KY Youth Advocates speaks out on “wrong-headed” SB 318
We call upon lawmakers to work with key stakeholders on meaningful efforts to prevent youth violence – and to reject HB 318 for its blatant political pandering rather than solution seeking.
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More charter bill badness; time to make those calls!
Using last-minute tactics and vote swapping, the Repubs in Frankfort are about to fund charter schools. Here’s why that is bad, and why you should call your leges!
Want to make a bad bill worse? Stuff another bad bill into it!
“Hey, I know! Let’s take Wise’s anti-CRT bill and stuff it into the anti-SBDM bill! A bad bill two-fer!”
Jenkins: HB 9 is a Republican donor pleaser
“The GOP majority had to change the House rules to ram through a charter school bill and appease their special interest donors from outside the Commonwealth.”
Sending missionaries to MAGAs
Brian Clardy, devout Democrat, proposes that the Kentucky Democratic party dispatch missionaries to the land of the white folks in the red MAGA hats.
Will we “shift and shaft”—just like Kansas did?
We are about to see a financial disaster in Kentucky. Why can’t our Repub legislators learn from the failed “Kansas Tax Experiment”?
This legislative session threatens to lower the quality of life in the Commonwealth
If the lege pairs attacks on our safety net with bills that shovel money to rich corporate interests, it will lower our quality of life. Far from being “business friendly,” these bills would make Kentucky a worse place to live, raise a family, have a job.
Sunshine Week 2022: A time to highlight the importance of open government work
It’s Sunshine Week! Time to celebrate transparency in government. Do you know where your open records are?
Twenty good bills that are on the move
Just as there are bad bills we want to see die, there are good bills we want to pass. Here are 20 good bills that are on the move and could actually be enacted.
These 13 bad bills are still on the move
As close in on the end of this year’s General Assembly, there are a number of really bad bills that could still pass. Here are 13 of them that you should know about.
A brief history of ‘America First’ – then, and now
Trump and his minions keep using the phrase “America First.” Do they know where it came from? Do YOU? Ivonne Rovira shows that the movement hasn’t really changed.
KY 120 updates us on HB 9, the charter-school bill
KY 120 United - AFT brings back their “120 Rundown” to cover House Bill 9, the charter school funding bill currently making its way through the General Assembly.
The New Illiterates
In the US, we now have the New Illiterates: no familiarity with actual contents of the banned books, and no concern to examine them objectively. And THESE are the people who want to ban books.
Beware! Those “tax cuts” will wind up cutting YOU
Are you excited about the Repub tax cuts? Better watch out – the massive damage to our state’s budget is going to come back to haunt everyone ... including YOU.
Twenty-two years later, antisemitism still lives in the legislature
Twenty-two years ago, a state rep was “seriously lacking in understanding any faith other than Christianity.” Apparently, things haven’t changed much.
GOP antisemitism in Frankfort
Anti-Semitism rears its ugly head again, this time in a debate about abortion. Berry Craig says its time for those GOPers to get their facts straight – including about Giftgaz.
