While the budget and road plan are two of the big issues still out there for the final days of the 2022 regular session of the Kentucky General Assembly, there has been and will be additional notable bills to pass.
A conference committee is hashing out a final executive budget compromise and Senator Whitney Westerfield is hopeful all-day kindergarten will be back in the spending plan.
State Representative Myron Dossett of Pembroke sponsored legislation that raises the threshold for construction projects that have to be bid out by public school systems from $7,500 to $30,000 and that measure now heads to the Senate.
Meanwhile, the House approved a charter school bill that local legislators favored last week and Representative Walker Thomas of Hopkinsville says it funds pilot projects in Jefferson County and northern Kentucky.
Hear local legislators discuss these topics and others Sunday morning at 9 on Lite Rock 98.7 and online at Lite987whop.com.