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Gov. Beshear signs executive order raising minimum wage to $10.10 for state...
Gov. Steve Beshear signed an executive order today raising the minimum wage to $10.10 for state workers and private contractors hired by the state, saying it would raise the incomes of nearly 800...
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Governor signs executive order creating work group to tackle Kentucky...
Gov. Steve Beshear signed an executive order today creating a 23-member work group tasked with making recommendations to stabilize the finances of the underfunded Kentucky Teachers’ Retirement System,...
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Louisville state Rep. Denny Butler flips to Republican Party, narrowing...
Following Republican Matt Bevin’s victory in Kentucky’s gubernatorial election this month, Democrats were left clinging to their majority in the state House as their last defense from a complete GOP...
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House Republican Leader Hoover pessimistic on chances of passage for local...
Though the administration of Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer recently expressed optimism that a constitutional amendment allowing a local option sales tax would advance further in this year’s session of...
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Bipartisan House leaders file bill to allow local option sales tax
Democratic House Speaker Greg Stumbo and Republican Floor Leader Jeff Hoover filed legislation Tuesday that would allow Kentuckians to amend the state constitution in a referendum this fall, giving...
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Hoover reconsiders his resignation as House speaker
By Mark Vanderhoff | WLKY FRANKFORT, Ky. — Rep. Jeff Hoover, R-Jamestown, says he is reconsidering whether to resign as Kentucky’s speaker of the House. Hoover made the announcement Tuesday, the first...
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