Bill requiring more details from area development districts passes House State Government Committee
03/10/2016 10:37 PM
FRANKFORT — Legislation that would provide more oversight to the state’s area development districts cleared a House committee on Thursday, but its sponsors say it’s just half of the bill they’d hoped to see pass. House Bill 438 would enact a slew of changes to laws governing the 15 districts, which provide regional economic development support, and passed the House State Government Committee on a unanimous vote. The legislation would require development districts to give the Legislative Research Commission a detailed accounting... Read more 
Senate committee narrowly approves bill allowing DNA collection at felony arrest
03/10/2016 09:23 PM
FRANKFORT — Legislation allowing the collection of DNA after a felony arrest narrowly cleared a Senate committee on Thursday. The bill which has proved divisive during the past three sessions continued the trend when it came before the Senate Judiciary Committee, which moved Senate Bill 150 to the chamber floor with a tight 6-4 vote. SB 150, if approved and signed into law, would call for the collection of DNA via a cheek swab from those arrested on a felony... Read more
Ky. health officials discuss response to Zika virus with first in-state case confirmed
03/10/2016 06:00 PM
FRANKFORT — Kentucky health officials are ramping up their efforts to prevent the Zika virus’s spread after the first case of the vector-borne disease was confirmed on Wednesday. Gov. Matt Bevin, Cabinet for Health and Family Services Secretary Vickie Yates Brown Glisson and Dr. Kraig Humbaugh, senior deputy commissioner for the Department for Public Health, said during a Capitol news conference Thursday that only those who’ve traveled to affected areas need to worry about contracting the Zika virus, commonly transmitted through... Read more
Legislation which would create charter schools in Fayette and Jefferson counties passes Senate committee
03/10/2016 05:56 PM
FRANKFORT – Once again this year, a bill which would authorize public charter schools primarily for free and reduced lunch students in Fayette and Jefferson counties was passed by the Senate Committee on Education Thursday. Senate Bill 253, sponsored by Sen. Mike Wilson, R-Bowling Green, would establish a 5-year charter school pilot project beginning with the 2017-18 academic year and continuing through the 2021-22 academic year, in the two counties and establish the Kentucky Charter School Commission which would oversee operation... Read more
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