Hemp Support Growing in Kentucky
Efforts to allow hemp production in Kentucky appear to be growing despite the defeat of another legalization effort this year in the General Assembly. State Senator Joey Pendleton has repeatedly...
View ArticleKentucky Hemp Museum Looks to Settle in Pennyrile Region
The president of the Kentucky Hemp Museum hopes to make Hopkinsville its new home. The museum had been a private collection in Lexington, consisting of various agricultural equipment and related...
View ArticleIndustrial Hemp in the Jackson Purchase
The Kentucky Hemp Museum is looking to make the Jackson Purchase its new home. The museum, which was previously located in Lexington now hope to settle in Christian County, once hotbed of industrial...
View ArticleComer: Marijuana Votes in Other States Bolster Kentucky Hemp Efforts
Enlarge image Credit kyagr.com James ComerKentucky Agriculture Secretary James Comer said recent measures in Washington and Colorado to legalize marijuana use will only strengthen efforts to allow...
View ArticleKentucky State Police Not OK with Legalized Pot
Enlarge image Credit Barbetorte, Wikimedia Commons This month, voters in Colorado and Washington elected to legalize marijuana in their states. And this week, the superintendent of the Indiana State...
View ArticleKentucky Sheriffs' Association Holding Judgment on Legalizing Hemp
Enlarge image Credit Wikimedia Commons Kentucky Sheriffs' Association Executive Director Jerry Wagner says his group hasn't decided on supporting or opposing legalizing industrial hemp. Wagner and...
View ArticleHemp Commission Will Work on Proposal, Economic Impact Study
The second meeting of the state’s Industrial Hemp Commission will soon begin sorting through the details of its efforts to bring legalized hemp to Kentucky.The commission will work on the details of a...
View ArticleHemp Industry Won't Grow Overnight, Agriculture Economists Say
As Kentucky and federal lawmakers consider legalizing industrial hemp, the chair of the University of Kentucky's agriculture economics department notes that such an industry won't rise overnight.
View ArticleKPR's Colston Sets Up 2013 Kentucky Legislative Session
Pension reform, updating liquor laws, expanded gaming, a state-wide smoking ban and legalizing the production of industrial hemp are just a few issues Kentucky Public Radio Capitol Bureau Chief Kenny...
View ArticleHemp Gaining Momentum in General Assembly
Support for industrial hemp is growing in Kentucky behind the efforts of Agriculture Commissioner James Comer. With last week's endorsement from U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell, Comer now has the majority...
View ArticleIndustrial Hemp Debate Continues
The industrial hemp debate will resume in Frankfort later this morning. A bill seeking a pilot project for hemp in Kentucky will be discussed in a Senate committee. Carrying the ball for putting hemp...
View ArticleHemp Bill Sails Through Kentucky Senate Agriculture Committee
FRANKFORT — After testimony from a bevy of high-level supporters, the state Senate agriculture committee unanimously approved Monday a bill that would establish oversight for Kentucky industrial hemp...
View ArticleKentucky State Senate Passes Hemp Bill
The state Senate has passed a bill aimed at creating a hemp industry in Kentucky, though the bill's future appears to lack the support of key government leaders.
View ArticleHemp Bill Faces Challenges in Kentucky House
An industrial hemp bill that sailed through the Kentucky Senate is facing a more skeptical House. The top House leader has doubts about the crop and a committee chairman has lots of questions. The...
View ArticleBeshear Sides with Law Enforcement Against Hemp
Gov. Steve Beshear says he wants law enforcement's concerns about industrial hemp resolved before Kentucky moves ahead with a push to grow the plant.State police oppose state Republican leaders’ effort...
View ArticleKentucky Committee Chairmen Seeks to Scale Back Hemp Bill
A Kentucky House committee chairman says he’ll scale back an industrial hemp bill to allow the University of Kentucky to seek permission to study the crop that is currently banned by the federal...
View ArticleIndustrial Hemp Supporters Ratchet Up Pressure
Industrial hemp supporters are ratcheting up the pressure to force a vote on a stalled bill that would allow farmers in Kentucky to grow the crop if federal ban is lifted. A group led by state...
View ArticleHouse Committee Passes Hemp Bill, but Floor Vote Uncertain
In its second try, the Kentucky House agriculture committee approved a bill Wednesday creating a regulatory framework for growing hemp in Kentucky, if the federal government were to legalize it.The...
View ArticleKentucky Hemp Supporters Blast Amendment Calling for Further Study
Kentucky's industrial hemp supporters lashed out Thursday against a last-minute amendment to the hemp bill that's been under consideration this year in the General Assembly.
View ArticleBeshear Reacts to Hemp, Religion Bills
Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear says he still has concerns about the only bill to get a veto over-ride in this year's legislative session and doesn’t know if he’ll allow hemp legislation to become law. The...
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