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Gary Clemons, union member and veteran, has been elected State Senator for Kentucky's 37th District.

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Press Release: Gary Clemons Wins Special Election for Senate District 37

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Forward Kentucky: Reports from the 'Families First' rallies in Paducah and Jackson

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Today's AFL-CIO Daily Brief: AFL-CIO Tour Bus Races Through Derby City with BOSK Workers Ahead of Their Landmark Election

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How to speak legislaturese

Every organization has its jargon. Bruce Maples, who publishes Forward Kentucky, posted this primer on legislaturese today.

17, Mar, 2021

Today's coronavirus update

Lexington Herald-Leader: New COVID-19 variant detected at KY nursing home. 1 vaccinated resident hospitalized.

17, Mar, 2021

Confirm Marty Walsh and Julie Su

President Biden nominated lifelong champions of labor and workers’ rights to lead the Department of Labor.

16, Mar, 2021

Forward Kentucky: Why does McConnell win? It’s simple: politics without principles.

By BERRY CRAIG

“He’s got more nerve than Dick Tracy,” my grandmother would say of a particularly shameless soul.

(Okay, young folks, Tracy was a famous funny pages cop.)

16, Mar, 2021

Bill Londrigan: Call NOW to Protect KY Workers

Today, the KY Senate plans to hold a vote on HB 475, a bill that prohibits the Secretary of Labor and the Kentucky Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission from enforcing “any occupational safety and health administrative regulation that is more string

16, Mar, 2021

KDP: As Session Winds Down, Republicans Push Legislation for Personal Gain

By KENNY COLSTON

Kentucky Democratic Party

15, Mar, 2021