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Senate Bill 274, which would permit the City of Corbin to annex property in Laurel County serviced by its infrastructure has become law, but the affected area, known as north Corbin, is still in limbo because of the lawsuit Corbin filed to stop the City of London’s attempted annexation of the area. Corbin Mayor Suzie Razmus said the Corbin City Commission would not consider any potential annexation requests from property owners until the lawsuit in Laurel Circuit Court is resolved. “We’ve got to deal with the lawsuit,” Razmus said noting that under the annexation ordinance approved by...

Lawmakers exert influence in deciding uses for pandemic aid BRUCE SCHREINER, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, file photo, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear addresses the media at a news conference at the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort, Ky. A Kentucky legislative panel has recommended that no further action be taken on impeachment petitions filed by citizens against Beshear and Attorney General Daniel Cameron.Timothy D. Easley/AP FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's Republican lawmakers have doubled down on demanding that the Democratic governor obta...

Here's what the KY legislature is passing on its last day for veto-proof bills Daniel Desrochers, Jack Brammer, and John Cheves, Lexington Herald-Leader Mar. 16—FRANKFORT — Lawmakers began another busy day of passing bills Tuesday in a Capitol shrouded in fog from the Kentucky River, moving legislation related to broadband access, executive powers, tax breaks and education. At the end of the day, lawmakers will lose the ability to override any vetoes issued by Gov. Andy Beshear for any other bills they pass during the 2021 legislative session. The Republican-led General As...

Credit Ky. Dept. of Education   State senators voted Monday to strip the Kentucky Board of Education of its new non-voting student and teacher members. Gov. Andy Beshear added the teacher position when he reorganized the board upon taking office in December 2019, appointing Rowan County special education teacher Allison Slone. He later added the student member: Jefferson County Public Schools student Solyana Mesfin, a junior at Eastern High School. Mesfin and Slone serve in an ex-officio, or non-voting advisory capacity, along with Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman and Council on Postsecondary E...

Kentucky Democrats were angered by the Republican-dominated Senate's passing of a bill that will criminalize the insults against police officers. This concerns verbal attack and gestures which might provoke the police officers to commit violent reaction against civilians. Courier Journal noted that aside from criminalizing the provocation of individuals to the police officers, Senate Bill 211 will also raise and promote punishment for crimes rooted in riots. Series of riots and protests had been held due to the people's disappointment to the police officers concerning their violent episodes...