Articles by Jacqueline Pitts

Spending approximately $11.9 billion in each of the next two years, the Kentucky House of Representatives passed its version the state’s two-year budget Friday with…

Putting a new spin on the state’s two-year budget spending proposal, the House Appropriations and Revenue Committee approved House Bill 352 on Thursday evening, which…

On Thursday, legislation that deals with how Kentucky Board of Education members are appointed passed out of the Senate Education Committee. Senate Bill 10, sponsored…

A bill to raise the legal age for purchase of tobacco products from 18 to 21 passed the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday by a…

Empowering businesses to play a greater role in Kentucky’s substance use disorder crisis is the goal for a measure that passed the Senate Health and…

A bill aiming to protect patients from misleading advertisements was passed through the Senate Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor Committee on Tuesday. Sen. Ralph Alvarado,…

As the legislature works to craft Kentucky’s next two-year budget, the state’s retirement systems say continuing to put more funding toward pensions is critical for…

Local tax reform in Kentucky would move one step closer to reality under a proposed constitutional amendment that passed the House Committee on Elections, Constitutional…

In an effort to address the youth vaping crisis and generate new revenue for the state, a bill to place a 25 percent excise tax…

The General Assembly will see the addition of a new member from each political party in the coming weeks following special elections held Tuesday. The…