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Voters elect Huff, Willis by sizeable margins

One week after the last votes were cast in the 2020 Kentucky Primary Election were cast, the results were certified, and 82nd District State Rep. Regina Petrey Huff, R-Williamsburg, and Interim Whitley County Clerk Carolyn Willis each won their respective races by wide margins....

Huff named Co-Chair of Interim Joint Committee on Education

82nd Rep. Regina Huff of Williamsburg has been selected to serve as the Co-Chair of the Interim Joint Committee on Education during the 2020 legislative interim. The interim committees are composed of both House and Senate members and are tasked with discussing and studying...
Posted On 15 Jun 2020
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Legislative Update: Legislature leaves Frankfort

The 2020 Kentucky General Assembly adjourned sine die on April 15, 2020, several minutes before midnight, as required. You may have heard that term used in the past few days. It is a Latin term meaning “without day.” If a meeting ends with no set day to get back together during...
Posted On 21 Apr 2020

Legislature working on budget, acts to pass COVID-19 relief bills

While I want to share information about what we are doing in Frankfort to address the COVID-19 spread, I would like to start this week’s update by sharing a little bit about my thoughts on what we are facing. Our state, nation, and world are facing an unprecedented challenge in...
Posted On 25 Mar 2020

Retired teacher certification renewal passes out of committee

The House Committee on Education held a special meeting Friday and passed legislation that will allow retired teacher certificate renewal based on completion of certain professional development criteria. House Education Chair, Regina Huff, R- Williamsburg, sponsors the measur...
Posted On 06 Mar 2020
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Rep. Regina Huff previews upcoming session of Kentucky General Assembly

State Representative Regina Huff, R-Williamsburg, and other members of the Kentucky state legislature opened the 2020 session Tuesday in Frankfort. Huff, whose district includes Whitley and southern Laurel County, said with the Republicans holding supermajorities in both...