Reports on a bill passed by senate, exempting broadband service from state administrative regulation, in Kentucky. Lack of regulation by Public Service Commission (PSC) for cable and wireless companies offering broadband services, but jurisdiction held for telephone companies; Removal of "municipal ...
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Senate passed a measure Friday to ban TikTok from state government-issued devices, reflecting bipartisan concerns about the Chinese-owned social media app. The bill easily cleared the Senate on a 31-0 vote to advance to the House. The action reflects a ...
Senate President Robert Stivers Updated: Mar. 28, 2025 at 11:14 PM GMT+8| By WKYT News Staff On the latest edition of Kentucky Newsmakers, WKYT’s Bill Bryant talks with Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers. Kentucky Newsmakers Kentucky Newsmakers 3/23: Ky. State Auditor Allison Ball; ...
(AP) — Kentucky lawmakers heard the beating heart of a woman’s unborn baby Thursday as they advanced a bill that would ban most abortions in the state once a fetal heartbeat is detected. The state Senate voted 31-6 to pass the measure, continuing an aggressive push to restrict abortion...
The overhauled bill includes a change in the Senate’s language that “takes a tougher stand on DEI initiatives at public university campuses.” “This bill would put an end to the failed, expensive, and discriminatory DEI initiatives at our public post-secondary schools in Kentucky,” Kentucky...
Kentucky lawmaker Pamela Stevenson has launched her campaign for the U.S. Senate Associated PressMarch 31, 2025 Yum Brands CEO Announces Plans to Retire in 2026 Yum Brands CEO David Gibbs announced Monday that he plans to retire from the company in the first quarter of 2026 ...
Senate Bill 7, signed into law March 11, 2021, allows Kentuckians who received overpayments of unemployment insurance benefits to seek a waiver of the requirement to repay the money. To qualify, the claimant’s overpayment must have occurred through a UI claim filed between January 27, 2020 an...
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Sen. Mitch McConnell secured a victory from his home state legislature on Monday when Republican lawmakers stripped Kentucky's Democratic governor of his independent power to temporarily fill a U.S. Senate seat should a vacancy occ
However, the Senate bill failed to generate enough traction to get over the hump. With the defections of independent-minded Republican senators like John McCain and Susan Collins, McConnell first had to delay holding a vote before suffering a rare public defeat when the revised version was ...
Pamela Stevenson, the top Democrat in the Kentucky House, launches campaign for the US Senate Kentucky governor vetoes GOP abortion bill, says it undermines doctors and endangers pregnant women Kentucky's first female chief justice credits Appalachian upbringing for her commitment to fairness The...