A Republican state senator in Kentucky says GOP leaders are punishing her for her opposition to a proposal that would overhaul the state’s woefully underfunded pension system.
Senator Alice Forgy Kerr sponsored a bill that would require pharmacists to tell patients the importance of destroying unused prescription opioids. The bill was headed for a vote Tuesday (3/13), but GOP leaders pulled it from the schedule. Kerr wrote on social media it was in retaliation for her opposition to a bill that would temporarily cut benefits for retired teachers while pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into the system.
Senate Republican leadership spokesman John Cox said the bill had a technical issue and was sent back to committee. He said it could be voted on next week.
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