News

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.

Mar 22nd, 2018

The Senate budget was unveiled earlier this week, and it includes significant differences from the House version. To summarize, the Senate budget includes the 6.25% reduction in our state appropriation as was proposed by the Governor..

Mar 6th, 2018

Last week the Kentucky House of Representatives passed their version of the Executive Branch Budget, HB200, in which they restored the 6.25% budget reductions to universities that were included in the Governor’s proposed budget. For WKU...

Jan 22nd, 2018

Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin presented his State of the Commonwealth and Budget Address to the legislature last Tuesday, during which he outlined his two-year budget proposal for the state.

Mar 31st, 2017

The 2017 session of the Kentucky General Assembly came to a close on March 30, 2017, at 11:55 pm. There were nearly 900 bills filed in this short legislative session.