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Kentucky
Panel passes dropout age bill
FRANKFORT — Kentucky teenagers would no longer be able to drop out of high school at 16 under a bill that passed a House committee on Tuesday. State Rep. Jeff Greer, D-Brandenburg, said the meas...
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Ehrler, former Kentucky secretary of state, dies
LOUISVILLE — Bremer Ehrler, a former Kentucky secretary of state who also held top offices in Jefferson County government, died early Sunday morning. He was 98. Ehrler’s government career began ...
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State ranks high in disenfranchised felons
LOUISVILLE SEmD Nearly a quarter-million people in Kentucky are denied voting rights due to prior felony convictions, ranking among the highest disenfranchisement rates in the country, a new repor...
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Committee approves hemp bill
FRANKFORT — A Kentucky Senate committee approved legislation Monday to regulate industrial hemp production if the now-illegal crop gains a federal reprieve, a step encouraged by such supporters as ...
Feb 12, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Fort Knox weighing impact of possible cuts
FORT KNOX — Officials at Fort Knox are weighing options on how to deal with potentially deep budget cuts without hurting essential functions. Kyle Hodges, a spokesman for the central Kentucky Ar...
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Senate passes pair of abortion bills
FRANKFORT — Doctors would be required to make ultrasound images available to women seeking abortions under legislation passed by the Senate on Friday. The Senate also passed a separate measure t...
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Associated Press House Speaker Greg Stumbo explains legislation that creates oversight for taxing districts Friday in a floor speech at the Capitol in Frankfort. The House passed the measure 96-1.
House passes bill to rein in districts
FRANKFORT — The House approved strengthened oversight Friday for a multitude of tiny taxing districts that have existed largely under the radar of government auditors. The measure sets up a syst...
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Lawmakers consider Election Day alcohol
FRANKFORT — Lawmakers in Kentucky are again considering lifting a Prohibition-era ban on the sale of alcohol at restaurants, bars and retail stores on Election Day. The Senate Licensing, Occupat...
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House panel passes bill to ban smoking in public
FRANKFORT — Smokers in one of the nation’s top tobacco-producing states would have fewer places to light up under legislation that appears to be gaining momentum in the Kentucky Legislature. The...
Feb 08, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press Gov. Steve Beshear gives his State of the Commonwealth speech Wednesday on the floor of the House of Representatives in Frankfort. Beshear made his case for overhauling the state's tax structure.
Beshear says state needs tax overhaul
FRANKFORT — Gov. Steve Beshear made his case for overhauling Kentucky’s tax structure on Wednesday, calling on the state’s leaders to stop putting off uncomfortable decisions. In his annual Stat...
Feb 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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