Apr 19 Local News Senate Committee Restores Vetoed Projects In Road Funding Bill A Kentucky Senate committee’s amendment to the state transportation budget could take the special session off course. Lawmakers are in special session in part to pass a funding mechanism for the state road plan. But Senate President David Williams declined to take up the issue until Governor Steve Beshear acted on the unfunded road plan […] By Kenny Colston Apr 19 Local News Senate Committee Restores Vetoed Projects In Road Funding Bill Kenny Colston
Apr 18 Local News Road Plan Vetoes Won’t Delay Special Session, Williams Says Kentucky Senate President David Williams says Governor Steve Beshear’s latest action on the state road plan will not lead to an extended special session. Governor Steve Beshear has changed the two-year road plan to give projects in Williams’s district a lower priority. Those were the only modifications the governor made. Williams had promised not to […] By Kenny Colston Apr 18 Local News Road Plan Vetoes Won’t Delay Special Session, Williams Says Kenny Colston
Apr 18 Local News House Passes Special Session Pill Bill, Road Plan Funding The Kentucky House of Representatives has passed both bills on its agenda for this year’s special session. House lawmakers approved both the road plan funding bill and a measure to crack down on prescription pill abuse today by wide margins. The more contentious of the two bills was the prescription pill legislation. The House and […] By Kenny Colston Apr 18 Local News House Passes Special Session Pill Bill, Road Plan Funding Kenny Colston