Posted by: Appalachian Citizens Law Center on May 2, 2019
After reintroduction in April, the bipartisan RECLAIM Act was debated and voted on during the May 1 House
Posted by: Mikaela Curry on May 2, 2019
At the end of March, several KFTC members and staff traveled to Albuquerque, New Mexico to represent KFTC at the 2019 Member Convening of the Climate Justice Alliance.
CJA is a diverse yet aligned coalition of communities on the frontline of the climate crisis from across the country and world working for a Just Transition.
The member convening was a similar to KFTC's annual membership meeting – combining voting on key proposals and plans for CJA's work by CJA member organizations, with valuable moments of collective learning, relationship building and deepening alignment.
Posted by: KFTC Staff on April 23, 2019
KFTC members are involved in conversations on the local, state and national level about the Green New Deal, a bold and broad proposal to address climate change, set the country on a susta
Posted by: KFTC Staff on April 22, 2019
Today (Monday 4/22) is the deadline to register to vote or update your voter address for purposes of voting in the Primary Election.
You should check your voter registration status just to be safe by visiting KFTC's own www.KentuckyElection.org and click "check my registration" in the bottom right. If you need to register or update your address, click on "Register to vote online" on the same page.
Not many people know this, but 17 year-olds can register to vote now and even vote in the May primary as a 17-year-old if they will by 18 on or before November 5 (Election Day).
Note that students who are away from home going to school have the right to either use a permanent home address or temporary local address as their voting address. If you're a student, consider being registered where you'll actually be living on May 21.
Posted by: KFTC staff on April 20, 2019
The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival’s National Emergency Truth & Poverty Bus Tour will visit western Kentucky on April 29, making stops in Eddyville, Hopkinsville and
Posted by: Judi Jennings, Jefferson County Chapter on April 17, 2019
On Saturday, March 30, Dr.
Posted by: Connor Allen, Judi Jennings, Anastasia Kaufmann, K.A. Owens, Steven Schweinhart on April 17, 2019
No More Business As Usual
Posted by: KFTC Staff on April 16, 2019
KFTC chapters have a collective goal of registering 575 voters for the primary and there's still time to help out or get yourself registered!
The voter registration deadline for the May 21 Primary Election is less than week from now on Monday, April 22. On this year's ballot is the Governor's election and elections for 5 other statewide offices - Secretary of State, Attorney General, Treasurer, Auditor, and Agricultural Commissioner.
If you're not registered,or need to update your voter address, get down to your local County Clerk's office or register online.
If you want to check your voter registration status just to be safe, or to register online start by visiting KFTC's own www.KentuckyElection.org
Note that students who are away from home going to school have the right to either use a permanent home address or temporary local address as their voting address. If you're a student, consider being registered where you'll actually be living on May 21.
Posted by: Robin Gee on April 10, 2019
The Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission (ORSANCO) held the last of three hearings on Monday, April 8, to gather public input on its latest proposal to change its mandate to monitor and enforce clean water standards on the river. The previous two had been in Pittsburgh on April 1, and Evansville, IN on April 4.
Monitoring would continue under the new proposal, but states could decide whether or not to adopt or enforce the standards. This opened a new front in the fight to protect water in the Ohio River that provides drinking water for more than five million people. Over 75 people gathered at the meeting in Erlanger to voice opposition to the organization’s proposal. KFTC members attended the public hearing along with a broad coalition of individuals, environmental, social justice, religious, public health and civic groups.
Posted by: KFTC staff on April 10, 2019
A Congressional subcommittee on April 9 heard testimony on ways to help Appalachian communities recover from more than a century of coal mining as they build a new and more diverse economy.
“We can build a bright future,” Carl Shoupe told committee members.
Shoupe, a third generation coal miner from Harlan County, described how residents in the small towns of Benham and Lynch planned and built for their future by creating the Kentucky Coal Mining Museum, the School House Inn and an underground mine tour.
“Our mountains are mostly intact and covered by some of the most diverse hardwood forests in North America. Our communities have developed some excellent tourist attractions,” Shoupe said. “But all of that is now at risk. Destruction is knocking on our door.”
