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Kentucky lawmakers working to keep the Commonwealth in NIL competition

The Kentucky General Assembly is taking up legislation to modify its name, image, and likeness law. It’s suggested as a way to keep Kentucky in the game when it comes to compensating college student -athletes.

WEKU · Mar 15, 2024

Small independent pharmacies a focus of legislation moving in Frankfort

Legislation that proponents say will help independent pharmacies remain more viable is before the Kentucky General Assembly. Movement on a bill is happening with less than ten days remaining in the current session.

WEKU · Mar 15, 2024

Dispute erupts over a section of Kentucky's transgender law that hinges on one word

A new dispute has erupted over Kentucky’s sweeping transgender law

The Independent UK · Jun 8, 2023

Last-minute move revives ban on gender-affirming care for Kentucky youth. House OKs it

FRANKFORT, Ky. — In a last-minute switch Thursday, Republicans revived an omnibus anti-LGBTQ bill, which includes a ban on gender-affirming health care for Kentucky’s transgender youth.

Tribune News Service · Mar 16, 2023

An ‘LGBTQ+ mental health crisis’ could form in Kentucky as anti-trans bills advance, experts say

LEXINGTON, Ky. — As Republican lawmakers continue advancing bills that regulate the treatment of and deny health care to transgender youth in Kentucky, medical experts are sounding the alarm on a worsened “LGBTQ+ mental health crisis” that is sure to follow the passage of such measures.

Tribune News Service · Mar 2, 2023

Republican lawmakers advance transgender bill in Kentucky

Republican lawmakers in Kentucky have advanced a bill allowing teachers to misgender their transgender students

The Independent UK · Feb 9, 2023

‘Literally killing our children’: Kentucky state senator begs colleagues to stop targeting trans kids

LEXINGTON, Ky. — State Sen. Karen Berg, D-Louisville, begged her colleagues Wednesday to quit targeting transgender students with their legislation — less than two months after her own son, who was trans, died by suicide.

Tribune News Service · Feb 9, 2023

Ky. lawmakers say they’ve fixed a bill that could have sent teachers to jail for classroom speech

Ky. lawmakers say they’ve fixed a bill that could have sent teachers to jail for classroom speech

WEKU · Apr 14, 2022

Over protesters' chants, Kentucky Republicans grant final passage to sweeping abortion bill

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Over protesters chanting "Abortion is health care!" in the Kentucky Senate chambers on Tuesday, Republicans passed a hefty omnibus bill that opponents say will effectively end abortion access in Kentucky.

Tribune News Service · Mar 30, 2022

A revised Kentucky bill aimed at critical race theory moves forward. What’s in it?

LEXINGTON, Ky. — With the sponsor saying he has been unfairly accused of being “a racist” and “a fascist,” a revised Kentucky bill aimed at critical race theory gained approval from a Republican-led Senate committee Thursday.

Tribune News Service · Feb 17, 2022