Advancing bill would remake leadership overseeing broadband network KentuckyWired

By: Liam Niemeyer

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: January 30, 2026

Words: 840

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 2 days ago

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A committee-approved bill would remove the executive director for the state’s broadband network KentuckyWired, and remake the board overseeing the network that’s been entangled in litigation over contract disputes and facing scrutiny in previous months from state lawmakers.

Rep. Matt Lockett, R-Nicholasville, the primary sponsor of House Bill 314 and a co-chair of the Information Technology Oversight Committee, told lawmakers that his oversight committee had been meeting in prior months ahead of this …

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