General Assembly
Utility PAC donations rolled in ahead of solar industry bill fight
Four big utility interests pumped $327,050 into the political committees of legislative candidates and the political parties during the 2018 election cycle.
That compares with the $6,500 contributed by the tiny political action committee of Kentucky’s solar industry.
Sweeping changes aimed at Kentucky aid programs called 'war on poor'
Top House Republicans have filed a bill that would enact sweeping changes in Kentucky's system of public benefits — including Medicaid, food stamps and temporary cash aid for the poor — adding work requirements, drug tests and benefit cuts that opponents say would be disastrous.
Voting Rights Coalition forges a path forward
Today, we had our first Voting Rights Coalition meeting! Twenty-six people from 19 organizations came out to get to know each other and to start to forge a path forward to win the right to vote of 312,000 Kentucky citizens with felonies in their past.
There was a lot of good will and great ideas in the room and we're now together with a shared analysis and rough path forward.
About 25 additional organizations are interested in joining the conversation or have been in conversation with us on the issue, but weren't able to make it out to this meeting. It's a solid start.
Voting Rights Committee Hearing
On Monday Feb 25, Rep Booker and Rep Brown's bill to restore voting rights (HB 91) is coming up for a committee vote on at 2pm in room 171 of the Capitol Annex in Frankfort.
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