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'Roadblock to transparency': No prefiled bills await Kentucky ...
3 days ago · The loss of prefiled bills is among multiple obstacles to public participation in the lawmaking process detailed by the Kentucky League of Women Voters in an updated report …
KY legislature opens with Democrats decrying GOP rule changes …
2 days ago · McDaniel filed the 2023 legislation after reading a news story about a sentence commutation former Republican Gov. Matt Bevin had issued to a man convicted of abduction, …
Not total déjà vu, but Kentuckians can expect another income tax cut
4 days ago · Kentucky General Fund revenue — which grows on average about 3% in normal times — grew by 10.9% in 2020-21 and by 14.6% in 2021-22. Those were by far the strongest …
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4 days ago · Trump’s election as president certified by Congress, four years after Capitol attack BY: Ashley Murray, Ariana Figueroa and Jennifer Shutt - January 6, 2025 WASHINGTON — …
Kentucky’s largest utility says it’s ready for extreme cold. Others ...
6 days ago · Louisville Gas and Electric and Kentucky Utilities — the state’s largest utility, serving about 1.3 million customers — is prepared to make sure failures of its fossil fuel-fired power …
State revenue is forecast to decline as Kentucky lawmakers …
Dec 9, 2024 · A projected dip in state tax collections appears not to have dimmed Republican leaders’ eagerness to again cut Kentucky’s income tax. Kentucky Senate President Robert …
Beshear says he's focused on leading 'state I love' even as his ...
Dec 19, 2024 · FRANKFORT — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear says he’s focused on leading Kentucky for the remaining two years and 340-some days of his second term. “I’m seeing a …
KY will cut income tax again, but local tax reform would be more ...
Nov 18, 2024 · LEXINGTON — Republicans will quickly move to keep lowering Kentucky’s income tax when the legislature convenes in January, while changes in the local tax system …
Less power from coal, more from natural gas in Kentucky's future, …
Oct 25, 2024 · Power-intensive data centers will drive growth in electricity demand in the near future, says the utility serving the most Kentuckians. It plans to meet that demand by …