FRANKFORT, March 27 – Senate President Robert Stivers, R-Manchester, comments on the conference committee report to House Bill 6, the biennial state budget, during Wednesday’s proceedings in the Senate.

Senate President Robert Stivers, R-Manchester, told reporters the Senate vetted appointees to be sure they weren’t out to retaliate against Fish and Wildlife Commissioner Rich Storm.

FRANKFORT — The GOP-dominated Kentucky Senate confirmed nearly all of Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s appointments to a board governing the state’s wildlife management department following pushback from sportsmen’s groups over the Senate failing to do so in past years.

Senators in the final hours of this year’s legislative session ¶¶ÒõÖ±²¥Èí¼þ confirmed four of the five appointments made by Beshear this year to the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Commission, a nine-member board made up of volunteer hunters and anglers overseeing the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources (KDFWR).

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FRANKFORT, Feb. 16 -- Sen. Robin Webb, D-Grayson, expresses her concerns with Senate Bill 150 on the Senate Floor.

Sen. Robin Webb, D-Grayson.

This story from Liam Niemeyer was originally published by the Kentucky Lantern at .

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