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A wrap up of a session that came unwrapped

Apr 26, 2019 at 03:17 pm by admin

Hello...and yes, I know it's been a while since we last communicated. I did not send an end of session wrap-up...because I could not. There is no wrap-up because things just k.... Read More

Rep. Attica Scott, a black woman in politics, is passionate about issues

Feb 26, 2019 at 03:55 pm by admin

Rep. Attica Scott, (D-KY House 41) was the keynote speaker at "Black Women in Politics" a celebration of Black History Month in Mayfield last Sunday, February 24th The program.... Read More

Chris Tobe, author of Kentucky Fried Pension, to file for State Auditor

Jan 14, 2019 at 03:48 pm by admin

Chris Tobe, noted pension expert and a former senior staff member for former State Auditor Ed Hatchett, is entering the race for Kentucky State Auditor. Tobe will file at the.... Read More

Pension Reform - the knotty problem that never seems to go away

Jan 09, 2019 at 03:30 pm by admin

In December 2007, we published an article by Paul Glasser for the Frankfort State Journal. State Panel Calls for No Cuts in Pensions It was our first story on Kentucky's pensi.... Read More

SB 1 - the devil is in the details

Mar 05, 2018 at 04:25 pm by admin

Editor's Note: While SB 1 didn't pass, the terms were grafted into SB 151 ( a sewer bill) and passed by both Chambers. The General Assembly has finally produced a bill regardi.... Read More

2018 General Assembly - off to a rocky start

Jan 15, 2018 at 04:07 pm by admin

The Kentucky General Assembly got off to a slow start as leadership in the House began as a murky mess. At this writing, the post of House Speaker remains empty. Representati.... Read More

Will history repeat itself with a rush to fix pension crisis?

Oct 12, 2017 at 10:35 am by admin

It is becoming more and more apparent that a special session will be called by Governor Matt Bevin later this fall to deal with pension reform. Although we have a nearly four-.... Read More

Charter schools, education standards, religion on the menu for 2017 General Assembly

Feb 05, 2017 at 05:18 pm by admin

General Assembly reconvenes on Tuesday in Frankfort. The body is expected to take up bills that will change public education in some serious ways. SB 1 related to education.... Read More

TIM LONGMEYER'S FALSE APOLOGY

Dec 12, 2016 at 03:41 pm by admin

Tim Longmeyer recently entered his third guilty plea arising out of the kickback of about $200,000 he received. The first was in federal court, then before the state executive.... Read More

Governor Beshear - a maybe on signing hemp bill and a faint maybe on pension reform this session

Mar 05, 2013 at 05:02 pm by admin

(Fulton KY) Governor Beshear was in Fulton Monday to announce a new factory. When asked if he would sign Senate Bill 50, the industrial hemp bill born in the Kentucky Senate a.... Read More