U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth spent eight terms representing the Louisville-area 3rd District, officially retiring from the post on Jan. 2.
This will be first time Louisville has a different Congressional representative since 2006, when Democrat John Yarmuth beat incumbent Republican Anne Northup.
The House budget committee advanced legislation Thursday that would create a $25 million tax credit pool to help fund education opportunity accounts despite warnings from the Kentucky Department of Education and others of potential unintended consequences.
A proposed committee amendment to House Bill 563, sponsored by House Majority Whip Chad McCoy, would create a $25 million pool of state tax credits for those who donate to organizations that will dole out grants to families for education expenses like tutoring, textbooks and uniforms.
U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth, D-Louisville, is thanking supporters for re-electing him to an eighth term for Kentucky's third district on Tuesday.