2016 Kentucky General Assembly

Legislation to return voting rights to certain convicted felons who have served their time is now before the Kentucky Senate. It’s a constitutional…

Legislation to overhaul Kentucky’s foster care and adoption program has passed both houses of the general assembly. Senate approval came Monday with a…

With time running out on this year’s legislative session, state budget leaders say they didn’t reach any compromises on a two-year spending plan during a…

Senate consideration of the state budget Tuesday concluded with the measure passing generally along party lines with Democrats voting against the bill and…

Legislation to allow for commercial truck platooning along Kentucky interstates continues to move on down the general assembly ‘bill highway’. The Senate…

Legislation to create a terrorism definition in Kentucky law continues to move through the general assembly. Members of the House Judiciary Committee…

State lawmakers have once again called off budget negotiations, hoping to hammer out a compromise on Thursday.Lawmakers met in small groups privately on…

Lawmakers are still trying to produce a compromise budget to delineate $22 billion in state spending over the next two years.Leaders from the…

Kentuckians who have committed certain felony offenses would be able to clear their records under a bill that passed the state Senate Tuesday. The bill’s…

Kentucky’s higher education institutions would compete for a portion of their state funding under the Senate’s budget proposal, which will be fully…