Damon Thayer

A leader in the Kentucky Senate wants to limit the number of syringes handed out in local needle exchange programs. Majority Floor Leader Damon Thayer is…

Local health departments, mental health agencies and domestic violence shelters are asking state lawmakers to shield them from massive pension…

Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers says he hopes bills to combat heroin abuse and encourage investments by telecommunications companies can win…

A bill that would allow U.S. Sen. Rand Paul to run for both the Senate and the Presidency of the United States passed out of the Republican-controlled…

A revised bill that would allow Rand Paul to run for Senate re-election and the White House at the same time is gaining ground.A Kentucky Senate committee…

The Kentucky general assembly is about a third of the way through the 2014 session. As is the case in most Kentucky legislative sessions, a great deal of…

A bill that would automatically restore voting rights for non-violent felons in Kentucky has passed the House and heads to the Senate, where it has…

A Kentucky lawmaker says it wasn't so bad being mocked on national television. Republican Senator Damon Thayer of Georgetown recently appeared in a…

The Kentucky Senate has passed a bill that would reform the majority of the state's pension system.Senate Bill 2 contains the recommendations of a…

An effort to reform Kentucky's underfunded pension systems passed in its first hearing Wednesday from a state Senate committee meeting.Senate Bill 2 stems…