FRANKFORT, KY (February 3-7, 2020) -- Proposals concerning the wellbeing of children are often high-priority items in the General Assembly. Hundreds of measures aimed at improving the lives of young Kentuckians have come before lawmakers in recent years, including last year’s sweeping school safety legislation designed to make sure children are safe while learning.

FRANKFORT, KY — Kentuckians seeking help to pay for college or technical training can take advantage of student aid programs administered by the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority (KHEAA).

PHOTO: Gun control concept / Young armed man holds pistol in hand in public place near high school.

FRANKFORT, KY—Armed school resource officers would be required on public school campuses statewide under a Senate bill that received final passage Friday in the Kentucky House.

 Rep. Brandon Reed, R-Hodgenville, presenting HCR 53 regarding daylight saving time on the House floor.

FRANKFORT, KY—States that want to spring forward and never turn their clocks back just got some help from the Kentucky House.

LONDON, Ky. - James Everett Smith, 51, of Booneville, Kentucky, admitted in federal court Monday, before U.S. District Judge Robert Wier, that he possessed with intent to distribute 500 grams of more of methamphetamine and possessed a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.