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On Thursday, Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced the appointment of fourteen Kentuckians including Hardin County resident Marcy Duplessis. The Council will help to advocate on matters related to the criminal justice systems’ response to crime victims. They will assist the General’s Office in advancing a victim-centered approach to criminal justice through training, publications, awareness initiatives, and policy reform.

The Council will meet quarterly and members serve terms of up to two years.

The Patton Museum is hosting a free event tomorrow. Starting at 10 A.M., the museum will feature recently opened and refurbished World War II wooden barracks as well as other unique exhibits. There will be kids events including face painting and bounce houses. Free food will be provided by Mission Barbeque. The event will last until 2 P.M.

Attorney General Cameron joined a coalition of states urging the Environmental Protection Agency to not reinstate California’s waiver in the Clean Air Act, which would allow California to regulate new car emission standards.. During the Trump Administration the waiver, which had been in effect decades before, was taken away. With the Biden Administration in office the waiver had been proposed to come back.  There are currently 16 states, including Kentucky, in the coalition that attempts to point out that allowing California to set carbon-emission standards requires vehicle manufacturers to make changes to the entire vehicle, forcing other states to comply with California’s standards. Cameron argues that California policy priorities are different from those of the commonwealth. The waiver was originally given to California to control their severe smog problem. The coalition hopes to prevent the waiver from coming back to protect the sovereignty of the states.