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The Kentucky Lantern is an independent, nonpartisan, free news service. We’re based in Frankfort a short walk from the Capitol, but all of Kentucky is our beat. We focus on how decisions made in the marble halls of power ripple through the lives of Kentuckians. We bring attention to injustices and hold institutions and officials […]

5 天之前 · A bill that would further cut the state’s income tax rate is headed to Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear’s desk after final passage Tuesday in the Kentucky Senate. House Bill 1, sponsored by House Appropriations and Revenue Committee chair Jason Petrie, R-Elkton, would reduce the individual income ...

5 天之前 · Freshman lawmaker Rep. T.J. Roberts says that when filing a piece of legislation, he considers some common themes — his view that the government’s role is “the protection of life, liberty and property” and how that goal can be achieved through a “strict adherence” to the U.S. and Kentucky constitutions.

2025年1月6日 · Approximately 83,000 Kentuckians across more than three dozen counties were without power Monday morning, according to PowerOutage.us, a website that gathers power outage data reported by utilities.. A deluge of snowfall and ice from freezing rain has downed power lines and trees, disrupted transformers and interrupted electrical service, as well as rendering many roads impassable.

2025年1月6日 · Kentucky General Fund revenue — which grows on average about 3% in normal times — grew by 10.9% in 2020-21 and by 14.6% in 2021-22. Those were by far the strongest growth rates since 1991 when revenues were boosted by hikes in the income and sales taxes to fund the Kentucky Education Reform Act.

2025年1月7日 · The loss of prefiled bills is among multiple obstacles to public participation in the lawmaking process detailed by the Kentucky League of Women Voters in an updated report on legislative transparency released last fall. The League has documented an increase in questionable maneuvers used by the legislature to fast-track controversial bills and exclude the public from participating in debates ...

2025年1月17日 · Kentucky could have two new medical schools — one for people, one for animals — along with more doctoral programs under Republican-backed bills filed in the House. Deloitte also studied a proposal by Kentucky State University to offer a doctoral program in Integrated Agroecology and Sustainable ...

2024年10月25日 · Power-intensive data centers will drive growth in electricity demand in the near future, says the utility serving the most Kentuckians. It plans to meet that demand by continuing to replace coal-fired power with natural gas while potentially adding up …

2024年11月18日 · LEXINGTON — Republicans will quickly move to keep lowering Kentucky’s income tax when the legislature convenes in January, while changes in the local tax system would be far more challenging to achieve, legislative leaders said Monday.