As Spring arrives I have begun looking at the interim period for topics that need to be explored by the Judiciary Committee.
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Before heading to Frankfort, I'm meeting with students at HCC about the "agency bonding" authority proposed in the budget, which would allow KCTCS schools to issue bonds backed by modest tuition increases ($8/credit hour) for capital projects like the Agriculture Health & Career Technology Center.
The Attorney General, as the top lawyer for Kentucky, refused to honor his oath of office by declining to pursue the federal appeal to defend our Constitutional definition of marriage. In an effort to combat this, I cosponsored, Senator Sara Beth Gregory's Senate Bill 221, that would give legal standing in this sort of litigation to the Senate President or House Speaker so one or both could intervene.
Rep. John Tilley (D, Hopkinsville) and I have been hard at work preparing legislation to bring about great changes to Kentucky's Juvenile Justice system. Please take a couple minutes to read our joint op-ed that has gone live across Kentucky explaining why. You can also read it at both the Lexington Herald-Leader and Louisville's Courier-Journal.
I have watched over the course of the month of November as many of my friends on Facebook gave thanks each day for something or someone in their lives. Reading these has been uplifting and eye-opening. It goes without saying that we are a blessed nation. We have been blessed with riches