Divided KY Senate advances bill attaching Fish and Wildlife to agriculture department
They moved the Racing Commission to Ag as well.
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Ky. House speeds through bills to ease future tax cuts, shift $450M GRANT program to Agriculture
The revenue bill would alter Kentucky’s trigger law to lower the bar for future tax cuts while another bill shifts a $450 million grant program out of the Beshear administration’s control.
By any other word these actions would still be the same — just call it racism
This is not your regular racism. There’s no nightriders, no dogs and hoses, no bombs going off in a church basement. This is the soft-core variety – influential White people lecturing Black folks on how it’s going down. Racism just the same.
Can public tax dollars go to private schools? Kentuckians will answer on November ballot
Voters will get to decide if the Lege is allowed to fund private schools out of the state’s education budget. It’s a constitutional amendment because the KY Constitution currently is clear: public money is only for public schools.
Senate committees reject two bad House bills
A bill to cut SNAP benefits, and a bill to loosen child labor laws, both failed in committee today in the Senate.
Kentucky House approves ‘school choice’ amendment despite bipartisan opposition
Bill overrides SEVEN different parts of the state constitution. Public money for private schools, now on its way to the Senate.
Kentucky House passes bill that adds loopholes to open records law
Public business on private devices is not subject to open records requests. Anyone got a truck to drive through that loophole?
KY Senate unveils massive one-time spending bill, but no raises for K-12 teachers
Millions to spend, but spending on teacher salaries essentially flat.
The Safer Kentucky Act source list is ‘cut and paste’ from a Georgia policy paper
A Kentucky Public Radio analysis found many of the sources provided in support of the so-called Safer Kentucky Act have little to do with the bill itself. Now, KPR has obtained a source list for a 2023 paper that appears to use the same citations.
Kentucky Senate’s pro-coal bill would burden ratepayers, make energy transition more chaotic
SB 349 is not what Kentucky’s ratepayers need. There are better ways if the goal is reliable, lowest-cost power.
Our legislature is being invaded by out-of-state extremists
We need to reject this outside interference by right-wing extremist groups, and keep our focus on legislation designed by and for the people we in the General Assembly are elected to serve.
Trump voters – here’s your candidate
Just in case you’ve forgotten exactly who and what you’re voting for, Seth Myers has the bullet list.
I’m a Baptist pastor against white Christian nationalism. It violates Jesus’ lessons
Christian Nationalism is a growing threat to our democracy. This pastor calls it out as un-Christ-like.
Kentucky lawmakers scale back proposal to shield more public records from disclosure
Open government proponents warned House Bill 509 would “eviscerate” state public records law. They say a new version is better but still has problems.
Kentucky House resolution would command state to defy EPA on air pollution from coal, gas
Defying the EPA could lead to lawsuits and even loss of federal funding.
