Breaking: JCTA affiliates with the KY AFL-CIO
The state’s largest local teachers’ union has joined with the state’s largest labor organization
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I won’t be celebrating Donald Trump’s inauguration. My values won’t let me.
I’ve not been able to shake the sense that I don’t understand my country anymore. The United States has a problem. It’s not united.
Report finds proposed changes to Medicaid funding would hit Kentucky, other rural states hard
Republicans have long wanted to get rid of Medicaid. Now they can.
Study shows growing support nationwide for expanded access to abortion pills
Even as barriers to abortion continue to increase, including in Kentucky
Biden pardons Kentuckian Jerry Lundergan for campaign finance conviction prior to leaving office
Lundergan has already completed his sentence; this pardon restores some of his rights, including the right to vote and run for office.
Dems running to kiss the ring
Sometimes, it’s better not to bend the knee before the bidding even gets underway.
New fact sheet shows economic contributions of immigrants in Kentucky
Consider the impact if all of them suddenly left.
MLK and the labor movement – a natural partnership
As we celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, let us not forget the partnership he saw, and forged, with organized labor
Pete Hegseth’s war on religious freedom and the Constitution
What Pete Hegseth’s record says about where he would lead the Department of Defense
In farewell speech to nation, Biden warns of threat of ‘extreme wealth, power and influence’
“Today, an oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth, power, and influence that literally threatens our entire democracy, our basic rights and freedoms, and a fair shot for everyone to get ahead.”
Letter to the American people from President Biden
A recap of his term in office, from one of the most effective presidents we have ever had
The Biden-Harris Administration Record
It’s a long list of accomplishments, especially for a one-term administration.
Maddox seeks to end passage of bills with ‘confidential’ fiscal analysis in Kentucky
Proposed legislation filed in the Kentucky General Assembly would require any bill taken up on the floor of a chamber to have an estimate of its impact on the state budget available to the public. GOP Rep. Savannah Maddox of Dry Ridge said House Bill 178 would provide more transparency
