How conservative Florida groups pushed controversial child labor, SNAP bills in Kentucky

FRANKFORT — Five Republican state representatives traveled at taxpayer expense to Nashville on Dec. 6 to attend an event hosted by a right-wing Florida think tank, the Foundation for Government Accountability. Titled “In the Fight Forum,” there is no trace of the event on the internet, and the Foundation did not respond to requests for details. Less than two months later, in late January, one of the lawmakers who attended, Rep. Wade Williams, R-Earlington, introduced a bill that would stiffen eligibility requirements for Kentucky’s food stamps program, a policy priority...