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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has warned that a Republican-backed policy threatens to tie his hands in responding to future disasters. Beshear is criticizing a section of the budget bill passed by lawmakers. It would limit how much his administration could spend to respond to such emergencies. Once that cap is reached, he'd have to ask lawmakers for more funding.
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Republican legislators are privately drawing new political maps for Kentucky with hopes of quickly passing them into law early next year.
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Bills limiting no-knock warrants, increasing support for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and investing in west Louisville became law in…
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The Republican president of the Kentucky Senate filed a bill that would restrict “no-knock” search warrants, the type of warrant used in the Louisville…
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Kentucky lawmakers will return to Frankfort on Tuesday for an unusual legislative session in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.Unlike most years when…
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Kentucky spent $78 million of CARES Act funding to set up a contact tracing program to track the spread of the coronavirus. Now, some Republicans in the…
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A bill filed by Kentucky Senate president Robert Stivers (R-Manchester) would take away the power of the governor to reorganize the state board of…
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The Kentucky Senate Republican Caucus has elected Julie Raque Adams as its new chairwoman.Adams defeated fellow Louisville Sen. Dan Seum in an election on…
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The leader of the state Senate is making no promises on whether proposals to increase the cigarette tax and create a tax on pain pills will be considered…
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Kentucky's top public safety official says the state's prisons will run out of space by May 2019, possibly forcing the early release of thousands of…