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2012 Session Enters Final Week24 Mar

With just a few days left, legislators will need constituent input to focus their energies on bills of importance to the Catholic Conference of Kentucky. The following report highlights bills we have followed in three categories: Bills with a chance of passage Bills requiring a miracle to pass Bills with no chance of passage The [...]
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SB 158 Clears Senate with Bi-Partisan Vote: 34 – 4; “Amish Bill” Nearing Passage15 Mar

ACTION: CALL 1 800 372 7181 AND URGE YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE TO VOTE YES FOR SB 158 OR USE A PREPARED EMAIL MESSAGE BY CLICKING HERE. Senate Bill 158 – an Act related to the right of religious liberty – cleared the Kentucky Senate today with strong bi-partisan support. With a vote of 34 – [...]
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Only 24 days left in 2012 General Assembly Session28 Feb

Several bills of interest to the Catholic Conference have begun to move from one chamber to the next; others are awaiting action in the chamber in which they were introduced. Some, we think, will not receive attention this session. Updated material appears in red and bolded type. To leave a message for your legislators call [...]
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2012 Session Nears Halfway Mark11 Feb

As this year’s General Assembly session nears the half-way mark bills of interest to the Catholic Conference have advanced; others still stalled; some not yet introduced. Also, this past Monday and Tuesday, 130 parishioners from Kentucky’s four Catholic dioceses gathered in Frankfort for Catholics @ the Capitol to learn about legislative priorities and to meet [...]
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Legislative Update25 Jan

    Coming up next week: on Wednesday, February 1, the annual “Rally for Life” will be held in the Capitol Rotunda, Frankfort, KY at 11:00 am.  The Conference certainly hopes many of our Faithful Citizen Advocates will be able to join us and witness to the sanctity of human life. Featured that day will [...]

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“And” Is Another Important Word
by Sr. Mary Schmuck, R.S.M. It impresses me that a number of very short – 2 to 4 letter – words are quite important in communication and especially in thinking. These are words like with, when, to. Another very important one in this small club of words is and. Certainly it is a big one [...]

WITNESS: report on recent session of the General Assembly
  The latest issue of WITNESS is now available. In addition to the front page story recounting the disappointing turn of events regarding informed consent, there is a complete summary of the recent legislative session on the inside pages. In addition to that report, another legislative initiative – securing business tax credits to support K [...]

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