News

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.

Mar 13th, 2017

WKU government relations staff spent much of the last week working with legislators to secure passage of legislation of interest...

Mar 1st, 2017

WKU government relations staff spent much of the last week meeting with legislators on legislation of interest, including SB147 regarding advanced practice doctorates at the comprehensive universities and SB153, performance funding for universities.

Feb 20th, 2017

WKU government relations staff, Robbin Taylor and Jennifer Breiwa Smith, met with several legislators last week to discuss priority legislation...

Feb 15th, 2017

Part II of the 2017 session of the Kentucky General Assembly began last Tuesday, February 7. Following is a summary of WKU Government Relations activities for the week, including details on a number of bills that pertain to higher education.