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The measure would increase work-search requirements for people receiving jobless benefits and tie the length of time recipients get benefits to the unemployment rate. That provision could cut the number of benefit weeks by more than half in times of low jobless rates.
Beshear said the legislature’s action would “take food directly off the tables” of about a half-million Kentuckians. The measure would cut their monthly average food stamp benefits by about $100 during a time of rising food prices, Beshear said.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers on a Kentucky House panel has approved a bill that aims to prevent hair-related discrimination at workplaces and schools.
Kentucky Republican lawmakers advanced a proposal to ban abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy amid a looming U.S. Supreme Court decision on abortion rights. Kentucky law currently bans abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
Medical marijuana advocates in Kentucky cleared an initial hurdle Thursday when a House committee advanced a bill to legalize the use of cannabis for medical purposes.