Anti-crime bill featuring three-strikes provision wins approval from GOP-led House panel in Kentucky
The measure has emerged as a top priority this year in the Republican-dominated House.
The measure has emerged as a top priority this year in the Republican-dominated House.
The political shakeup continues in Frankfort, as more longtime Kentucky lawmakers announce retirements.
Mayor Craig Greenberg will enlist the help of a few extra people to help in the selection process for next Louisville Metro Police chief.
Lawmakers introduced a funding plan with additional measures to hold parents responsible for helping keep youth offenders on track.
Backers of the tax increment financing plan say it’s a way to use an established economic development tool. But some economists, TIF scholars and land-use experts caution that its massive size and novel structure could create difficulties or unintended consequences in the future.
Nearly 200 people gathered on Saturday afternoon at Trinity House Christian Childcare in the Chickasaw Neighborhood for Gun Violence Awareness Day.
The office would be created within the state's Department for Public Health.
More than a dozen Heine Brothers' Coffee workers gathered in front of the chain's downtown Louisville location Friday afternoon to rally in support of their plan to unionize.
Herron, a Democrat, will make history as the first openly-LGBTQ Kentuckian elected to the state House.
The bill is co-sponsored by State Reps. Charles Booker, George Brown, Kelly Flood, Joni Jenkins and others and will be considered by the Kentucky General Assembly in January 2021.