House Bill 211 would allow for the creation of new cigar bars in the state of Kentucky, including the city of Louisville. The qualifications for a cigar bar, according to the bill, would include: the establishment have a retail liquor license at least 15 percent of its profits come from th...
The bill passed the House 84-8 and now goes to the Senate. It would require all of Kentucky’s law enforcement agencies to develop a vehicle pursuit policy and submit it to the state Justice and Public Safety Cabinet. It also would set training requirements for officers before being allowed ...
Kentucky: House Passes HIV Names-Reporting BillAmong other actions yesterday, the Kentucky House passed, 95-0, a bill requiring doctors to report HIV-infected people to the state by name, not by ...Bruce Schreiner
Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky was the sole Republican "no" vote, while Rep. Jared Golden of Maine was the lone Democratic "yes." House Republican leadership unveiled the legislation on Saturday. The bill increases defense spending and funding for veterans' health care, while decreasing non-...
Massie, the hardline conservative from Kentucky, has raised Trump’s ire by opposing a Republican push for a spending bill that would avoid a partial government shutdown and keep federal agencies funded through September. Trump went after Massie on social media, calling him a “GRANDSTANDER, who...
The majority-GOP Kentucky House has voted to defunddiversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) offices at public universities. On Friday (March 15), the House voted 68-18 to pass an overhauled bill onDEI in state-funded universities, sending it back to the Senate, which had previously passed a...
Meanwhile, four Republicans — Andy Biggs and Eli Crane of Arizona, Ken Buck of Colorado and Thomas Massie of Kentucky — voted against the bill. Most Republicans joined Democrats on Thursday in killing a Freedom Caucus proposal to ban Ukraine security aid, voting 70-358 on an amendmen...
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri's House on Monday passed a bill to allow guns on St. Louis buses, the Kansas City Streetcar and other forms of public transit in the state.
House Rep. James Frank, who sponsored the bill, rejected claims that the bill is discriminatory, as foster families will always have options other than religious agencies from which to receive foster children. The bill “seeks to protect faith-based providers from adverse actions for exercising the...
Roy Cooper, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and Sen. Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) will all be on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” show tomorrow. That’s two people whose names are being bandied around as Vice President Kamala Harris’ potential running mate and another who is mulling over compe...