Sylvia Goodman
Capitol ReporterSylvia is Kentucky Public Radio's Capitol reporter. Email her at sgoodman@lpm.org.
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The League of Women Voters of Kentucky released a report showing the legislature continues to rely on fast-tracking maneuvers to push bills through this session, limiting public input.
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Renewable energy company Canadian Solar Inc. announced a new industrial battery manufacturing plant in Shelbyville, representing a $712 million investment.
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A pregnant Kentuckian filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Kentucky’s two strictest abortion bans, saying she wants to “ensure that other Kentuckians will not have to go through what I am going through.”
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Proponents of Amendment 2 were counting on traditionally-blue urban areas in Kentucky to vote in favor of the “school choice” initiative. But even in the three most populous counties, it failed overwhelmingly.
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Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers said Wednesday state Republican leaders have already set an agenda for the coming year after the GOP maintained its overwhelming supermajority in both chambers.
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Republicans are likely to end up with a nearly identical supermajority in both chambers of the Kentucky General Assembly after the 2024 election.
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All six of Kentucky’s U.S. representatives sailed through the general election, each winning by significant margins.
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Amendment 2 to allow public funds to go to private and charter school education was rejected universally in Kentucky counties when the Associated Press called the race. Amendment 1 further banning noncitizen voting passed.
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A judge ruled in favor of the Jefferson County Clerk’s Office and the Republican Party of Kentucky, ordering polls to close at 6 p.m. despite concerns over lengthy delays Tuesday morning.
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Kentucky election officials say no one has reported pre-filled ballots after a picture circulated widely online appeared to show a small dot on a Kentucky ballot, marking the bubble beside Vice President Kamala Harris’s name.