2024 General Assembly

Kentucky is one of several states that amended its constitution to ban slavery and indentured servitude. But one group of people are explicitly left out of that ban — people convicted of a crime.

School choice is a fraught issue within Kentucky’s Republican-led legislature. While lawmakers have passed measures like charter schools or private school scholarship tax credits before, they often scoot by with razor-thin margins and have been unable to survive legal challenges on state constitutional grounds.

As Republican state legislators discuss their legislative priorities for the upcoming biennial budget session, few seem daunted by the veto power of Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear.