February 2020

Lots of highs and lows this week.  Good news first: HB 136  The medicinal marijuana bill passed the House this week with a 65-30 vote.  The debate – primarily between members of the majority party…

Two important bills passed out of their respective committees this week: HB 12 would cap the consumer co-pay on insulin prescriptions at $100 per month.  The bill would bring much-needed financial relief to the many Kentuckians living with…

In this first week of February, we’ve made it through the first third of the 60-day 2020 Regular Session. The vast majority of bills passed out of the House to date have been strongly bipartisan,…

For this week’s Legislative Update, I’m focusing on 35th District voter voice. In many years of teaching in the Psychology Department at Bellarmine University, I’ve come to believe that the best class sessions are those where…