Robert is a graduate of UK's Martin School for Public Policy. He works as a data scientist in Louisville, where he lives w/ wife Kelsey and their daughter. (Read the rest on the Contributors page.)
This week Robert and Jazmin talked through several news items from this week, including tragic flooding throughout Kentucky, a new ad from Pamela Stevenson, and Andy Beshea’’s new podcast.
His first session and how it went
Jazmin discusses the bills vetoed by Andy Beshear, and Robert talks through a few other items involved former elected executive branch officials in Kentucky.
As of Friday, all the bills that won’t be able to survive a veto had to be passed -- so Repubs filed a lot of secret priorities that were passed at the last second. We cover those, and Jazmin updated the status of all the bills we’ve been tracking so far this legislative session.
This week Robert and Jazmin run down the priority bills in the House and Senate, as well as a few other bills making their way through the legislature.
Jazmin is back this week and she walked us through the ten bills the Senate is prioritizing.
This week Deric Senecal joined Robert to talk about what's next for Kentucky's US Senate seat now that Mitch McConnell has decided to retire, as well as a session update. Deric also spoke about Louisville Young Democrats.
This week Robert and Allison Wiseman talked about the JCPS superintendent search as well as several bills making their way through the legislature.
This week Robert and Jazmin went over several updates about the 2025 legislative session, and a few more quick hits.
This week Jazmin explained a plethora of news stories and Robert went in depth about the impact of potential tariffs on the bourbon industry.
Kentucky AFL-CIO President Dustin Reinstedler on his role, the role of the AFL-CIO in Kentucky, and the labor movement in Kentucky. Also: how the new Trump administration is already impacting Kentuckians, and a deep dive into McConnell and his role in today’s GOP.
This week Robert and Jazmin discussed the first week of the session, which included a vote on one bill and the introduction of both HB 1 and 2, as well as the Louisville Police Union's opposition to the consent decree involving the DOJ and LMPD
SCOKY rules that the legislature can write laws aimed at specific cities.
This week Logan Gatti joined Robert to talk about the Louisville Democratic Party, and the pair talked about the news of the week.
This week Jazmin and Robert took a deeper dive into the election results, and also previewed what might happen during the next legislative session.
In this episode, Robert and Jazmin preview all the major elections facing the Kentucky House, the Louisville Metro Council, the LFUCG Council, the State Senate, the Judiciary, the constitutional amendments, and, if you can believe it, even more.
