Senate panel approves KEMI surplus bill

FRANKFORT A Senate committee unanimously approved a bill Wednesday to require the state’s workers’ compensation self-insurance group to return about $62 million of its $154 million surplus to policyholders. The sponsor of Senate Bill 214, Senate Majority Leader Robert Stivers, R-Manchester, said the rebate from the Kentucky Employers’ Mutual Insurance Co. would help businesses in [...]

Senate panel approves KEMI surplus bill

FRANKFORT A Senate committee unanimously approved a bill Wednesday to require the state’s workers’ compensation self-insurance group to return about $62 million of its $154 million surplus to policyholders. The sponsor of Senate Bill 214, Senate Majority Leader Robert Stivers, R-Manchester, said the rebate from the Kentucky Employers’ Mutual Insurance Co. would help businesses in [...]

Legislative briefs: Senate panel wants Joe B. Hall enshrined

Senate panel wants Joe B. Hall enshrined A measure to urge the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame to enshrine former University of Kentucky coach Joe B. Hall is advancing in the state legislature like a hot team in the NCAA tournament. The Senate Economic Development, Tourism and Labor Committee unanimously approved House Concurrent Resolution [...]

Lawmakers discuss new study of tax-incentive programs

FRANKFORT Kentucky needs an independent review of its tax-incentive programs to determine what they cost the state in lost revenue and if they produce the jobs intended, House Speaker Pro Tem Larry Clark, D-Louisville, told a Senate panel Tuesday. Clark and the rest of the House Democratic leadership are sponsoring House Joint Resolution 122, which [...]