First day for newly elected representatives will likely include budget vote, Stumbo says
03/09/2016 08:27 PM
FRANKFORT — For three Democrats and one Republican joining the House of Representatives in the session’s waning weeks, orientation will be more than moving into their Capitol Annex offices and finding their desks on the chamber’s floor. House Speaker Greg Stumbo said Wednesday that the House will likely vote on its version of the $21.8 billion biennial budget the first day that newly elected representatives are sworn into office. The State Board of Elections is set to certify results of four... Read more 
Battle to halt rollback of kynect, Medicaid expansion is about the people, former Gov. Beshear says
03/09/2016 05:52 PM
After two terms in office, former Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear has a fight on his hands to convince first-year Republican Gov. Matt Bevin to halt a rollback of the state’s health insurance exchange and transition expanded Medicaid recipients to the federal government. If Bevin is successful in transitioning services, Kentucky would be the first state in the nation to shut down a working state exchange. Beshear has created a non-profit group, Save Kentucky Healthcare, to oppose changes to the healthcare... Read more
Bill repealing death penalty in Kentucky flatlines in House Judiciary Committee
03/09/2016 04:35 PM
FRANKFORT — Legislation that would abolish the death penalty in Kentucky met defeat in the House Judiciary Committee on an 8-9 vote on Wednesday. It marked the first time a legislative panel has considered a bill against capital punishment since its reinstitution in 1976, and that gives the House Bill 203’s sponsor, Rep. David Floyd, hope that one day Kentucky will outlaw the death penalty. In his final session this year, Floyd said he would like to see another lawmaker champion... Read more
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