Workers compensation fix bill passes Senate committee
A bill to offset temporary total disability benefits for light duty work and encourage employees to get back to work after an injury passed the…
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Public-private partnerships legislation clears first hurdle in House committee
The House Appropriations and Revenue Committee overwhelmingly passed House Bill 309, public-private partnership (P3) legislation, Tuesday after testimony from bill sponsor Rep. Leslie Combs and…
Legislative Update: House passes education and energy measures
Bill to give superintendents more hiring flexibility passes House House Bill 184, a bill to give superintendents another tool in their hiring process, passed through…
Legislative Update: Fix for super-sized pensions and tech incentive bills pass committees
Bill to curb super-sized legislative pensions passes committee Senate Bill 73, legislation to fix the practice of super-sized legislative pensions, passed through the Senate State…
Prevailing wage legislation voted down in House committee
Senate Bill 9, legislation that would eliminate the government defined hourly wage in construction contracts known as prevailing wage on all educational buildings and facilities,…
Federal judge strikes down local right-to-work laws in Kentucky
After several counties in the state passed local right-to-work measures to allow workers to choose whether or not they want to be a member of…
Legislative Update: Senate and House pass pension bills, education measure clears first hurdle
Senate pension priority bill passes Senate Bill 2, a bill to bring more transparency and oversight to the state’s retirement systems, passed the state Senate…
Kentucky Chamber president reacts to Bevin’s first budget proposal
In his first State of the Commonwealth Budget Address, Governor Matt Bevin proposed making some deep budget cuts in order to find money for the…
Medical Review Panel legislation passes out of Senate committee
The Kentucky state Senate voted Wednesday in favor of moving forward with legislation seeking to address the heightened costs directly attributed to Kentucky’s uncontrolled medical…
Senate’s priority pension bill passes committee unanimously
Senate Bill 2, a bill to bring more transparency and oversight to the state’s retirement systems, passed the Senate State and Local Government committee Wednesday…