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Last week, Fran Wagner, the president of the League of Women Voters of Kentucky, wrote that the re-drawing of legislative and congressional boundaries to reflect the 2020 census results should be largely the responsibility of a “15-member Citizens Advisory Redistricting Commission.” Ms. Wagner was less than forthcoming about the details; she believes these 15 unelected, unaccountable “third parties” should be appointed by. well, she doesn’t say, but suggests they should come from among “academics, (unidentified) public interest groups, and (other) individuals.”
I can’t think of a fairer, less-partisan, more-objective group of folks than college professors and members of progressive groups, can you? As for other “individuals” serving on this commission, the league would undoubtedly allow any one as long as she/he is not a member, excuse me, a Republican member of the Kentucky General Assembly, whose supermajority members (105 out of a total of 138 state legisla
Here s what the KY legislature is passing on its last day for veto-proof bills Daniel Desrochers, Jack Brammer, and John Cheves, Lexington Herald-Leader
Mar. 16 FRANKFORT Lawmakers began another busy day of passing bills Tuesday in a Capitol shrouded in fog from the Kentucky River, moving legislation related to broadband access, executive powers, tax breaks and education.
At the end of the day, lawmakers will lose the ability to override any vetoes issued by Gov. Andy Beshear for any other bills they pass during the 2021 legislative session. The Republican-led General Assembly is scheduled to reconvene on March 29 and 30 to consider any vetoes issued by the Democratic governor and pass additional legislation.
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Republican lawmakers advanced another bill that seeks to limit Gov. Andy Beshear’s emergency powers related to the coronavirus pandemic, late during this year’s legislative session. The measure would also try to thwart court rulings that have upheld the governor’s emergency powers.
House Bill 217 would alter the state’s emergency laws, removing all specific examples of disasters that the state’s emergency management program should respond to ranging from ice storms to nuclear attacks.
Rep. Savannah Maddox, a Republican from Dry Ridge and the bill’s sponsor, said removing that language would undercut last year’s Kentucky Supreme Court ruling against a challenge to Beshear’s emergency powers.