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Kentucky’s Democratic governor discussed his concern with the GOP-led budget proposal and called on the business community to prioritize universal pre-K at an event with Louisville’s chamber of commerce.
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The revenue bill would alter Kentucky’s trigger law to lower the bar for future tax cuts while another bill shifts a $450 million grant program out of the Beshear administration’s control.
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A sweeping GOP anti-crime bill passed the Senate Friday despite some lawmakers’ concerns the bill lacks an evidence-based approach.
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Legislation designed to undo police reforms set in place after the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols by officers last year is now headed to Republican Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s desk.
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CASEY, Ill. (AP) — Former state Sen. Darren Bailey is challenging five-term Rep. Mike Bost in the March 19 Republican primary for Illinois' 12th District. Bailey had former President Donald Trump's endorsement when he was the 2022 GOP nominee for governor. But in this race, Trump chose Bost. It's a race to win the hearts and minds of true Trump conservatives.
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Senate Bill 6 advanced in the state House Thursday with new broad-reaching bans on funding for diversity, equity and inclusion.
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The Kentucky Legislature may make it harder for people to qualify for federal benefits that help them afford groceries. But the proposal failed a key vote Thursday.
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The omnibus tough-on-crime bill often called the Safer Kentucky Act passed a Senate committee despite a “no” vote from the committee chair.
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Firearms have become the leading cause of death for children and teens in the U.S., as calls for gun reform have grown louder. Here in Tennessee, Republicans in charge have ignored them.
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Kentucky lawmakers advanced a bill Wednesday to protect health care professionals who refuse to provide virtually any non-emergency medical treatment, if it violates their principles.
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The fast-moving budget bills were amended in the Senate to add $1.7 billion for one-time spending on projects and remove language defunding an alternative sentencing program and threatening K-12 school districts with takeover.
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FRANKFORT —Wildlife conservation and sportsmen groups on Tuesday voiced strong opposition to a bill that would put wildlife management under the purview of the Kentucky Department of Agriculture and its Republican commissioner.