Some of the Proposed legislation in Kentucky as of February 21, 2022

These are currently just some of the proposed bills, this is not a complete list.  You can find the current complete list at https://legislature.ky.gov/Legislation/Pages/default.aspx As of today, there are 546 Proposed Bills with the House and 194 Proposed Bills with the Senate The list will be added to during the legislative session.  You can call … Continue reading Some of the Proposed legislation in Kentucky as of February 21, 2022

Some of the Proposed legislation in Kentucky as of February 3, 2022

These are currently just some of the proposed bills, this is not a complete list.  You can find the current complete list at https://legislature.ky.gov/Legislation/Pages/default.aspx As of today, there are 456 Proposed Bills with the House and 150 Proposed Bills with the Senate The list will be added to during the legislative session.  You can call … Continue reading Some of the Proposed legislation in Kentucky as of February 3, 2022

Some of the Proposed legislation in Kentucky as of January 23, 2022

Some of the new proposed Bills the last two weeks include making things the “Bail Project” illegal and making it illegal to take a photo of a first responder. These are currently just some of the proposed bills, this is not a complete list.  As of today, there are 341 bills listed in the House … Continue reading Some of the Proposed legislation in Kentucky as of January 23, 2022

Some of the Proposed legislation in Kentucky as of January 15, 2022

These are currently just some of the proposed bills, this is not a complete list.  As of today, there are 305 bills listed in the House and 92 bills listed in the Senate.  You can find the current complete list at https://legislature.ky.gov/Legislation/Pages/default.aspx The list will be added to during the legislative session.  You can call … Continue reading Some of the Proposed legislation in Kentucky as of January 15, 2022

Some of the Proposed legislation in Kentucky as of January 11, 2022

These are currently just some of the proposed bills, this is not a complete list.  You can find the current complete list at https://legislature.ky.gov/Legislation/Pages/default.aspx The list will be added to during the legislative session.  You can call your legislators and leave a message at the Legislative Message ​​​Line at 1-800-372-7181. If something is labeled as … Continue reading Some of the Proposed legislation in Kentucky as of January 11, 2022

Happy Anniversary of the filing Day of Marriage Equality

On July 26, 2013, we filed a case to allow same-sex people to have their marriages recognized.  When we filed, as lawsuits were being filed across the country, we had no idea, as we had never filed a civil rights case, that generally one asks for one limited thing, like a spouse being on the … Continue reading Happy Anniversary of the filing Day of Marriage Equality

Law Day 2020 and 15 years of practice

Happy Law Day everyone. What is Law Day you ask? Some countries celebrate May Day on the same date (May 1st), as it is designated Labour Day or International Workers Day. But on February 5, 1958, President Eisenhower recognized the first Law Day when he proclaimed that henceforth May 1 of each year would be Law … Continue reading Law Day 2020 and 15 years of practice

April 28, 2015 aka “SCOTUS Day”

While April 28, 2015 will always be impactful, about two years before that, in 2013, I was already wondering what would happen when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the Windsor case.  Edie Windsor’s case began with her having to pay over $300,000 for inheritance tax on her wife’s Estate, as under the Defense of … Continue reading April 28, 2015 aka “SCOTUS Day”

What is happening in Frankfort during the Covid 19 crisis?

So while most of the State of Kentucky is working from home, the legislators are working in Frankfort.  Some of the list below is just updates to previously listed bills, but one has been completely gutted and reworked by its own sponsor, Savannah Maddox, to change the entire purpose of the Bill.  HB47 CHILD ABUSE … Continue reading What is happening in Frankfort during the Covid 19 crisis?

Press Release from the Social Security Administration that they will no longer use language ability in determining disability.

https://www.ssa.gov/news/press/releases/2020/#2-2020-1 This means that if part of your disability case is related to your language ability, it directly will affect your case. Prior to now, it was literacy in English, but not the ability to learn and process instruction in any language will impact the determination of disability.