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Frankfort, Kentucky · FrankfortFrankfort, Kentucky (January 23, 2026) – Members of the Kentucky House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to approve HB 312. The measure, sponsored by State Representative Savannah Maddox of Dry Ridge, is a straightforward but important statutory update that would allow eligible, law-abiding Kentucky adults between the ages of 18 and 20 to exercise their constitutional right to keep and bear arms. “This measure recognizes that many responsi…See the Story
Maddox measure allowing adults under 21 to concealed carry passes House
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Stanford · StanfordFRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) – Legislation that would block increasing local occupational taxes by school boards without a vote of the people in most Kentucky counties has advanced, after receiving approval by the Senate on Friday. Senate Bill 76, sponsored by Sen. Amanda Mays Bledsoe, R-Lexington, was filed in response to what she termed widespread public frustration following last year’s procedurally flawed attempt by the Fayette County Board of Educat…See the Story
School board occupational tax hike bill bill advances
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Hunting · FrankfortFRANKFORT, Ky. (Jan. 23, 2026) — Hunters harvested 145,433 deer in Kentucky during the 2025-26 season, the fifth-highest reported total in history and 3,000 above the 10-year average. The recently completed 136-day season was noteworthy for a newly expanded October youth-only season, impressive success of hunters on public land, and a high percentage of harvested bucks estimated to be 2½ years old or older. But doe harvest goals, aimed at mainta…See the Story
Kentucky's 2025-26 deer harvest was fifth highest on record
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