Freshmen legislators thrown into the belly of the beast
House Speaker Greg Stumbo appointed four freshmen legislators to the conference committee on Senate Bill 1, the measure to reform the CATS test.
Those freshmen will be up against Senate President David Williams, R-Burkesville, Majority Floor Leader Dan Kelly, R-Springfield, and Minority Floor Leader Ed Worley, D-Richmond.
The freshmen are Reps. Kelly Flood, D-Lexington, Linda Belcher, D-Shepherdsville, Kent Stevens, D-Lawrenceburg, and John "Bam" Carney, D-Lawrenceburg.
Of course, longtime legislative heavyweight Rep. Harry Moberly, D-Richmond, and House Education Chairman Rep. Carl Rollins, D-Midway, will be accompanying the freshmen...