Does the Republican led Kentucky General Assembly have an anti Louisville bias?

Viewers question led to that conversation last Monday on Kentucky.

Tonight.

Our panel talked about new state laws that reverse local laws in Louisville and other places.

Does that mean the General Assembly is against home rule?

I'll speak for Louisville because that's where I represent.

Feel like Louisville's not getting its fair shake in this state right now.

And I don't know that I've seen anything that looks at the budget and the taxes and squares at all away.

But I will say that I hear from folks who are really concerned about the way the General Assembly, the session for the first time ever, started passing laws to explicitly override our Louisville local laws like our source of income discrimination, like our pet shop laws that we just passed.

And so I think it speaks to this idea that people in Kentucky largely agree with this idea of local control.

It's a bipartisan idea.

People closest to the problem should be the ones making decisions about how you solve that problem.

And I think people in Louisville think that this idea of local control is something that the General Assembly has chucked out the window this past session.

And I have to say, I agree with folks.

So let me have you answer that, Senator Wheeler.

I remember there was a time there was a lot of conversation in the state legislature about states rights.

Right.

And not being infringed upon by the federal government Is now the Republican dominated General Assembly infringing on home rule?

Well, I think as a state senator or a state representative, you not only have a responsibility to your district, you have a responsibility to the commonwealth as a whole.

And that includes I think I even have a responsibility to the children and some people that are living in Louisville.

And when to speak to the income discrimination bill, I think I have a responsibility to property owners throughout the state on occasion when when local governments seem to go too far.

I believe it is our responsibility as state senators and state representatives to make sure to try to rein in overreach here.

More of that discussion and some talk about the budget, the omnibus bill, the anti-crime bill and homelessness.

When you watch Monday's Kentucky Tonight Online on demand at K at dot org slash K-Y tonight.