System/Policy

Kentucky Senate passes bill to revamp KET board

By Liam Niemeyer, Reporter (Kentucky Lantern) | March 2, 2023

The bill would disband the current board for Kentucky Educational Television and require that future gubernatorial appointments to the nine-person board be confirmed by the Republican-controlled state Senate. 

System/Policy

Bill to disband current KET board, require Senate confirmation for some appointments advances

By Liam Niemeyer, Reporter (Kentucky Lantern) | February 22, 2023

Called an effort to “protect” the integrity of Kentucky’s public television broadcaster, a bill passed unanimously out of a Senate committee Wednesday that would disband the current board for Kentucky Educational Television.