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Items of Current Interest in Kentucky

July 1 - On our Videos page, the videos are now available on YouTube and links have been under the titles of each video. Additional videos featuring Kentuckians are available a the Kentucky Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty YouTube channel.

June 1 - The Spring issue of WITNESS now available online: click here. Articles include a summary of the legislative activity during the past session of the General Assembly, a report on efforts to organize for the passage of the much needed comprehensive immigration reform legislation in Congress, and additional articles of interest to Kentucky Catholics.

May 28 - The Catholic Conference of Kentucky today called upon Governor Steve Beshear to include tax reform as one of the issues the Kentucky Legislature will be asked to address in a Special Session. The Commonwealth’s projected revenue shortfall, estimated by some to be about $1 billion for the fiscal year beginning July 1, challenges the safety net of services provided to vulnerable persons. Read the entire press release here.

The Conference is part of a broader coalition called Kentucky Forward which also issued a press release in which CCK announced: “We seek sufficient revenue to meet the basic needs of all, especially the poor and vulnerable,” said Robert Castagna, the executive director of the Catholic Conference of Kentucky. “We call for a tax system based upon one’s ability to pay and that is fair and just in the treatment of the poor.” Read the Kentucky Forward release and accompanying statements from member organizations here.

May 8 - Several recent columns written by Fr. Ketteler and Fr. Rausch are now available on the Commentary page.