov. Steve Beshear says lawmakers stepped up to the plate and delivered for the people of Kentucky in his last session as governor. Legislative leaders in the House and Senate agreed that key bills made it out of their chambers and onto the governor’s desk. “When you look at the laundry list of measures that are going to become law in Kentucky. Obviously, the heroin bill was a top priority for... Read more 
Gov. Beshear signs heroin bill, says legislation sends strong signals to traffickers and addicts
03/25/2015 06:30 PM
FRANKFORT — With a stroke of his pen on Wednesday, Gov. Steve Beshear enacted a comprehensive bill targeting the state’s growing heroin epidemic, making provisions such as local-option needle exchanges, expanded access to the overdose-reversing drug naloxone and stiffer penalties for heroin traffickers immediately available. Senate Bill 192, which sailed through both chambers late Tuesday before the scheduled final day of the short session bled into Wednesday morning, “sends a very strong and clear message” to dealers and addicts, Beshear said... Read more
Lawmakers walk away without action on KTRS; leaders say issue can be studied in interim
03/25/2015 11:47 AM
FRANKFORT — Legislative leaders say they will continue looking into the Kentucky Teachers’ Retirement System and be back at the table in the 2016 legislative session over the issue. House Speaker Greg Stumbo, D-Prestonsburg, told reporters that he thought the House would be back next year with a “similar proposal” to alleviate the nearly $14 billion unfunded liability at KTRS. Stumbo proposed bonding $3.3 billion for KTRS while lawmakers study the pension agency. The Senate asked for more time during... Read more
The Kentucky General Assembly passed several important pieces of legislation in the just-concluded 2015 session, including a comprehensive heroin bill and a freeze to the state’s tumbling gas tax. Related StoryWith Deadline Looming, Kentucky General Assembly Passes Heroin Bill and MoreBut with the session’s snow days, missed deadlines and divisive political views, several bills got failed to make it to the finish line. Here’s a rundown of some of the legislative casualties of the 2015 Kentucky General Assembly. Teachers’ Pension System Bailout A compromise proposal to authorize $3.3 billion in bonding to bail out the Kentucky Teachers’ Retirement Systems and study the program’s weaknesses failed [...]
Thu, Mar 26, 2015 10:44:00 AM, Continue reading at the source
Kentucky lawmakers deliver legislative gifts to Beshear in final hours of 2015 General Assembly
from jbrammer@herald-leader.com (Jack Brammer and John Cheves)
from jbrammer@herald-leader.com (Jack Brammer and John Cheves)
Kentucky lawmakers delivered several legislative gifts to Gov. Steve Beshear in the final hours of this year's legislative session, including a bill to address the state's heroin epidemic.Click to Continue » [...]
Wed, Mar 25, 2015 9:53:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
Lexington leaders planning push to start needle-exchange program for drug addicts
from jcheves@herald-leader.com (John Cheves)
from jcheves@herald-leader.com (John Cheves)
The ink from Gov. Steve Beshear's signature had barely dried on anti-heroin legislation Wednesday when Lexington leaders said their city might go first in establishing one of the bill's key…Click to Continue » [...]
Wed, Mar 25, 2015 8:23:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
Prop 8 Attorney David Boies: Support For Same-Sex Marriage Will Grow in Kentucky and Elsewhere
from Ashley Lopez
from Ashley Lopez
Public opinion will flip in favor of same-sex marriage—though it will take time to happen, an attorney who helped lead the legal fight against California’s anti-same-sex union law Proposition 8 said in Louisville this week. This month, the Bluegrass Poll found opposition to same-sex marriage has grown in Kentucky from 50 percent to 57 percent since last summer. Speaking at a forum with University of Louisville law students on Tuesday, attorney David Boies said other states have set an example of how acceptance of same-sex marriage will play out in the U.S. “You have marriage equality now in Florida, in Virginia, in the Carolinas, [...]
Wed, Mar 25, 2015 6:44:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
The U.S. Supreme Court gave a former UPS driver another chance to show her employer discriminated against her when she was pregnant, sending the case back to a lower court. At issue is an employer’s responsibilities under the Pregnancy Discrimination Act. Peggy Young, a UPS driver, said the company discriminated against her when she became pregnant by not assigning her light work. The company contended that it obeyed the law because it provided light work only in certain situations; it did not single out pregnant women, the company said. (But UPS changed that policy in January, saying it tries to accommodate [...]
Wed, Mar 25, 2015 6:42:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
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