Joe Sonka
Enterprise Statehouse Reporter-
The judge ruled against the petition seeking to disqualify Kulkarni as a candidate over an error on her filing with the secretary of state’s office, but the petitioner will appeal.
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The new law would allow Kentucky to issue medical cannabis licenses to businesses as early as this summer, increasing the odds that cannabis will be available for patients at dispensaries beginning 2025.
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The GOP-controlled Kentucky legislature overrode nearly all of Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s vetoes on Friday, the second to last day of the session.
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The budget bills outline $33 billion of state government spending over the next two years, with Republicans lauding it as a historic investment in Kentucky education and Democrats criticizing it as falling too short.
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Legislation to amend the Kentucky Open Records Act cleared a Senate committee despite bipartisan criticism that it would undermine government transparency, though a controversial part of the bill was rejected.
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A GOP lawmaker believes his bill to move up the licensing timeline for medical cannabis businesses in Kentucky will pass into law before the end of the session.
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More than 700 businesses and organizations collectively spent $3.2 million to lobby the Kentucky General Assembly in February, bringing the two month total to more than $6 million in the 2024 legislative session.
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The petition to remove Kulkarni from the ballot was filed by the former state legislator she defeated in a Democratic primary in 2018, alleging she should be disqualified for a filing error involving her nomination signatories.
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With little opportunity for the public to weigh in, two newly-amended state budget bills appropriating more than $34 billion in Kentucky over the next two years cleared a state Senate committee and then the full Senate Wednesday.
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The bill is seen as a positive development among patient advocates and businesses looking to potentially invest in Kentucky’s new system, but still has to gain support among a GOP caucus that was divided on legalization last year.