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Justin Hicks/KPRTop election officials in both states say they won’t give the federal government state voter rolls. It comes as the Trump administration makes unfounded claims of widespread voter fraud. -
Sylvia Goodman/KPRSeveral important pieces of legislation advanced in the Kentucky General Assembly this week, including a $31 billion budget, a wide-ranging Medicaid bill and a new education tax credit.
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A bill authorizing a federal tax credit for those who donate to K-12 scholarship funds is moving speedily through the Kentucky legislature. -
GOP legislation that would make it a crime to own a device that converts a firearm into a machine gun passed a committee vote Tuesday. -
A Kentucky judge ruled Friday that the state attorney general’s lawsuit over TikTok’s practices may continue against the social media giant. -
Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture Jonathan Shell and Congressman James Comer sent a letter to Sen. Mitch McConnell urging a delay of new hemp restrictions. -
Republican Sens. Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul of Kentucky praised the U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down President Donald Trump’s emergency tariffs. -
An elections omnibus that would allow nonpartisan judicial candidates to talk about their party affiliation, add new federal citizenship verification processes and a whole lot more has passed a committee vote. -
The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled unanimously that a 2022 law creating a public funding mechanism for charter schools violated the state constitution. -
Groups set an all-time record for lobbying spending in the first month of a Kentucky General Assembly session, with the statewide business advocacy group easily leading all spenders. -
Despite voters rarely using these forms of identification in Kentucky elections, the state Senate advanced a bill to prohibit social security and food stamp cards from counting as a valid secondary ID. -
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis joined Kentucky Republican lawmakers to push for a convention to add a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
