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The 2024 Kentucky General Assembly session which just ended on April 15 was a busy one, with legislators considering a total of more than 1,200 bills, including the spending plan

The work of lawmaking is ongoing for Kentucky legislators, with several bills introduced thus far into the Kentucky General Assembly’s legislative session, which began in January.

On Jan. 2, the Kentucky legislature will convene for a 60-day even-year session.

The Kentucky Association of Independent Recovery Organizations (KAIROS), a new state-based addiction treatment advocacy organization, hosted a roundtable discussion with legislative leaders at the new

The 2023 Interim Session of the state General Assembly will begin next month. Part of the focus of the interim period will be specific policy issues to be studied by several special committees or tas

House members joined senators in calling for a comprehensive review of Kentucky’s public postsecondary education system, but added provisions from a separate resolution that releases $180 million to the Kentucky State Fair Board for capital construction. 

The Kentucky General Assembly’s odd-year session gets underway on Jan. 3 and, while there is no budget on the agenda, legislators who represent Pike County in Frankfort say there are

Reps. Adam Koenig, Ed Massey and Sal Santoro were defeated by candidates of the small-government "liberty" movement, who fielded incumbent challenges.

Kentucky's two abortion clinics to stop providing abortions — and lawsuits by the clinics to nullify the new law.

Since the start of the pandemic, there has been a bigger push to reduce the stigma surrounding mental health.