Now is the time for Kentuckians to demand transparency and accountability from their legislative servants, writes open government advocate Amye Bensenhaver.
Slavery and indentured servitude is illegal in Kentucky except as a punishment for a crime. The exception has deep ties to slavery, and some lawmakers hope to amend the Constitution to eliminate it.
One well-known example of this too-fast process was last year’s Senate Bill 150, limiting how parents, medical providers, and schools treat transgender children and youth, writes Jennifer A. Jackson, president of the League of Women Voters of Kentucky.
A 2022 survey indicated challenges include “access to farmland and capital, student loan debt, access to health care, affordable housing and the increasing impacts of climate change.”
The governor has a duty to challenge laws he deems unconstitutional and the “comprehensive authority” to decide how funds appropriated to his office are spent, the appeals court ruled.
