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The money primary w/Tom Loftus
This week, Doug and Dr. Clardy discuss the breaking Kentucky political news of the weak, including an update on political spending for the upcoming primaries, a conversation about education spending and teacher pay in the Commonwealth and then we’ll take a look at the big political donors behind Rand Paul and Kentucky’s upcoming elections with Kentucky Lantern reporter and Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame member, Tom Loftus. We then close out with a critical call to action urging EVERYONE to vote on Frankfort’s worst law of the 2024 session.
Republicans double down on school vouchers by taking fight to rural members of their own party
State Republican leaders are cracking down on rural members of their own party who oppose universal school vouchers, which allow families to take a portion of their state’s education funding away from public schools to pay for their child’s private education. Rural state legislators have been more likely...
Teri Carter on Damon Thayer: ‘Some legacy’
In an April 21 KET interview, GOP Senate leader Damon Thayer was asked to define the term “normal Republican.”. “Someone who wants to help put the fire out that’s burning in America today,” he said, adding that he is “tired of the jokers,” only to add this minutes later: “I don’t think that President Trump is the problem, but I do think his style of politics exacerbated the situation and made it appear to be a more ugly and dirty and, yeah, by the way I’m voting for Donald Trump for president in November.”
Anne Gay Donworth interview and Dem primary preview
This week we welcome Anne Gay Donworth to the show to talk about her run in the Democratic primary for District 76 in the Kentucky House. She spoke about how she decided to run, what issues animate her, and why she's qualified for the seat. Also in this show, Jazmin...
Most of Kentucky's congressional delegation ask President Biden for disaster declaration
Most of Kentucky's federal delegation, sent a letter to President Joe Biden expressing their support for Governor Beshear's request for a major disaster declaration for the Commonwealth of Kentucky stemming from severe weather in April. The letter was signed by Republican Senators Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul, and GOP Representatives...
More than ever, ‘Union Wages Buy More’
This 74-year-old union retiree (American Federation of Teachers) remembers those old Kentucky State AFL-CIO novelty license plates that proclaimed “Union Wages Buy More.”. That’s true more than ever today. “Union members in the United States saw record raises, while nonunion workers’ pay barely beat inflation over the past 12 months, latest U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data shows,” says Thursday’s Team AFL-CIO Daily Brief in a short synopsis headlined “It’s Better in a Union: U.S. Union Members See Record Pay Raises, Outpacing Nonunion Workers.”
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