Felony expungement bill passes Senate chamber
03/29/2016 07:48 PM
FRANKFORT — Legislation allowing for the expungement of certain felonies has cleared the state Senate, where the legislation has traditionally failed in past sessions. House Bill 40, sponsored by Rep. Darryl Owens, D-Louisville, had most of its original language removed and replaced with language from Senate Bill 298, sponsored by Senate President Robert Stivers. The new version of the bill would allow individuals convicted of some class D non-violent felony offenses to have their criminal record expunged after a five-year waiting period,... Read more 
Budget talks set to continue Wednesday as Republicans, Democrats offer counterproposals
03/29/2016 07:22 PM
FRANKFORT — Republicans and Democrats negotiating a $21 billion biennial budget have offered counterproposals on Tuesday in hopes of jump-starting stalled talks between the sides. The budget conference committee is scheduled to resume its work at 9 a.m. Wednesday, with the legislature set to reconvene at noon Friday. House Democrats first presented its counteroffer as talks began Tuesday morning. House Appropriations and Revenue Committee Chairman Rick Rand, D-Bedford, said his side was prepared to accept the Senate’s proposed $250 million fund for... Read more
Senate Education chair frustrated priority education bills are failing to get through House
03/29/2016 03:39 PM
FRANKFORT – As the 2016 legislative session winds down, Senate Education Committee chair Sen. Mike Wilson, R-Bowling Green, is regretful that the House has not taken up a pair of education reform bills which he felt would have moved the state forward. Senate Bill 1, sponsored by Wilson, would have required school districts to develop and implement a professional growth and effectiveness system based on a statewide framework; prohibit the Kentucky Department of Education from imposing reporting requirements related to the... Read more
A century ago, your typical chicken was really kind of scrawny. It took about four months to grow to a weight of 3 pounds. One result: Americans really didn’t eat much chicken. Today, the typical broiler, or meat chicken, turns feed into meat at a mind-boggling pace. Compared to the bird of yesteryear, it grows to twice the size in half the time. But some animal welfare advocates want the poultry industry to turn back the clock. Modern meat chickens are growing so fast, they say, that they are suffering. William Muir, a poultry geneticist at Purdue University, says this transformation was [...]
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Jefferson County Public School officials are declining to discuss gang activity in local schools with a Louisville Metro Council committee. School officials were invited to do so by Councilman David James, a Democrat from District 6 and chair of the council’s public safety committee. On Tuesday, school officials declined James’ invite. Earlier this month, James said he’d be calling on police officials to address issues with gangs in Louisville. In a year with a high rate of shootings in the city, James and other council members have highlighted violence as a growing public concern. Police Chief Steve Conrad and other department leaders are scheduled to address [...]
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Six months of heated competition by their presidential candidates led Republicans in Kentucky to make campaign donations early and enthusiastically. Now, the state’s Democratic Party donors have snatched the fundraising momentum. Last year, Kentucky residents gave $898,581 to the campaigns of Republican candidates, compared with $493,489 to Democrats — 82 percent more — according to the Federal Election Commission. Individual donations in January were evenly split between the parties’ candidates, but Democrats stepped up in in February, out-giving Republicans by 24 percent. Laurie Rhodebeck, an associate political science professor at the University of Louisville, said the wide-open Republican field last fall and the [...]
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