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KY plastics plant ranks in nation’s top ten emitters of chlorine
The plant was also the subject of an in-depth story by Pro Publica, as noted below this article.
Urgent action needed – Attack on open records just got worse
Our rulers in Frankfort are determined to increase the secrecy and thwart any sunlight.
Kid-focused bills advance in Frankfort
Child care, vaccines, and autism education are among the bills on the move.
Bill that would allow armed guards in public schools advances
An amendment to the bill also allows schools to hire pastoral counselors as part of their trauma-informed care team.
KY Senate passes measure to take Horse Racing Commission out of governor's office, create independent body
Another mule bill turns into a real bill – about horses and horse racing.
Black student's statement on anti-DEI legislation misrepresented to Kentucky lawmakers, she says
A Black University of Louisville student says a Frankfort lobbyist acting in a personal capacity misrepresented a statement from her under oath to support anti-DEI legislation.
KY plastics plant ranks in nation’s top ten emitters of chlorine
The plant was also the subject of an in-depth story by Pro Publica, as noted below this article.
Urgent action needed – Attack on open records just got worse
Our rulers in Frankfort are determined to increase the secrecy and thwart any sunlight.
Delinquent campaign finance filing – a bipartisan problem
How late is late? How about over 1,000 days late?
Schools districts say cuts to SNAP benefits could worsen Commonwealth’s student hunger problem
Kentucky school districts say a proposed bill to tighten restrictions on SNAP participation will lead to an uptick in student hunger.
Watch Meredith excoriate the anti-vaxxers
It was good to see some righteous anger at the damage anti-vaxxers can do.
Uncivil Unrest at the Ethics Commission
We cover The Lege, with a dramatic reenactment of some uncivil treatment of a civil servant by the “my way or the highway” GOP supermajority. Also, a new effort to ban drag shows; a baseless effort to force a Dem off the ballot – then we close with a double-duty call to action!
An interview with Anne Donworth
We talk with Anne Donworth, one of the Democratic candidates for House District 76. She shares why she is running, the extensive experience she brings to the table, and her passion for the lives of the people in her district.
Three big bills
This week Robert talks through the progress HB 5 (“Safer Kentucky”), HB 2 (vouchers and charter schools), and SB 6 (anti-DEI) have made towards passage in the legislature, plus a few quick hits.
Commentary
See allCivics Education Bill — something good from the KY Legislature?
Despite the plethora of outlandish, unnecessary, and generally stupid bills that emanate from the current Kentucky Legislature, it can, apparently, get something right.
Jamie Comer, alias Comer Pyle, has proved to be abject failure; no facts on his side
“The only information ever pushed on the Bidens and Ukraine has come from one source and one source only: Russia and Russian agents.”
Overbroad bill risks turning food plant workers, government inspectors, neighbors into criminals
See animal cruelty on the farm next door? If this bill passes, you will be a criminal if you video the cruelty. Tom Fitzgerald lays out the issues in SB 16.
Kentucky is about to pass the cruelest criminal-justice bill in America
The state is making it easier to kill homeless people on private property—and that’s just one part of one of the most draconian crime bills in recent history.