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KFTC Statement on RECLAIM Act committee passage

June 27, 2017

KFTC members applaud the restoration of economic development and community engagement provisions to the RECLAIM Act prior to it passage by the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee on Tuesday. Those provisions are key to making the legislation part of a Just Transition strategy.

ONGOING: People’s Emergency Health Care Hearing

June 26, 2017

Since 4 p.m. Sunday dozens of Kentuckians have shared how affordable and accessible health care has changed their lives, and in many cases saved their lives or the lives of family members or patients. It's the People’s Emergency Health Care Hearing – the public hearing that Senator Mitch McConnell refuses to allow – being hosted by his constituents.

Kentuckians to call out Senator McConnell on health care with round-the-clock online hearing

June 23, 2017

U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell refuses to have a public hearing on the GOP’s health care bill. So his constituents in Kentucky are doing his job for him with a round-the-clock "People’s Emergency Health Care Hearing" beginning Sunday at 4 p.m.

Major tax breaks for Kentucky's wealthiest under McConnell health care bill

June 22, 2017

Kentucky News Connection

Kentucky's millionaires could see an average tax cut of close to $48,000 a year if the Senate GOPhealth care bill becomes law, according to a new analysis. Those tax cuts would be paid for in part by removing roughly 250,000 Kentuckians from health insurance rolls.

Why Black Lung Disease Is Deadlier Than Ever Before

May 16, 2017

Smithsonian Magazine

More than 76,000 miners have died from black lung disease since 1968, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor. And now there's a resurgence of this deadly disease that should have been wiped out decades ago.

What Good Tax Reform Looks Like

May 11, 2017

Kentucky Center for Economic Policy

Though the details remain unknown, Governor Bevin has described the kind of tax reform he’ll introduce in a special session this year as shifting Kentucky toward a “consumption-based” tax system, or from income to sales taxes. In contrast, HB 263, filed in Kentucky’s 2017 General Assembly by Rep.

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