Budget compromise easily passes House and Senate on final day
UPDATE: The Kentucky state House of Representatives and state Senate voted Friday to pass the compromise reached on the state’s next two year budget. A…
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“Super transparency” bill introduced and passed out of Senate, moves to House
Legislation dubbed the “super transparency” bill which includes committee substitutes containing language of three bills to bring oversight and accountability to multiple areas of government…
State budget deal reached, Chamber says pension funding should send positive signal to Wall Street
After many hours behind closed doors working to hammer out specifics of the state’s next two-year budget, legislative leaders reached a deal at around 3…
What to expect on the final day of 2016 session
After squabbles over the state’s next two-year budget continued over the weekend, legislative leaders have agreed to move the last legislative day of the 2016…
Legislature to enter veto period without a budget compromise
Legislative leaders met in their budget conference committee briefly Thursday to announce they have reached an impasse on their discussions and will go into the…
Budget Update: Senate counters House Democratic compromise proposal in short meeting
After House Democrats proposed a plan which they felt was a compromise Tuesday morning, Senate Republicans came back after a lunch break with a counter…
Action Alert: Urge the House to pass essential pension transparency bill
With the minutes of the 2016 session of the Kentucky General Assembly rapidly ticking away, the Kentucky Chamber is asking for your help. Senate Bill…
Bill to bring transparency to legislative pensions passes House committee
The House State Government Committee passed a bill that would make former and current legislators’ retirement benefits information subject to open records requests with a…
Amended bill to require state to fully fund Kentucky Teachers’ Retirement System passes House
An amended version of House Bill 1 to require the General Assembly to meet its full obligation to the Kentucky Teachers’ Retirement System (KTRS) by…
Kentucky Chamber calls on House to pass key pension transparency bill
In a letter to members of the House of Representatives sent Monday, Kentucky Chamber President and CEO Dave Adkisson called for passage of legislation to…