FRANKFORT, KY — Senate President Robert Stivers was presented the Kentucky Chamber MVP Award on July 19 by Kentucky Chamber President and CEO Ashli Watts, Kentucky Chamber Board Chair Candace McGraw, CEO of Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, and Kentucky Chamber Senior Vice President of Public Affairs Kate Shanks.
President Stivers was among a select group of legislators who “went to bat” for Kentucky business during the 2024 Kentucky General Assembly by displaying conspicuous actions to strengthen business, improve competitiveness, and ensure growth.
Recipients of the Kentucky Chamber MVP Award show strong leadership for the business community by sponsoring or carrying Chamber priority legislation to final passage, showing leadership on passage of critical legislation to improve Kentucky, or by taking hard votes in defense of business.
During the 2024 session, President Stivers played a leadership role in supporting pro-business bills and defeating harmful legislation for employers across the Commonwealth. He also sponsored Senate Bill 1, a bill supported by the Kentucky Chamber that establishes an endowed research fund to promote and fund research consortiums between two or more public universities.
“We applaud President Stivers for his dedication to passing bills that will help grow Kentucky’s workforce, keep us competitive with surrounding states, and create a better business climate to benefit all Kentuckians moving forward,” said Ashli Watts, president and CEO of the Kentucky Chamber. “Through his efforts, we can confidently say our Commonwealth is heading in the right direction in terms of economic growth.”
The 2024 General Assembly advanced many top priorities of the Kentucky business community, and the pro-growth policies that passed saved Kentucky businesses an estimated $1.006 billion, or $589 for each employer in the Commonwealth.
While monitoring the progress of bills that create a better business climate and advance the Commonwealth, the Chamber tracks how each legislator votes on these bills. The Chamber’s MVP Award recipients displayed more than just a business-friendly voting record, but also went out of their way, and at times across party lines, to support or oppose an issue critical to the business climate in Kentucky.
Learn more about business issues during the 2024 Kentucky General Assembly in the Kentucky Chamber’s “Results for Business” publication.
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