Jan 15 Kentucky Politics Sports Betting Bill Advances In Kentucky Legislature Sports betting is already legal in neighboring Indiana, West Virginia, Illinois and Tennessee. Ohio is considering it. By Ryland Barton Jan 15 Kentucky Politics Sports Betting Bill Advances In Kentucky Legislature Ryland Barton
Jun 18 Politics Kentucky Lawmakers Form Panel To Write Sports Betting Bill Rep. Jason Nemes, a Republican from Louisville, said the bill would generate between $6.5 million and $26 million for the state every year through licensing and taxes. By Ryland Barton Jun 18 Politics Kentucky Lawmakers Form Panel To Write Sports Betting Bill Ryland Barton
May 14 Politics What Does The Supreme Court Ruling On Sports Betting Mean For Kentucky? The U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, a 1992 federal law that prohibited states from legalizing sports betting. By Kyeland Jackson May 14 Politics What Does The Supreme Court Ruling On Sports Betting Mean For Ky.? Kyeland Jackson
Sep 22 Politics Amid Kentucky Revenue Shortcomings, Expanded Gambling Re-emerges Gov. Matt Bevin has promised to reconvene the Republican-led legislature to attempt to find solutions for the pension crisis. By Ryland Barton Sep 22 Politics Amid Ky. Revenue Shortcomings, Expanded Gambling Re-emerges Ryland Barton
Jul 25 Politics Judge To Decide If ‘Historical Racing’ Games Can Use Cartoons On Monday, a judge heard arguments over the legality of historical racing machines that use cartoon representations of previously run races. By Ryland Barton Jul 25 Politics Judge To Decide If 'Historical Racing' Games Can Use Cartoons Ryland Barton
Aug 26 Politics Prospects For Expanded Gambling Unclear As Candidates Weigh In Outgoing Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear had a vision of bringing casino gambling into Kentucky to generate new revenue for state coffers, as he has often said. But the issue has never taken hold in the legislature. House Speaker Greg Stumbo, a Democrat from Prestonsburg, reignited the expanded gambling debate on Tuesday, announcing that during next year’s legislative […] By Ryland Barton Aug 26 Politics Prospects For Expanded Gambling Unclear As Candidates Weigh In Ryland Barton
Aug 25 Politics Stumbo To Propose Expanded Gambling Legislation House Speaker Greg Stumbo will propose a constitutional amendment that would allow as many as seven casinos to open in Kentucky, with tax revenue from the businesses dedicated to public education, boosting the racing industry and shoring up the state’s ailing retirement system. Under the proposal, the casinos would be operated by private entities and overseen […] By Ryland Barton Aug 25 Politics Stumbo To Propose Expanded Gambling Legislation Ryland Barton
Feb 28 Local News Beshear Says Gambling Bill Failure Strengthens Supporters Governor Steve Beshear says he won’t back down on efforts to bring casino gambling to Kentucky, despite another defeat on the issue last week. Since his first term as governor in 2007, Beshear has made expanding gambling his main priority. This year, he attempted to pass a constitutional amendment dealing with the issue through the […] By Kenny Colston Feb 28 Local News Beshear Says Gambling Bill Failure Strengthens Supporters Kenny Colston
Feb 23 Local News Beshear’s Gambling Amendment Fails in State Senate Vote Governor Steve Beshear’s expanded gambling amendment has failed in the state Senate. The measure would have allowed for a public vote on whether to legalize casinos in the state. It fell seven votes short of the 23 it needed to move to the House. The shortfall was due largely to fractures in the Democratic caucus. […] By Kenny Colston Feb 23 Local News Beshear’s Gambling Amendment Fails in State Senate Vote Kenny Colston
Feb 22 Local News Gambling Bill Clears Senate Committee Governor Steve Beshear’s constitutional amendment to legalize casinos in Kentucky has cleared its first legislative hurdle. The bill passed the Senate’s State and Local Government committee 7-4 today. The measure would allow up to seven casinos in Kentucky. But the committee changed the bill, dropping language that requires five of the casinos to be at […] By Kenny Colston Feb 22 Local News Gambling Bill Clears Senate Committee Kenny Colston
Feb 21 Local News Pastors Rally in Rotunda Against Gambling Amendment Pastors and concerned citizens in Kentucky are taking their fight against expanded gambling directly to the Capitol. Led by the Reverend Hershel York, opponents of Governor Steve Beshear’s gambling amendment flooded Frankfort today in protest. They filled hallways and lobbied legislators to vote no on the amendment, then gathered in the Rotunda for a larger […] By Kenny Colston Feb 21 Local News Pastors Rally in Rotunda Against Gambling Amendment Kenny Colston
Feb 14 Local News Stumbo Has Questions About Gambling Amendment, May Change Wording Changes could already be coming to Governor Steve Beshear’s proposed gambling amendment. The amendment would allow up to seven casinos in Kentucky, with five of them based at horse racing tracks. House Speaker Greg Stumbo supports expanded gaming in Kentucky, but he still has major questions about the amendment. And Stumbo says those questions will likely […] By Kenny Colston Feb 14 Local News Stumbo Has Questions About Gambling Amendment, May Change Wording Kenny Colston
Feb 14 Local News Gambling Amendment Would Allow Up to Seven Casinos After weeks of waiting, Governor Steve Beshear and state Senator Damon Thayer have unveiled their constitutional amendment for expanded gambling. The amendment allows for up to seven casinos in Kentucky, but five must be at horse racing tracks. The two free-standing casinos cannot be within sixty miles of a track, regardless of whether that track […] By Kenny Colston Feb 14 Local News Gambling Amendment Would Allow Up to Seven Casinos Kenny Colston
Feb 9 Local News Kentucky Chamber Leads ‘Broad Coalition’ to Support Expanding Gaming A newly-formed coalition of businesses, unions and education groups have teamed up to get a constitutional amendment for gambling on the ballot in Kentucky. The group is called the Kentucky Alliance for Jobs. It’s a 501(c)(4), meaning it can raise money and advertise to support casino gaming. The alliance is led by the Kentucky Chamber […] By Kenny Colston Feb 9 Local News Kentucky Chamber Leads ‘Broad Coalition’ to Support Expanding Gaming Kenny Colston
Jan 30 Local News Beshear Says 23 Votes for Gambling Amendment Are There, Blames Williams for Lobbying Against Issue Responding to critics, Governor Steve Beshear says he believes he already has ample support in the state Senate to send an expanded gambling amendment to the ballot. Beshear says there are 23 state senators who would vote in favor of the measure. That doesn’t mean all 23 support gambling though, as some senators, like Republican […] By Kenny Colston Jan 30 Local News Beshear Says 23 Votes for Gambling Amendment Are There, Blames Williams for Lobbying Against Issue Kenny Colston