Governor Steve Beshear is definitely speaking out of both sides of his mouth. It’s cute how his crew touts the bit that no new mountaintop removal permits have been approved by Beshear (they’ve probably been approved by another name or just ignored). Now the Governor is making it pretty clear that he’s aligned himself with [...]

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Greg Stumbo promised when he was campaigning – along with the entire leadership team – that he wouldn’t allow voting on new legislation the last two days of the session which are designated as veto days. in fact, the ‘no new legislation’ rule was adopted by the Democratic Hosue Caucus under former Speaker Jody Richards [...]

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Just a reminder that the Kentucky Young Democrats will host Valerie Biden Owens, sister and long-time campaign manager of Vice President Joe Biden, at their annual convention this weekend. CLICK TO ENLARGE FLYER Friday – March 27 – 7:30 P.M. – 9:00 P.M. Lexington Children’s Theatre 418 W Short Street Hear from Valerie Biden Owens, [...]

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Woah – Governor Steve Beshear finally released a statement about payday loan sharks and House Bill 444, which is, as we said yesterday, a terrible piece of legislation that gives a monopoly to current pay day loan shark companies. Here’s Beshear’s statement, in its entirety: “House Bill 444 represents an important first step in regulating [...]

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As pinko commies it is our duty to share with you the latest socialist blastfax from the New York Times about the evil and terrible Elaine Chao and how she has screwed up the Department of Labor for ever and ever: The federal agency charged with enforcing minimum wage, overtime and many other labor laws [...]

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Then get to voting in the final round of the Neighborhood Derby! CLICK TO VOTE Overwhelmed with mid-afternoon meetings galore. So. Stay tuned throughout this slow news day.

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Hint hint: Somebody in the legitimate mainstream media– who still has a job– should ask Daniel Mongiardo how he feels about the latest mountaintop removal developments. The ums and uhs would be priceless. We’d ask, but, um, uh, catching his campaign in something illegal every single day probably puts a damper on getting a response. [...]

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Remember Miss Cleo from the late night psychic commercials in the 1990s? She came out of the closet. This story is so creepy and fascinating and jacked up. [Palm Beach Post] HAHA! Jim Bunning lost his marbles with reporters AGAIN! Apparently he doesn’t realize that his own staffers were involved in tearing him down. And [...]

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Wow. Check it (and listen to Ben Sollee’s great song): It’s been a long time coming, but the EPA made a breakthrough announcement today, calling for a halt to hundreds of mountaintop removal permits, in order to address their impact on water quality. Whether this is the beginning of a transition to abolish mountaintop removal [...]

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Crit Luallen just released part two of her annual audit of State Government. And it’s a doozy. The Auditor’s office has found that the Kentucky Division of Emergency Management failed to properly oversee a $1.8 million federal Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program grant for ten (10!) counties. And because of irregularities at the local level, [...]

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