Posted by: Joe Gallenstein on March 28, 2020
On March 26, the Northern Kentucky chapter cohosted a zoom video conversation about immigration rights.
Posted by: KFTC Executive Committee on March 11, 2020
Updated, Friday March 13, 2020
Posted by: KFTC Staff on March 9, 2020
More than 100 organizations, including KFTC, have added their names to a sign-on letter urging U
Posted by: KFTC Staff on March 5, 2020
We had our Healthy Democracy Day in Frankfort yesterday bringing about 100 Kentuckians to Frankfort to share their vision for a real Democracy in Kentucky and to fight for it.
We had 9 lobby teams, recruited 7 bill co-sponsorships, had 24 legislative meetings, had 15 powerful speakers, and really laid the groundwork to stop SB 62 this session, and pass HB 6 next session while weaving an overall vision of what kind of Democracy we want more than we have before in Frankfort.
Posted by: KFTC Staff on February 27, 2020
We are working for a day when Kentuckians – and all people – can thrive. When our lives and communities matter more than profits. And when every voice is heard in our democracy.
Posted by: KFTC Staff on February 24, 2020
In January, KFTC and several ally groups launched a paid media campaign – including 10 billboards plus radio, newspaper and digital ads in central and eastern Kentucky – calling on members of Congr
Posted by: KFTC Staff on February 24, 2020
We’ve been pushing to restore voting rights of people with felonies in their past in Kentucky for 15 years. We’re closer now than ever, but some Senate Republicans are answering this call with voting rights legislation that doesn’t actually give anyone their right to vote back. It will come up for a vote in the Senate tomorrow (Tuesday, 2/25), so calls are needed urgently!
Posted by: K.A. Owens on February 21, 2020
Public access the the capitol and capitol annex is an issue during the legislative session.
Posted by: KFTC Staff on February 20, 2020
Many Kentuckians are simply a lost job, new baby, accident or illness away from qualifying for Medicaid, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP),
Posted by: KFTC Staff on February 19, 2020
Kentuckians need our legislators to put education first. Instead, they prioritized their political wants above what our students really need with Senate Bill 8 (SB 8), which forces a firearm into every public school in the state.
Teachers across the commonwealth are paying for classroom supplies out of their own pockets or fundraising for the resources our students need to learn. Our kids and their teachers deserve funding for projects that nurture and educate, not for guns in schools.
