Tag: Kentucky state government

Kentucky bill criminalizing taunts against police stalls

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FRANKFORT, Ky — A bill that would make it a crime to taunt a police officer in Kentucky has stalled in the state's House...

Booker ‘strongly considering’ 2022 Senate run in Kentucky

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FRANKFORT, Ky. — Democrat Charles Booker, who nearly pulled off an upset in last year's Senate primary, said he's “strongly considering” another run for...

Kentucky lawmakers advance bipartisan election reform bill

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FRANKFORT, Ky. — In sharp contrast to bitter partisan battles being waged elsewhere over election laws, Republicans and Democrats in Kentucky were on the...

Kentucky House passes new rules for filling Senate vacancies

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FRANKFORT, Ky — Kentucky lawmakers passed a bill Tuesday that would remove Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s ability to appoint a member of his own...

McConnell backs new process to fill Kentucky Senate vacancy

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FRANKFORT, Ky. — Mitch McConnell has given his blessing to legislation to change how a vacant U.S. Senate seat would be filled in his...

Kentucky Senate votes to make it a crime to taunt police

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FRANKFORT, Ky — It could become a crime to taunt a police officer in Kentucky, under a bill that passed the state Senate on...

Kentucky House to vote on bill limiting no-knock warrants

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FRANKFORT, Ky — After lawmakers rejected a statewide ban on no-knock warrants, a Kentucky state House committee advanced a version Wednesday that limits the...

Former Kentucky unemployment official found dead at age 39

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LOUISVILLE, Ky — The former director of Kentucky's unemployment office, who was fired last year because of problems in the program, has died. Muncie...

Eastern Kentucky holds off Austin Peay 70-67 in OVC tourney

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EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Wendell Green Jr. scored 23 points, including clinching free throws with 12 seconds left, and Eastern Kentucky survived a last-gasp try...

Kentucky Senate GOP leader files no-knock warrant bill

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LOUISVILLE, Ky — One of Kentucky's top GOP lawmakers has filed legislation to ban some no-knock warrants nearly a year after the death of...