Mar 21 Local News House Committee Quickly Passes Bill Designed to Help Kentucky Tornado Victims A bill granting sales tax refunds for Kentuckians hit by this month’s tornadoes is swiftly moving through the General Assembly. The measure cleared the House Appropriations and Revenue committee less than 12 hours after it was first proposed. The language granting the refunds had to be inserted into another bill, House Bill 165, because the […] By Kenny Colston Mar 21 Local News House Committee Quickly Passes Bill Designed to Help Kentucky Tornado Victims Kenny Colston
Mar 20 Local News Debt Cap Bill Gets House Committee Hearing, But No Vote A proposal to cap Kentucky’s debt has hit a roadblock in the House. The House Appropriations and Revenue committee took up Senate Bill 1 today. The bill wouldn’t allow the state to accrue debt worth more than six percent of the general fund revenue, but doesn’t cap debt in the road fund or most education […] By Kenny Colston Mar 20 Local News Debt Cap Bill Gets House Committee Hearing, But No Vote Kenny Colston
Mar 7 Local News House Passes Budget Bills, Which Now Head to the Senate Two year budgets for all three branches of state government have now passed one chamber of the Kentucky General Assembly. The House spent more than an hour debating the details of the executive, legislative and judicial budgets before easily passing all three. They also passed a bill creating a tax amnesty program that Governor Steve […] By Kenny Colston Mar 7 Local News House Passes Budget Bills, Which Now Head to the Senate Kenny Colston
Mar 5 Local News House Unveils Changes to Two-Year Budget The House committee charged with overseeing the budget has taken its first official steps in the process. The House Appropriations and Revenue Committee took reports from subcommittees and accepted their recommendations at a meeting today. The House plan deviates slightly from Governor Steve Beshear’s proposal. It delays the start of substance abuse programs in Medicaid […] By Kenny Colston Mar 5 Local News House Unveils Changes to Two-Year Budget Kenny Colston
Jan 5 Politics Kentucky House Budget Chairman Expects Cuts to Education No Kentucky state agencies or budget line items are safe this year, according to House Budget Chairman Rick Rand. In the past few budgets, education funding has been largely protected from cuts. But now, there’s little left to trim in many state agencies, leaving everything on the table. Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear has warned that pending […] By Kenny Colston Jan 5 Politics Kentucky House Budget Chairman Expects Cuts to Education Kenny Colston