Beshear describes legislative priorities shared by Chamber in final State of the Commonwealth address
In his final State of the Commonwealth address Wednesday night, Gov. Steve Beshear discussed the success he sees in the state and laid out his…
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Settlement money being used to purchase heroin overdose reversal kits for hospitals
Governor Steve Beshear and Attorney General Jack Conway announced Tuesday they will put more than $100,000 toward providing state hospitals with a drug to counter…
House Bill 369 Signed into Law
On Tuesday, Gov. Steve Beshear ceremoniously signed into law Kentucky Chamber-initiated House Bill 369, which lowered the statute of limitations for written contracts from 15…
UPDATED: Governor urged to sign P3 jobs bill
FRANKFORT, Ky. – Noting the importance of job creation and calling it the most significant jobs bill of 2014, 34 organizations from across the Commonwealth…
Chamber board chair touts early childhood programs at Capitol news conference
Kentucky Chamber Chairwoman Elizabeth McCoy, president of Planter’s Bank in Hopkinsville, stood alongside Gov. Steve Beshear and Stu Silberman, executive director of the Prichard Committee…
House budget advances to Senate; closely resembles Beshear’s budget
Thursday, the House of Representatives passed their version of HB 235, the biennial budget bill. It passed largely on party lines as Republicans voiced major…
Tax commission releases report
Revenues could rise by an additional $659 million annually under a set of recommended changes to how Kentucky employers and citizens are taxed. These recommendations…
Governor cites successes of pill mill legislation
Gov. Steve Beshear and a bipartisan group of legislators are touting the successes of HB 1, passed earlier this year in the special session of…
Tax amnesty program begins
In an effort to collect tens of millions of dollars owed to the Commonwealth in back taxes, Gov. Steve Beshear recently announced the kick-off of…