Louisville Mayor Greenberg Names Strategic Economic Development Advisors
Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg has tapped two strategic advisors from the city’s business community to attract economic development. Riggs Lewis and Steve Miller, both of Louisville, will work in a volunteer capacity directly with the Mayor, Deputy Mayor for Economic Development Pat Mulloy and the city’s economic development team. “Riggs and Steve are two tested...
New state laws take effect this week
From LRC Public Information Officer Mike Wynn: New laws related to child abuse, drugs, gambling, mental health, gender services, education and dozens of other topics are set to take effect on Thursday after receiving a nod from the Kentucky General Assembly earlier this year. State lawmakers passed more than 170 bills during the 2023 legislative...
Sharp Elbows as Republican Primary Candidates for Governor Face Off in KET Debate
During the Kentucky Derby week, for the first and last time in the race for the Republican primary for governor, the top five candidates participated in a 90-minute debate on statewide television. Attorney General Daniel Cameron, former Ambassador Kelly Craft, Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles, Somerset Mayor Alan Keck, and former lawyer Eric Deters debated issues...
Political Reactions to Monday’s Mass Shooting in Louisville
Politicians on the campaign trail paused on Monday, and some kept going as tragedy befell the commonwealth. Monday morning a 25-year-old former employee of Old National Bank killed five, and injured eight others in downtown Louisville, including a police officer just 10 days out of the police academy. An emotional Gov. Andy Beshear, who was...
Short session adjourns after lawmakers pass bills on cannabis and sports betting
From LRC Public Information Officer Mike Wynn: While the 2023 legislative session may have opened to tempered expectations in January, it gaveled to a close this week with a stack of major bills in the books, including two breakout measures on medicinal cannabis and sports wagering that both passed in the final hours. Lawmakers returned...
Lawmakers Approve Medical Marijuana & Sports Betting
Lawmakers in the House and Senate moved at the same time on historic legislation legalizing medical marijuana and sports betting in Kentucky. Representatives in the state House passed Senate Bill 47, which would set up the regulative authority, qualifying conditions, and parameters for the use and sale of medical marijuana in the Commonwealth. The legislation...
Keck tells KY Senate ‘Time to Get This Done’ on Sports Gaming
On the final morning of the legislative session, Somerset Mayor and Kentucky Republican gubernatorial candidate Alan Keck is calling for the Kentucky Senate to take action on one more bill: sports gaming. Sen. Damon Thayer told members of the media on Wednesday evening that House Bill 551, which would legalize sports betting and impose a...
Lawmakers Work to Override Veto of ‘Anti-Trans’ Bill
Culture warfare continued in Frankfort as lawmakers return for the final two days of the legislative session on Wednesday, wasting little time in working to override vetos from Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear. At the top of the veto override list was SB 150, which would ban gender-affirming care for minors, block teachers from using a...
Al Cross: Legislature overdoes it in trying to trip up Beshear
For a few minutes on the ides of March, it seemed the legislature was really legislating. Faced with a transgender-youth bill that ignored medical advice, the state Senate did a rare thing in this era of tight partisan control: It voted on a substantive floor amendment, and wonder of wonders, narrowly passed it. The amendment...