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After several weeks of silence, yesterday the Kentucky Senate presented and passed their version of the biennial budget. While colloquially we refer to the 鈥渂udget鈥� as a single entity, it more broadly refers to House Bill 6, the executive branch鈥檚 functional budget for the next biennium, and House Bill 1,…

This week is sure to be a big one in Frankfort. Today marks the filing deadline for new House legislation, with the Senate deadline following later this week. That means we will see movement on many of our top priorities and other bills we continue to monitor. 聽Here are some…

The Capitol is experiencing a rare quiet day as the legislature observes the President鈥檚 Day holiday. This short week is sure to be a busy one with the bill filing deadlines approaching. Here are some updates from the past week in Frankfort: Legislative Updates: Horizons Act Childcare and early childhood…

This week in Frankfort marks the mid-point for the long session. The legislature has filed more than 700 bills between the two chambers, and we are starting to see movement on priority pieces of legislation. Here are some highlights for the Louisville business community over the last week: Legislative Updates…

Last night, the state budget bills passed the House and are now headed to the Senate. Between HB 1 and HB 6 respectively, the budget includes $29 billion dollars of General Fund spending and $1.7 billion dollars of spending from the state鈥檚 budget reserve trust fund. These budget bills were…

We are officially over a quarter of the way through this long session! Bill filings have continued to roll in and many of the legislature鈥檚 priority bills have begun to move. Here are some of the highlights from last week: KEES Money Expands Coverage Last week the Senate passed SB…

Today the Tax Foundation released a report titled 鈥淜entucky Sales Tax Modernization: Keeping the Sales Tax on Sales, Not Production鈥�. 夜色直播 Inc. is proud to have sponsored this report along with the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, Commerce Lexington Inc., and the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce. The report focuses…

After a short and chilly week, we are headed into week four of this long legislative session. Last week we saw the unveiling of the House budget legislation and some big moves by priority bills in committees. House Budget The bill on everyone鈥檚 minds last week was the House budget…

Last week the House Republicans unveiled their budget for 2024-2026. This came in the form of two major pieces of legislation, House Bill 1 (HB1), a $1.7 billion investment proposal, and House Bill 6 (HB6), a $124.8 聽executive branch budget bill. HB 1 proposes to spend a portion of the…

One week into his second term, Governor Andy Beshear released his proposed budget for the Commonwealth titled 鈥淔orward Together鈥� for the 2024-2026 biennium. This budget proposal comes ahead of the legislative session that is set to begin January 2, 2024.聽聽 Beshear鈥檚 proposed executive budget focused on major issues impacting the…