Dear Friends,As a longtime advocate for mental health, as a school board member representing the needs of mostly high-poverty and racially re-segregated schools, and since the first moments of my first campaign for the Kentucky…
Dear Friends, Last week, the General Assembly returned to Frankfort for Part 2 of the 2021 legislative session. To describe the week as “eventful” is an understatement. Republican-led initiatives were moved through the legislature at…
Dear Friends, What a time! Part One of Kentucky’s 2021 General Assembly ended last week, against a backdrop of COVID cases and positivity rates spiking in Kentucky; ongoing economic struggles for small businesses, low-wage workers,…
Ban “Conversion Therapy” On Tuesday of this week, I pre-filed and testified on my bipartisan bill to ban the dangerous and discredited practice of so-called “conversion therapy” in Kentucky, before the Kentucky Legislature’s joint interim committee…
Dear Friends, The legislature hasn’t been in session since April 15th, but this has been a busy interim season. I’m participating in several Interim Joint Committees (Education; Health and Welfare and Family Services; State Government;…
Dear Friends, Our Kentucky state motto, “United we stand, divided we fall” seems particularly relevant in these days of the COVID-19 global pandemic. While the political divisions in our country and in our state have…
The 2020 Kentucky General Assembly has concluded. The final days of session were extraordinary as we did our best to observe social distancing, not only to keep ourselves and one another safe, but to protect…
On Wednesday of this week, the Kentucky General Assembly took historic action to modify voting procedures in order to approve the state’s budget and several related bills. Legislators were required to record attendance in person,…
The legislature was in session just one day this week. On Thursday, both the House and Senate unanimously passed a COVID-19 relief bill, a new version of SB 150 that is now awaiting the Governor’s signature. SB…
What a time this is! I agree wholeheartedly with Governor Beshear in saying, “We are being called to change our lives to protect those around us. And it’s something that’s going on all around the world.…