A Floriduh judge denied a new trial to a lady standing her ground but totally not because she’s black. [Wonkette] The burden of air pollution and asthma is not evenly shared among U.S. children. [HuffPo] Folks love to hate David Williams and some of that hate is well-deserved. But he helped make this thing in [...]

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Here comes Wayne T. Rutherford foaming at the mouth about the faux “war on coal.” Maybe he should stick to covering up for people like Keith Hall. [H-L] If you think Hillary Clinton isn’t considering a run for the presidency after Barack Obama’s second term, you’ll probably want to read this. [NYT] Hal Rogers’ staff [...]

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The Richmond Register and the Madison County Health Department are in a battle over open records. Looks like yet another government agency in Kentucky is trying to play pat-a-cake with your tax dollars. [Richmond Register] The Kentucky Commission on Human Rights last week publicly accepted three conciliation agreements in fair housing cases, including one in [...]

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Yesterday Jack Conway announced that Kentucky received $101.7 millions in tobacco settlement money this week. [Press Release] The Kentucky Supreme Court heard the appeal of a judge kicked out of office by the Judicial Conduct Commission. Fitting that Marcus Carey is the guy’s attorney. [H-L] What would you do if your home, place of employment [...]

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Even the folks in Madison County realize they’re getting more road funds from the Democrats than David Williams’ district was supposed to get from him. [Richmond Register] A Bowling Green doctor says the Kentucky House Speaker should stop pretending he knows what the majority of physicians, nurses, and dentists thinks regarding a prescription drug bill. [...]

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We absolutely told you so. Money for roads in David Williams’ State Senate district pales in comparison to House leaders. [John Cheves] Of course uninsured Americans tend to stay uninsured. Can’t be discussing things like this, though, because it might upset some delicate mouth-breather. [HuffPo] Can you imagine if this Iraqi oil pipeline situation happened [...]

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Just in case you missed Papaw Beshear’s public meltdown last week over David Williams, here it is: What was that, again, about forgetting why he’s in Frankfort?

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We’re absolutely shocked that Alecia Webb-Edgington didn’t resort to personal attacks and just cold being nasty in this story about how, well, how bad her fundraising sucks. And what was that about making a budget stretch in Frankfort, again? [WFPL] Predictions on how long it takes for A Kentucky Newspaper to not change at all? [...]

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Kentucky Senate President David Williams is renewing his call for Governor Steve Beshear to act quickly on an unfunded road plan that cleared the legislature last week. This cat fight is going to continue for a couple years because Steve Beshear can’t stand dealing with anybody who runs against him – like Jerry Lundergan. He’ll [...]

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With the legislature entering another wasteful special session today, we thought it’d be a good idea to hold off on running the latest from the Legislative Research Commission. FRANKFORT – Some encores blow the roof off, some are quiet fades. Some strike a middling note between the two before they knock you out of your [...]

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