Yarmuth endorses McGarvey
Congressman John Yarmuth, who is retiring from his 3rd District seat at the end of his term, today endorsed state Sen. Morgan McGarvey to take his place.
Campaign funds: a quick update
Money isn’t everything in a campaign – but it sure is important. Here’s a rundown of fundraising totals for KY campaigns at the federal level.
Massie tweets Voltaire ... no wait, it’s actually a neo-Nazi
Rep. Thomas Massie shared a quote by Voltaire in reference to Dr. Fauci – but the quote was actually by a neo-Nazi. Oops!
The choice facing the Republican Party
Lawyer and political analyst Teri Kanefield says that Republicans have a choice: democracy or anti-democracy. Listen as she lays out the history of the Republican party that got us here, and if they choose against democracy, what we can do.
Jenkins will not run this fall (updated)
Kentucky House Democratic Caucus Leader Joni Jenkins, first elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1994, announced today she is withdrawing as a candidate for the 44th House District.
Repubs file bill allowing them to call themselves into session
According to the KY Constitution, the General Assembly cannot call its own special session. Republicans want to change that.
“These are bad bills.” – KEA on voucher bills
Yet another attempt to cut public school funding by diverting it through “scholarship tax credits” that allow wealthy individuals and corporations to “donate” money in return for favorable tax refunds.
Colonels of Truth w/ Bruce Maples
Bruce Maples, publisher of Forward Kentucky, appeared on the “Colonels of Truth” live stream sponsored by Progress Kentucky.
Repubs easily override Beshear vetoes of new maps; KDP sues
Republicans in Frankfort easily overrode Gov. Beshear’s vetoes of their redistricting maps, thus putting the new maps into law. As soon as they did that, KDP and voters from Franklin County filed suit.
Miller files bill delaying election dates even further
Rep. Jerry Miller has filed “just in case” bill pushing out all election dates, in anticipation of delays caused by court challenges to the Republican redistricting maps.
Beshear vetoes two redistricting bills
Governor Beshear has vetoed the state House and Congressional redistricting bills. Here are his statements on those bills as to why he vetoed them.
Some facts about Kentucky’s budget
Here is a video excerpt from the AMA session that Jason Bailey did this week with some Members of Forward Kentucky. Some of these facts may surprise you! Please view, and then share widely.
Kentucky to receive $438 million in bridge funding: Yarmuth
Cong. John Yarmuth announced today that Kentucky will receive an estimated $438 million over the next five years to fix its bridges, made possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law supported by Yarmuth.
KY Youth Advocates speaks out on budget bills
Dr. Terry Brooks lays out both what is good in the budget bills, and what needs to be added, such as a state-level EITC.
Comparing the Beshear budget to the House budget
A good comparison of parts of the Beshear budget to the House budget, provided by Sen. Denise Harper Angel.
KY hospital numbers rated as “unsustainable”
A database tracking hospital capacity across the United States rates Kentucky’s situation as “unsustainable,” meaning that the daily case count is on a trend to exceed hospital capacity within the next ten days.
