Posted by: KFTC Staff on March 5, 2021
In terms of legislative outcomes in this moment, our Healthy Democracy work is really struggling right now. Our bill to restore voting rights for people with felonies in their past (HB 232) has broad bipartisan support and we’ve helped recruit 16 co-sponsors to the bill, but it’s not even been assigned to committee.
Likewise, our endorsed bills around redistricting process, same-day voter registration, early voting, voting by mail, keeping polls open until 7pm, etc. have not gotten far.
In terms of our work, though, we’ve managed to build and use a lot of power by reaching out to constituentsdirectly through phone and text.
Posted by: KFTC Staff on March 2, 2021
The following is an action alert from our allies at the League of Women Voters on Redistricting.
ACTION ALERT
Call Legislators today about House Concurrent Resolution 61 calling for an open redistricting process!
800-372-7181
Redistricting Congressional and KY House and Senate boundaries will happen during the 2022 legislature and once enacted, will be in effect for 10 YEARS! In the past, redistricting has been done behind closed doors!
HCR 61 calls for an open process with opportunities for public input.
Call House leaders and your own legislator today and ask them to hear and support HCR 61 and open up the process.
Call 1-800-372-7181 and ask legislators to:
Please assign HCR 61 to a committee and support its passage to create an open redistricting process. Kentucky deserves a transparent redistricting process with opportunities for public input.
Posted by: KFTC Staff on March 2, 2021
Kentuckians deserve more than what the General Assembly had to offer. That’s why LexStand for Breonna’s Law Coalition co-sponsored a virtual town hall with Mission Behind Bars and Beyond, Inc. and KFTC to support HB 21, Breonna’s Law, and to also push for Lexington to become the second Kentucky city with a local ban on no-knock warrants.
Posted by: KFTC Staff on February 28, 2021
When our neighbors are hungry, we feed them.
Posted by: KFTC Staff on February 23, 2021
A statement from Kentuckians For The Commonwealth
as House COVID relief plan advances
Posted by: KFTC Staff on February 19, 2021
Yesterday's Virtual Lobby Day for a Healthy Democracy was a big success, despite so many weather-related challenges. We had over 70 participants, had some good legislative meetings, a lobby training, social media training, letter to the editor training, spokesperson training, generated tons of calls to the legislative message line and good outreach through social media, and had a fantastic virtual rally with powerful stories in the afternoon.
Posted by: KFTC Staff on February 15, 2021
Posted by: Jacob Mack-Boll on February 10, 2021
Throughout this pandemic, Kentuckians have looked out for each other. Now we need our elected leaders to look out for Kentuckians who are still hurting.
Today House Bill 272 passed out of the House Local Government Committee (see how committee members voted). This bill aims to bypass the regulatory power of the Public Service Commission – proposing to make blanket allowances for water utilities to charge late fees up to 10% at their discretion, with no state oversight and no justification.
Posted by: KFTC Staff on February 10, 2021
In February, members of the Big Sandy Chapter and KFTC members in nearby counties met with Sen. Johnnie Turner to begin to build a relationship and urge his support for a few important issues. Participants included Kathy Curtis, Erik Fields, and John and Jean Rosenberg from Floyd County, Dayjha Hogg and Jacob Mack-Boll from Letcher County, Carl Shoupe from Harlan County, and Lisa Abbott from Madison County.
Posted by: KFTC Staff on January 27, 2021
Today a legislative committee is meeting to consider a petition to impeach
I was among seven people arrested in Congressman Hal Rogers's office on June 6 [2012]. As a mother of five this was a drastic decision, but one I felt was necessary to bring attention to the issues facing the people of Appalachia.