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Recent Press Releases

Senator McConnell and Commissioner Quarles Celebrate Hemp in Central Kentucky

McConnell, Quarles tour GenCanna’s Hemp Research Campus in Winchester and discuss hemp’s success through investment, expansion, innovation, and job growth in the Commonwealth

April 23, 2019

McConnell, Quarles tour GenCanna’s Hemp Research Campus in Winchester and discuss hemp’s success through investment, expansion, innovation, and job growth in the Commonwealth

McConnell Announces Bill to Raise Minimum Age to Purchase Tobacco to 21

Studies have shown that the brain is still developing throughout teenage years, and nicotine use on a young brain can stunt growth and make it harder to focus, learn, or control impulses

April 18, 2019

Studies have shown that the brain is still developing throughout teenage years, and nicotine use on a young brain can stunt growth and make it harder to focus, learn, or control impulses