2018 Primary Elections: Results from hotly contested General Assembly and Congressional races
On Tuesday, Kentucky voters went to the polls to cast their votes in the 2018 primary elections. Many races at the local, state, and federal…
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Kentucky Chamber Urges Appeal of Ruling That Lobbyists Can Contribute to Legislators
UPDATE: After the Kentucky Chamber publicly urged the ethics commission to appeal last week, on Wednesday, the Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission unanimously decided to appeal…
Overwhelming support for legislature to override veto of P3 bill
The following organizations have joined the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce in supporting the override of the governor’s veto of HB 407, the bipartisan P3 Jobs…
State budget highlights document available
Legislative leaders worked all night long Saturday and into the early hours of Sunday morning to hash out details of the state’s two-year budget. While…
Chamber applauds passage of P3 legislation
Calling it the greatest single piece of legislation to support job creation this session, Chamber President Dave Adkisson expressed his gratitude for Senate passage of…
What can the General Assembly accomplish?
Though it may seem like a rhetorical question to ask “What can the General Assembly accomplish?” in an election year, there is still a significant…
New study makes the case for telecomm reform
A recently released study by the Digital Policy Institute at Ball State University, Telecom Regulatory Review: Kentucky 2014 (PDF), makes the case that Kentucky need…
Budget amended in Senate; conference committee to begin soon
The biennial budget passed the Senate Monday. The Senate budget made a number of changes to reflect their priorities. It adjusted funding for a number…
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…
Take action to support Kentucky’s academic standards
In 2009, Kentucky passed historic legislation that positioned our state to become the first in the nation to adopt more rigorous academic standards to improve…