General Assembly
GA 2013 Tax Reform Talking Points
A template/collection of talking points that could be useful in communicating about tax reform and the impacts of the budget cuts. Includes a list of budget cut impacts.
Charging ahead on Voting Rights in the Senate
Yesterday, our Voting Rights bill (HB 70) made it through the House to the Senate.
Today, twenty KFTC members and allies were there in Frankfort to talk lobby senators, thank represenatives, and make our voices heard.
It was a productive lobby day in which we met with 22 legislators, left personal notes and information for many dozens more, scheduled meetings with 13 more for days to come, and were generally a visible prescence in Frankfort.
Voting Rights passes House, 75 -25. On to the Senate!
House Bill 70, our bill to restore voting rights to former felons who have served their debt to society, has just passed a vote on the House floor 75 to 25.
Please thank your representative if they voted yes (see how they voted).
That's an overwhelming majority, but some of the new legislators just elected last year tended to vote no, perhaps proving that this is an educational issue and it takes a while to get through to people about it.
Representative David Floyd (R) spoke on the House floor in favor of voting rights, asking "Are felons forever comdemned or can they be restored? ... I think if you've served your debt to society, you've served your debt to society. I want the people of Kentucky to vote on this and that's what HB 70 does."
Water-quality rules scrutinized; Cabinet tried to avoid public review
This editorial points out criticisms raised by KFTC members and many ally organizations about the Beshear Administration's effort to rush through new, weaker standards for selenium pollution. "If there's one thing we can count on from the Beshear administration, it's a willingness to sacrifice Kentucky's water to the coal industry."
Cleaner energy means healthier commonwealth
The author of this op-ed, a retired nurse, makes the link between pollution from power plants and our health. "For decades, our legislators in Frankfort have ignored the health consequences of the commonwealth’s reliance on fossil fuels when making energy policy."
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