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State Rep. Kevin Jackson outlines $20M mental health facility, $220M local transportation funding and infrastructure timelines
Summary
Rep. Kevin Jackson updated the Warren County Fiscal Court on state funding and legislative activity including a $20 million mental health facility, $220 million for local transportation projects, timelines for several road improvements and work on bills such as Alyssa's Law and driver's license renewal changes.
State Representative Kevin Jackson delivered his annual Frankfort update to the Warren County Fiscal Court on June 13, highlighting state-funded projects affecting Warren County and bills he authored in the 2025 sessions.
Jackson said the 2024 state budget included $20 million for a mental health facility that will be built by LifeSkills near Lovers Lane; he said the facility is expected to be about 35,000 square feet and that a groundbreaking is planned for early fall with completion targeted by the end of 2026. "We got $20,000,000 for a mental health facility," Jackson said.
Jackson also said the 2024 transportation budget included $220 million intended for Bowling Green and Warren County. He listed specific projects and near-term timelines: doubling the left‑turn lane length at I‑65 Exit 28 onto Lovers Lane; a December letting for the bypass widening from Fairview to Medical Center; a March 2026 bid letting for five‑laning Nashville Road from the WKU roundabout to Campbell Lane; and a March 2026 letting for three‑laning 3 Springs Road with a roundabout at Small House Road.
On legislation, Jackson said he filed House Bill 14, known in the transcript as "Alyssa's Law," which would provide panic‑alert badges for school staff; he said the bill did not pass in the 2025 short session but he intends to refile. He also described efforts on driver's license renewal changes in House Bill 161; parts of that bill passed to allow certain private vendors to process renewals, but the portion allowing government agencies to opt in did not clear the Senate. Jackson noted the legislature reduced the state individual income tax rate from 4% to 3.5%, effective Jan. 1, 2026, as part of House Bill 1.
Jackson credited local law enforcement and county officials for bringing projects and policy ideas to Frankfort and said the local delegation meets regularly with Department of Highways staff to track projects. He closed by thanking the fiscal court for its local support and said the capital renovation in Frankfort will require legislators to use temporary space while work continues.
