As the KY General Assembly prepares to open tomorrow, we spoke with Senator Morgan McGarvey and Representative Joni Jenkins, the two minority leaders in the legislature. We talked about redistricting, including both the process and the result. We also got into what to expect in this year's session, and what the Democratic leaders hope to accomplish.
A special education funding task force recently released nine recommendations for increasing funding for Kentucky's schools, including having the state be required to fund full-day kindergarten. These are exciting recommendations, so we were glad to talk with Rep. James Tipton and Rep. Tina Bojanowski, two members of the task force. They explain what some of the recommendations mean and why they were included, and weigh in on the chances of them passing the General Assembly in this session. The recommendations can be found on the LRC website in this PDF. And, if you want more MKF interviews, hit the Subscribe link to see all the ways and places you can subscribe! ...
In this week's Moving Kentucky Forward, we talk with Hank Linderman, Congressional candidate in KY's 2nd district. It was a wide-ranging conversation, and one I think you will really enjoy. ...
Debby Angel ran a write-in campaign in 2020, and got beat pretty thoroughly. So why come back and run again? “Because the people of this district are not being served by Maddox – and because I can do the job a lot better than her.” Listen and learn about this candidate and her many connections to her district. ...
