WASHINGTON, March 13 -- The Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions issued the following news on March 12, 2024: The Senate Judiciary Committee will meet today in a special called meeting to consider House Bill 5, the "Safer Kentucky Act," a very large omnibus crime bill estimated to cost Kentucky taxpayers as much as a $1 billion over the next decade. Joey Comley, Kentucky Right on Crime's new director, joined me recently on The Station, the anchor show for Kentucky's Voice, a new con  more

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, March 12 -- Kentucky Youth Advocates issued the following statement on March 11, 2024, Executive Director Terry Brooks: * * * Kids won today in the Kentucky House when members supported passage of House Bill 11, sponsored by Representative Rebecca Raymer. As youth vaping continues to be a concern among Kentucky families and communities, this bill takes important steps to reduce youth access and limit initiation of addictive nicotine products. Provisions of this bill will  more