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Call for Urgent Congressional Action to Help Coal-Impacted Communities
March 9, 2020
More than 100 organizations have added their names to a sign-on letter urging U.S. House leaders to prioritize several bills that would aid coal-impacted communities across the U.S. These bills have stalled in Congress, despite bipartisan support and an urgent need for solutions in former coal mining communities.
KFTC’s New Power PAC endorses Charles Booker in Democratic primary for U.S. Senate
February 27, 2020
Knowing him as "an unwavering voice for justice," KFTC's New Power PAC has endorsed state representative Charles Booker for the U.S. Senate in the May 19 Democratic primary.
Hundreds coming to Green New Deal event Saturday in Frankfort
Kentuckians will help shape a just transition
May 9, 2019
A Green New Deal is still taking shape. On Saturday, Kentuckians have the opportunity to learn more about the proposed commitment to a clean energy economy, and help shape what that transition could and should look like in Kentucky.
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For all of us, COVID-19 should be another reminder of structural inequities in our society
April 20, 2020
I know this is hard for some to hear, but as a Black woman, it is often very difficult to trust the power structures of this country. Many of my years have been spent in the company of deep sorrow and anxiety about what would become of us as a people. I, like many, have pondered what it would take for our institutions to recognize our collective humanity.
Analysis Reveals 'Rotten, Un-American Giveaway' GOP Buried in COVID-19 Relief Package to Overwhelmingly Benefit Millionaires
April 14, 2020
A nonpartisan congressional body found that nearly 82% of benefits from a Republican tax provision in the most recent coronavirus relief package will go to the nation's millionaires and billionaires and cost taxpayers an estimated $90 billion this year alone.
Andy Beshear vetoes voter ID bill, says it would ‘create an obstacle’ to voting
April 3, 2020
Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear on Friday vetoed a controversial bill that would have required people to show photo identification before they could vote in Kentucky elections.
In his veto message, Beshear wrote Senate Bill 2 “would create an obstacle to the ability of Kentuckians to exercise their right to vote, resulting in fewer people voting and undermining our democracy.”
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