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- 05/17/20182018 Legislative Session in ReviewThroughout the 2018 legislative session, KACo advocated diligently on behalf of counties in Frankfort. Click here for a list of key bills that passed in 2018 that will impact counties.Read More...
- 05/17/2018CERS employer contribution rates releasedFiscal Year 2019 CERS Nonhazardous: 21.48% CERS Hazardous: 35.34%Read More...
- 05/17/2018How CERS & KERS pensions will changeThe Pension Reform Bill (SB151) is expected go into effect on July 1, 2018. Here are some changes in Kentucky's public pensions from SB 151.Read More...
- 04/04/2018What's in the pension bill for CERS/KERS?The Pension Reform Bill passed the House and Senate last Thursday night. Most of the legislation from SB 1 was placed in SB 151, which now awaits the governor's final approval.Read More...
- 04/04/2018CERS employer contribution phase-in passesThe long-awaited CERS employer contribution phase-in or “rate collar” was finally passed providing pension relief Kentucky counties desperately need.Read More...
- 04/04/2018State budget heads to the governorA $22 billion state spending plan that would restore some funding cuts proposed by the governor while ensuring that Kentucky fully funds its public pension systems has received final passage in the House after being approved by the Senate earlier today.Read More...
- 04/04/2018Tax reform bill gets final passageThe Kentucky General Assembly passed a revenue measure today that would generate nearly a half of billion dollars in additional money for the state over the next two fiscal years.Read More...
- 03/28/2018HB 609 brings hope to Kentucky roads and bridgesHouse Bill 609 could bring needed repairs to our state's roads and bridges. Kentucky needs $1 billion worth of road repaving and over 1,000 bridges that need to be repaired or replaced.Read More...
- 03/28/2018Big win for TVA in-lieu-of-taxes billHouse Bill 114 passed the Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee Tuesday morning. It now heads to the Senate floor for a vote as soon as Thursday.Read More...
- 03/28/2018Workers' comp bill passes house and goes to governorThe workers' compensation reform bill, House Bill 2, passed a Kentucky House vote of 55-39 Tuesday. It will now go to Gov. Matt Bevin's desk to be signed into law.Read More...
- 03/28/2018Some Kentucky counties facing financial ruinIf Senate Bill 66, or similar legislation, isn't passed in these last few days of the general session, some Kentucky counties will go bankrupt.Read More...
- 10/16/2017A Prescription for Action Local Leadership in Ending the Opioid CrisisThe epidemic of overdoses and deaths from the abuse of prescription painkillers and heroin has devastated countless families and communities across the country...Read More...
- 07/19/2017Ag lenders provide freezers for Kentucky food pantriesFreezers will enable increased donation and distribution of Kentucky-raised beef, pork and poultry as part of Hunger Initiative.Read More...
- 07/10/2017Yellow-Banded Bumblebee Species Status AssessmentWe request your assistance in completing the SSA for the yellow-banded bumble bee, as a thorough SSA analysis cannot be completed without input and expertise from the States and other partners.Read More...
- 07/05/2017Early Bird registration open for 41st Kentucky Governor’s Conference on Energy and EnvironmentOct. 19-20 at the Lexington Convention.Read More...
- 06/12/2017Accepting nominations for Kentucky Fire Chief of the YearBoth a volunteer and a career fire chief will be honored, deadline for nominations is Aug. 1.Read More...
- 06/12/201714th Annual Kentucky Cable and Telecommunications Conference Aug. 22Most up-to-date and useful information will be presented to local government officials.Read More...
- 06/08/2017LRC News: Renewed call for child abuse offender registry aired before committeeRep. Wuchner: Ky is in the top 10” in child abuse and neglect cases.Read More...
- 04/19/20172017 SOAR Summit to be held Aug. 4Shaping Our Appalachian Region meeting in Pikeville.Read More...
- 04/19/2017Excessive Force in Correctional FaciltiesOn December 21, 2016, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals of decided Ward v. Smith et al.[i], which is instructive concerning law pertaining to excessive force on convicted inmates of correctional facilities under the Eighth Amendment.Read More...
- 04/05/2017Using Force on Persons in Medical EmergenciesApplying the Graham factors to a medical emergency “is equivalent to a baseball player entering the batter’s box with two strikes already against him.”Read More...
- 04/05/2017The Fourth Amendment and False ArrestOn January 4, 2017, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals of decided Pegg v. Herrnberger[i], in which the court discussed the Fourth Amendment as it relates to false arrest, minor offenses, and excessive force. The relevant facts of Pegg...Read More...
- 05/19/2016The Overtime RuleIn 2014, President Obama directed the Secretary of Labor to update the overtime regulations to reflect the original intent of the Fair Labor Standards Act, and to simplify and modernize...Read More...
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