Bam Carney

Republican state Rep. John “Bam” Carney, a teacher and former House Majority Floor Leader, has died at the age of 51.

An important west Kentucky state representative in the process of shaping this year’s state budget will also serve as the House of Representatives’ acting…

Kentucky House Majority Floor Leader John Carney is in an intensive care unit battling what his family says was a sudden sickness. A statement from family…

After weeks of saying that a proposal to fix retirement benefits for state workers was likely dead, on Thursday Republican leaders of the Kentucky…

Kentucky House members voted overwhelmingly Wednesday in favor of redefining academic standards in public schools and phasing out the use of federal…

With the clock ticking on this year’s General Assembly, a charter schools bill will be given its first hearing in a legislative committee today. The…

Gov. Matt Bevin has announced his support for the latest charter school bill introduced in the General Assembly. The legislation would allow non-profit or…

A new bill that would create a system for charter schools to open up anywhere in Kentucky by 2018 has been filed in the state House of Representatives.The…

The state House of Representatives approved a bill on Friday that would create a new class of criminal punishment called “acute misdemeanor.”Included in…