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KY 120 urges defeat of HB305 and SB50 school voucher bills

From KY 120 United-AFT

Time spent on any legislation concerning vouchers and scholarship tax credits is a waste of time and taxpayer dollars.

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From the American Labor Studies Center: Black (Labor) History Month

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Today's AFL-CIO press clips

EDITOR'S NOTE: "Martin Luther King Jr. was right. Civil rights and labor movements natural allies | Opinion," A Louisville Courier-Journal article we cross-posted on Jan. 19 is the lead article in the CIVIL, HUMAN, AND WOMEN’S RIGHTS section of today's press clips.

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WHAS 11: Beshear: Relief for those impacted by December tornadoes increased, funeral costs covered

Thanks to Tim Morris for sending us this.

The state will now provide 20% more on top of what FEMA gives Kentuckians who have been impacted by the December storms.

By JOSEPH GARCIA

FRANKFORT, Ky. — It's been several weeks since deadly tornadoes struck western Kentucky, killing 77 and demolishing whole towns.

'Being Black doesn’t make you less of an American, no matter what this craven man thinks.'

By BERRY CRAIG

AFT Local 1360

Charles Booker lost no time in rebuking Kentucky's senior senator for implying in a Thursday press conference that African Americans aren't Americans.

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