Kentucky COVID-19 bills are based on campaign talking points, not reality: Opinion

View OpEd: https://www.courier-journal.com/story/opinion/2022/03/06/covid-19-bills-based-campaign-talking-points-not-reality-opinion/6880879001/

References:

1. Kentucky Joint Resolution 80 https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/sjr80/orig_bill.pdf
https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article258205088.html

2. House Bill 51. Feb. 15, 2022. https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22rs/hb51.html

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