Kentucky leaders unveiled a nearly $9.5 billion highway plan featuring more than 1,350 projects to improve roads, bridges and major corridors statewide.
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Kentucky House passes a bill aimed at putting a school choice constitutional amendment on the ballot
Supporters of letting Kentucky voters decide the outcome of a school choice constitutional amendment cleared a key hurdle Wednesday when the state House gave its support, after a tense debate that could foreshadow a bruising campaign ahead if the proposal reaches the ballot.
For months now, Bullitt County Superintendent Jesse Bacon has been transparent about the district's financial status.
Kentucky legislators banned tolls from interstate crossings between the two states in 2016, but the head of Kentucky's chamber of commerce said Thursday the ban could be rescinded.
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House Bill 561 also looks to change 20th century formulas that determine how state road fund dollars are sent to cities and counties, a switch advocates say would modernize Kentucky law and benefit fast-growing cities.
The measure, backed by GOP Rep. Jim DuPlessis of Elizabethtown, stops short of the sweeping reforms backed by the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, the Kentucky League of Cities, the Kentucky Association of Counties
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House Bill 580 proposes a nearly 9 cent-per gallon tax increase for drivers, among other measures meant to create more revenue for the state’s largely stagnant road fund.
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It’s an approach that could upend Kentucky’s longstanding reliance on fuel taxes, a sometimes volatile revenue stream tied to wholesale prices. But it also would raise new concerns from privacy to interstate travel.
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Louisville’s RiverLink bridges seen as model for adding drivers’ fees in era of tight transportation budgets