Senate approves bill to replace board at Kentucky State
On Tuesday, the Kentucky Senate approved a bill asking Governor Beshear to replace the Board of Regents at KSU.
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KCEP: HB 8 would blow massive and growing hole in state budget
HB 8, the so-called “tax cut” bill, will force painful, permanent cuts to our schools, health care, infrastructure, and other investments in our people.
A super majority war on abortion and the poor
A look at Kentucky political news of the day, including horrible bills the GOP are forcing through Frankfort: an omnibus anti-abortion bill and an effort to end the state income tax.
Election bills advance out of committee
A bill dealing with the practice known as vote-hauling, as well as one addressing absentee balloting, were both approved by a House committee on Thursday.
HB4 will cost the state $13 million to take unemployment assistance away from jobless Kentuckians
House Bill 4, a plan to severely cut the number of available weeks of unemployment insurance and make it harder to keep benefits, would cost the state $13 million to implement.
Proposed bill would increase contraceptive access among rural women
House Bill 300 would require insurance coverage of all FDA-approved contraceptive methods, with no cost-sharing and without the requirement for a prescription.
102 KY counties should still wear masks indoors
The CDC has relaxed its guidance for wearing masks to thwart the pandemic, but says risks in KY are so high that people in all but 18 counties should continue to wear masks in indoor public spaces.
Halfway to Sine Die
Aaron, Kimberly and Doug discuss the Kentucky political news of the week as the General Assembly passes the 1/2 way point. We then welcome John Shaw Woo of the Noir Black Chamber of Commerce.
Bill providing tax rebate clears committee; will not benefit all
Addressing the high inflation rate, a proposed bill would provide a tax rebate to all working Kentucky taxpayers. However, KY Center for Economic Policy said it leaves out low-income and older Kentuckians.
COVID restrictions lawsuit overturned by Kentucky Supreme Court
The Kentucky Supreme Court overturned a lower court ruling involving COVID-19 restrictions, saying the business had no standing to pursue their case.
Keturah Herron on Colonels of Truth
Rand Paul loves anti-vax truckers, the KY GOP loves anti-tax private aircraft owners. Aaron and Kimberly cover all sorts of KY political news and welcome special election candidate and civil rights expert Keturah Herron to the show!
Bill to prohibit schools from requiring masks passes first hurdle
Rep. Lynn Bechler thinks masks don’t work. So he is sponsoring a bill prohibiting schools from requiring masks, even though the science says masks do, in fact, work.
Today in a COVID world
700 days of COVID. Hospitals are full. ER’s are overrun. Staff are burned out and raw. What now? After losing a dear friend to the virus, Debby Lucas Angel shares her thoughts.
Libertarian lunch counters w/ Lane Boldman
A discussion the liber-hair-i-twins latest defense of freedumb in DC; recent moves by the legislature; Lane Boldman, the Executive Director of the Kentucky Conservation Committee, Frankfort's environmental watch dog.
Experts: KY should ‘clean up’ tax code, not slash income tax
Shocking fact: Our state gives away more in tax breaks than it takes in through taxes. Our first order of business ought to be dealing with THAT.
We’re losing teachers – and a teacher speaks out on why
We are seeing a mass exodus of teachers. In testimony before the legislature, a current teacher explains why.
