Bill that would curb state environmental, health protections will not advance this year

Bill that would curb state environmental, health protections will not advance this year

Sen. Greg Elkins, center, sits among other state senators wearing a purple shirt. (Kentucky Lantern photo by Liam Niemeyer)FRANKFORT — A bill requiring Kentucky regulators to wait until people are actively being harmed before issuing new regulations to protect public health and the environment will not continue to advance in the state legislature this year.  Sen. Greg Elkins, R-Winchester, told the Lantern Thursday his Senate Bill 178 had “conju…