Don’t forget to watch Comment on Kentucky tonight. 8:00 P.M. Eastern on KET. Scheduled guests: Joe Biesk – Associated Press Ronnie Ellis – CNHI Tom Loftus – Courier-Journal You can be certain they’ll be discussing the special legislative session. NOTE: We got a press release at 4:00 indicating that this lineup has changed, but no [...]

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David Williams didn’t stick to his word (is anyone surprised?). He didn’t adjourn today. Gambling passed the State House today by a vote of 52 to 45. We’ve got details on all the floor speeches and cat fighting. [Page One] What can you do now that it’s passed the House? Nothing. But check this list [...]

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It passed by two votes. Just like we told you earlier. Who were those two votes? Joni Jenkins and Tim Firkins. (The board closed the very moment their two votes hit) Funny how two of the people the Governor’s office (and Larry Clark, who said he had the votes weeks ago when he apparently did [...]

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This week Governor Steve Beshear’s 1min 52sec address is about smoking rates. Yup, on the day the House heard the gambling bill, he discussed youth smoking. Nice message. But all right for awkward timing.

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House Bill 2 of the special legislative session in Frankfort – the gambling bill – just passed in the State House. After a huffy start by Larry Clark, an impassioned floor speech by Greg Stumbo, a speech from David Osborne (who personally benefits from this legislation), a speech by Robin Webb about how terrible the [...]

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Starring none other than zombie Mitch McConnell:

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The gambling bill is currently being heard in the State House. The Governor met with the progressives of the House and promised them campaign support and campaign dollars. And bam, he got the votes. We hear it should pass by about three. What’s interesting, really, is that the folks we know in the Governor’s office [...]

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A few fancy people in Frankfort keep declaring that using education and school construction/repair in conjunction with the gambling bill is not vote buying. Everyone else on earth says that using education and schools as a draw to support a bill that many otherwise would not is, indeed, vote buying. (We think it’s a form [...]

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Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits any state agency receiving federal funds from denying access to programs on the basis of race, color or nation of origin. In 1963, President John F. Kennedy said that, “Simple justice requires that public funds, to which all taxpayers of all races [colors, and national [...]

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Can you believe Frankfort has already flushed $300,000 down the drain this week? The special session is expensive. Today’s your last day to enter the contest! We’re giving away five copies of The Complete Guide to Kentucky State Parks this afternoon. Please read the contest rules before entering. [Click Here to Enter] The Mexicans have [...]

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