General Assembly
Bevin’s spite is a prescription for pain
Gov. Matt Bevin’s decision to end dental and vision coverage for 460,000 Kentuckians is vindictive, probably illegal and also illogical because emergency-room visits for dental problems will increase.
New taxes won’t do much for Kentucky. (But they’re sweet for the well-off.)
In Kentucky, conventional wisdom has long held that if lawmakers are going to raise taxes (and inevitably make some voters mad), the increase should be big enough to both accomplish something dramatic and avoid the need for another one any time soon (like three or four decades).
In 2018, the Republicans who control the legislature junked that conventional wisdom.
Death penalty abolition hearing
The Interim Joint Committee on Judicary will hold a hearing on the abolition of the death penalty. Supporters of abolition and opponents will each have 30 minutes to present their ideas.
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