Sylvia Goodman
Capitol ReporterSylvia is Kentucky Public Radio's Capitol reporter. Email her at sgoodman@lpm.org.
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The 2024 legislative session of the Kentucky General Assembly wrapped up Monday, with Republicans landing a major anti-crime bill and ignoring a request of Gov. Andy Beshear to fund universal pre-K and give teachers a raise.
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Relationships between Democrats and Republicans in the state legislature appeared to improve little as lawmakers looked back over the session.
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The GOP-controlled Kentucky legislature overrode nearly all of Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s vetoes on Friday, the second to last day of the session.
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Hadley’s law would add exceptions for rape, incest and nonviable pregnancies, but has yet to be assigned a committee in the Senate. Now its sponsor is making a final desperate push to move the bill in the last two days of the session.
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As his 10-day veto period came to a close, Kentucky’s Democratic governor allowed a bill to become law that automatically tries 15 year olds charged with gun felonies as adults.
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Several of the most high-profile GOP bills of the Kentucky legislative session this year looked like they would make it over the finish line before falling flat just ahead of the Democratic governor’s veto period.
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A GOP-backed bill that advocates say could “destroy” Kentucky’s Open Records Act has so far failed to pass the legislature. Kentucky’s Democratic governor expressed support for elements of the bill, which he said he believes would increase transparency.
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Kentucky’s governor announced a round of vetoes Thursday regarding change of venue legislation, nuclear energy and more.
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told a Shelby County group Wednesday that he plans to spend the time he has left in office fighting against the "isolationist" policies the Republican party has drifted toward in recent years.
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A federal district judge in Kentucky has ruled against a Biden administration policy requiring states come up with a plan to reduce tailpipe emissions.