Kentucky Politics & News
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In One Kentucky County, Workers Might Soon Enjoy More Freedom
The momentum for right-to-work measures at the local level across the country might be gaining steam. Kentucky’s Warren County, which includes the city of Bowling Green, just passed a local right-to-work ordinance. A 5–1 bipartisan majority of the county legislature voted to make union dues voluntary for private-sector workers. The measure comes up for a second and final reading… -
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Local Leaders Try New Tactic to Bring Right-to-Work Laws to Kentucky
Kentucky is not a right-to-work state, but one of its counties soon may be. Local officials in Warren County are to vote Friday on a measure that would remove the requirement that workers in some jobs must join a union and pay union dues as a condition of employment. A first reading of the measure… -
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Kentucky Senate Candidates Want You to Know They Care
Kentucky’s U.S. Senate candidates have stopped the mudslinging–for now–and are tugging on the Bluegrass State’s heartstrings with ads aimed to show Kentuckians they care. Incumbent Mitch McConnell, the Senate Republican leader, released an ad yesterday telling the story of Noelle Hunter, a Morehead, Ky., woman whose daughter, Muna, was abducted and taken to Mali in…