Analysis
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KY Open Govt Coalition statement on HB 520
The bill supposedly “clarifies” open records around law enforcement records – but actually damages the open records law itself



Critics: Senate bill could undermine Kentucky water quality
Would allow pollution of more than half of Kentucky’s water bodies, including groundwater

Report: Kentucky falls behind in voting rights restoration for felons
Almost 5% of our voting-age population is not allowed to vote.

Trump is moving rapidly to destroy workers’ rights
And hundreds of thousands will be affected
As Facebook abandons fact-checking, it’s also offering bonuses for viral content
If you post a lie that gets lots of engagement, you could actually make money.

Medicaid cuts will hurt rural Americans.
But if Congress doesn't shrink Medicaid, how can they pay for Trump’s tax cuts?


Once again, Repubs go after open records
A change of one word opens the door, once again, to hiding every record in an open criminal investigation

Trump’s nominee for labor secretary will be anti-labor
Chavez-DeRemer said she would do what Trump wants, which makes it pretty clear.

GOP zooms in on Social Security cuts to fund Trump’s tax scam
And Medicaid and other mandatory spending is next

The constitutional crisis is already here
But no one in power, or with a microphone, wants to name it
A tale of two housing bills
One bill based on compassion, the other based on money and power
Federal ed funding supplies over $1 billion to KY kids every year
And it all may go away, if proposed cuts are put in place