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Laura Cullen Glasscock with the Kentucky Gazette updates us on some high profile, and under the radar bills making their way through the General Assembly.
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Election integrity has been the mantra some Republican lawmakers have been chanting even before the current legislative session. This week on Capitol Chat WUKY News Director Alan Lytle and Laura Cullen Glasscock, editor and publisher of the Frankfort-based Kentucky Gazette discuss several bills that deal with how and when you might cast a future ballot.
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Students - some in t-shirts and jeans, and others in plaid private school uniforms - joined with teachers, parents, and legislators in the Capitol Rotunda this morning for a rally celebrating National School Choice Week. WUKY’s Clay Wallace has the story.
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This week on WUKY's Capitol Chat Alan Lytle and Kentucky Gazette editor and publisher Laura Cullen Glasscock discuss proposed legislation that would affect what's taught in the classroom and change the way education leaders are selected.
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Anti-crime bill featuring three-strikes provision wins approval from GOP-led House panel in KentuckyA Kentucky House committee has advanced sweeping legislation that would keep felons locked up after a third violent offense. The panel heard mixed reviews Thursday about its potential to combat crime.
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Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear has ripped into the state spending plan unveiled this week by House Republicans. Beshear said Thursday that the House measure falls far short of what’s needed for Kentucky’s public schools, the juvenile justice system, health care and other essential services. More from WUKY's Karyn Czar.
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A long-running effort to shift Kentucky's elections for governor and other statewide offices to coincide with presidential elections won approval in the state Senate on Wednesday. Now comes a much bigger test for supporters: whether they can muster enough votes to win House passage.
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A bipartisan group of Kentucky lawmakers endorsed a bill Wednesday aimed at combatting a tragic health statistic by expanding access to insurance coverage for expectant mothers.
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Kentucky House Republicans on Tuesday unveiled spending bills aimed at boosting education funding and tapping into budget reserves to pump more money into public pensions and infrastructure projects.
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Gov. Andy Beshear says Kentucky is a national pacesetter in college enrollment gains. He touted the growth Thursday alongside higher education leaders. Karyn Czar reports.