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Federal Budget

A discussion about the federal budget. Scheduled guests: Richard Nelson, executive director of the Commonwealth Policy Center and a Trigg County magistrate; Tihisha Rawlins, associate state director of grassroots initiatives for AARP Kentucky; John Garen, economics professor at the University of Kentucky; and Malcolm Robinson, economics professor and chair at Thomas More College.
Season 20 Episode 19 Length 56:33 Premiere: 04/28/13

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This weekly program features moderated comprehensive discussions with lawmakers, stakeholders and policy leaders.

For nearly three decades, Kentucky Tonight has been a source for complete and balanced coverage of the most urgent and important public affairs developments in the state of Kentucky.

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Season 20 Episodes

Expanded Gambling
S20 E44 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 10/27/13

Federal Budget & Debt Ceiling
S20 E43 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 10/20/13

Affordable Care Act
S20 E41 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 10/06/13

America's Gun Laws
S20 E40 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 09/29/13

Federal Budget and Debt Ceiling
S20 E39 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 09/22/13

Bluegrass Pipeline Project
S20 E38 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 09/15/13

Syria
S20 E37 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 09/08/13

War On Drugs
S20 E35 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 08/25/13

New Science Standards in Kentucky
S20 E34 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 08/18/13

Jobs and the Economy
S20 E33 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 08/11/13

State Tax Reform
S20 E30 Length 56:34 Premiere Date 07/13/13

Immigration Reform
S20 E29 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 07/07/13

Future of Coal and Energy
S20 E28 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 06/30/13

Local Option Sales Tax
S20 E27 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 06/23/13

Health Care Debate
S20 E25 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 06/09/13

Counterterrorism Policy
S20 E24 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 06/02/13

Foreign Policy
S20 E23 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 05/26/13

2014 Election
S20 E22 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 05/19/13

Public Employee Pensions
S20 E21 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 05/12/13

Rand Paul & John Yarmuth
S20 E20 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 05/12/13

Federal Budget
S20 E19 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 04/28/13

Immigration Reform
S20 E18 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 04/21/13

Gun Laws
S20 E17 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 04/14/13

Federal Budget
S20 E14 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 03/24/13

2013 General Assembly
S20 E13 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 03/17/13

Public Employee Pensions
S20 E12 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 02/25/13

Telephone Deregulation
S20 E11 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 02/18/13

State Tax Reform
S20 E10 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 02/11/13

Industrial Hemp
S20 E9 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 02/04/13

School Dropout Age
S20 E8 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 01/28/13

Proposed Statewide Smoking Ban
S20 E7 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 01/14/13

2013 General Assembly
S20 E6 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 01/07/13

Public Employee Pensions
S20 E5 Length 56:30 Premiere Date 12/17/12

Tax Reform in Kentucky
S20 E4 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 12/10/12

The Fiscal Cliff
S20 E3 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 12/03/12

Electoral College
S20 E2 Length 56:33 Premiere Date 11/12/12

2012 Election
S20 E1 Length 56:46 Premiere Date 11/05/12

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