Farmers, facing labor shortages, push for immigration reform – Farmers are searching for immigration reform like a lost desert wanderer scanning the horizon for water. But the oasis always turns out to be a mirage. Will this finally be the year for meaningful reform? (Barn Raiser)
Lawmakers approve displaying Mitch McConnell statue at Kentucky Capitol – Bluegrass State legislators voted on April 1, in the final hours of the 2026 General Assembly’s concurrence period, to accept a statue of the seven-term senator to be displayed in the state Capitol’s rotunda if it is privately funded. (Courier-Journal)
Councilman proposes to make Louisville a ‘Safe Haven’ for trans people – Louisville Metro Councilman JP Lyninger, a Democrat of District 6, has filed an ordinance that would designate Louisville as a “Safe Haven City” for transgender and gender non-conforming people. (Courier-Journal)
KY lawmakers approve ‘Charlie Kirk Memorial Highway.’ Here's where – In the last hours of the 2026 legislative session before the veto period, lawmakers passed Senate Joint Resolution 139, which will rename several roads and bridges across the state. A committee substitute filed in the House added a section that would name a stretch of Route 18 in northern Boone County in honor of Kirk. (Courier-Journal)
KY lawmakers increase money for kinship care in final budget – FRANKFORT — The Kentucky General Assembly will provide the Beshear administration with $12 million over the next two years to implement a 2024 law to help kinship care families. (Kentucky Lantern)
KY chief justice ‘deeply disappointed’ in judicial branch budget on the way to Beshear – The Kentucky General Assembly passed a judicial branch budget Wednesday that the chief justice said will force “significant layoffs.” The Kentucky Court of Justice is reviewing the final budget “to assess its impact on court operations,” Chief Justice Debra Hembree Lambert said in a statement Wednesday night. (Kentucky Lantern)
Beshear criticizes push for McConnell statute in Kentucky Capitol – “I’ve got to be honest, y’all – the fact that the Kentucky General Assembly is pushing for a bill to create a statue for Mitch McConnell in our Capitol but refuses to make Juneteenth a state holiday is just wrong.” (Courier-Journal)
LG&E, KU seek new merger. What it means for your utility bill – Louisville Gas and Electric Co. and Kentucky Utilities Co. are seeking approval for a merger into a single legal entity, according to a filing with the Kentucky Public Service Commission — further integrating the two companies that first merged in most respects in 1998. (Courier-Journal)
Kentucky legislature passes bill shrinking JCPS board to 5 members – Rep. Jason Nemes (R-Middletown), who introduced the new bill in the House, said the legislation includes new district maps to be used when voters head to the ballot box this year but added JCPS would be able to redraw its own maps after that. (Courier-Journal)
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