Day: April 16, 2024
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‘Momnibus’ bill to improve maternal health passes on final day, after being attached to another bill to avoid floor fight on abortion
By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News On the last day of the 2024 legislative session, a bipartisan bill aimed at improving Kentucky’s dismal maternal-mortality rate was finally...
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Legislature rejects pleas, cuts tobacco-prevention spending; passes vape bill some say could spur youth smoking
UPDATE, April 16: Senate President Robert Stivers and Majority Floor Leader Damon Thayer told Kentucky Health News that no one spoke to them about more money for tobacco prevention, and...