News

Apr 16th, 2024

The 2024 Kentucky General Assembly adjourned sine die last night. Overall, it was a positive session for postsecondary education. Below is an update on several pieces of legislation that WKU tracked this session.

Feb 23rd, 2024

The 2024 legislative session is just past the halfway mark, and I’d like to share with you a few bills of note that we are closely monitoring.

Mar 11th, 2022

The 2022 General Assembly has entered the home stretch, there are 14 legislative days left in this regular session.

Jan 21st, 2022

The Kentucky House of Representatives passed House Bill 1 (HB1), their version of the Executive Branch budget last night.

Jan 14th, 2022

The 2022 session of the Kentucky General Assembly is underway.

Sep 30th, 2020

Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams provided a virtual town hall for the WKU community on September 21, 2020.

Mar 1st, 2019

House Bill 358 passed the Kentucky House of Representatives on February 27. The bill now moves to the Senate for further action. President Caboni and Jennifer Smith spent time in Frankfort this week advocating for passage of the bill in the Senate.

Feb 8th, 2019

Part II of the 2019 session of the Kentucky General Assembly began last Tuesday, February 5th. On Thursday, February 7th, President Caboni and Jennifer Smith attended Governor Bevin’s State of the Commonwealth Address.

Apr 19th, 2018

The 2018 Kentucky General Assembly came to a close Saturday evening, and among the final actions of the legislature were votes to override Governor Bevin’s vetoes of the budget and revenue bills. Below is a summary of how WKU will be affected...

Apr 3rd, 2018

Last night a myriad of bills including the biennial budget, revenue bill and two pension relief bills were passed by the Kentucky House of Representatives and Senate. Below is an overview of each bill and the effects they have on WKU.