We’re not going to shut up about you giving to the Red Cross for tornado relief efforts. This will take a long time. [Click Here To Give] The idea of pulling carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere is a beguiling one. Could it ever become real? Probably not in your lifetime. Though, King Coal will [...]

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The Mine Safety and Health Administration will release its internal review this week into the agency’s actions leading up to and during the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster. [WFPL] State House Republicans are donating $100 each to tornado relief efforts. Democrats should follow their lead. [Frankfort] UPDATE: Rocky Adkins asked all House members to do [...]

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Adam Edelen made ten recommendations to improve Kentucky’s Medicaid managed care system this morning. “The three new MCOs are sitting on more than a quarter of a billion taxpayer dollars while small-town doctors, hospitals and other health care providers have had to open or extend lines of credit to keep their doors open,” Edelen said. [...]

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Stick with us – this is a long post with tons of screenshots to prove a point. By 5:15 P.M. yesterday, it was clear that the mainstream media was – like we said – essentially ignoring the damaging state government audit released by Adam Edelen. The Courier-Journal’s main page had absolutely no mention of the [...]

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This morning State Auditor Adam Edelen is releasing the first half of the annual state government audit. In it, he offers 62 findings with recommendations. Those 62 findings are related to deficiencies in internal controls of financial reporting, up from last year’s 53. This year’s audit also found eight material weaknesses that all relate to [...]

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At 10:30 A.M. today, Papaw Steve Beshear and Princess Damon Thayer are announcing the introduction of their gambling amendment to the State Senate at a press conference. Why today? Why at 10:30? To deflect heat from the first half of the state government audit that’s being released at 10:00 A.M., that’s why. Adam Edelen should [...]

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Today former Lieutenant Governor Daniel Mongiardo blasted the nasty redistricting process in Kentucky. He hit Steve Beshear, praised Kathy Stein and pointed out the shenanigans with Alice Forgy Kerr. [Page One] Fresh on the heels of Rand Paul’s TSA encounter, this piece of legislation would require an independent study of x-ray body scanners. [Pro Publica] [...]

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Here’s what Adam Edelen had to say to the House Budget Review Subcommittee on General Government, Finance and Public Protection about a proposed 8.4% cut to his office’s budget: “In a time when dollars are so scarce, the need is so great, I can’t in good conscience get in here and make a statement that [...]

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Dear Ruth Ann Palumbo: You can blame me all you want for your problems. All I did was write about them – because you’re a legislator who doesn’t live in the home she says she does. They are your problems that you created. You went out of your way to attack your neighbors – who [...]

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What do you predict will be discovered about Richie Farmer’s ag department? Hookers? Missing cars? Gobs of money missing? [Deep Reeechie Thoughts & Press Release] A new report shows that Kentuckians are frequent binge drinkers. That may have something to do with their quality of life. [Business First] Republican Bart Rowland of Tompkinsville and Democrat [...]

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