Kentucky’s white, male-dominated, GOP supermajority showed little interest in women, children, education, equal rights or taking care of the most vulnerable, writes Teri Carter.
Open government advocate Amye Bensenhaver observes lawmakers took just "nine minutes to upend decades of legal interpretation to the obvious detriment of the public's right to know."
Data show increasing secrecy from "government agencies hiding their work from the public they ostensibly serve," writes a national expert on freedom of information.
The Kentucky senator's approach to politics means he "needs to be on the same page with Trump with endorsements, fundraising and spending in Senate races," observes Cross.
There is no way that Kentucky – an overwhelmingly white and Republican state – is in danger of being somehow overtaken by supporters of diversity efforts. Yet while demanding free-speech rights, some lawmakers demonize mere discussions contrary to conservative thought, writes columnist Vanessa Gallman.
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Open government advocate Amye Bensenhaver warns that HB 509, amending the Kentucky Open Records Law, would "provide a statutorily approved cloaking device."
