What do Democrats do when they have a candidate in a special election they don’t want to be tied to Barack Obama? Have Obama’s CAMPAIGN MANAGER serve as a consultant on the race so the candidate is tied directly to the president. Smooth move. [Bluegrass Politics] Just how bizarre-o crazy is the NRCC? It published [...]

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You can’t even be in Lexington these days without getting shot or stabbed. That town is still trying to catch up to Louisville. [H-L] Pat Buchanan has a plan to win more white voters for the GOP. Which should make some racist old coots in Frankfort quite happy. [HuffPo] People magazine dubbed him “the deadliest [...]

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The battle over Benghazi has come to Iowa, colliding head-on with the earliest phase of the 2016 presidential race. [Politico] I’m (Ronnie) subject to temporary bouts of disillusionment with politics, and it’s dangerous to attempt columns in such a mood. So indulge me as I make some random observations without final political judgments. [Ronnie Ellis] [...]

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In the past five years, Kentucky lawmakers have cut the state budget by $1.6 billion. But if something doesn’t change, they may have just begun to cut services. [Ronnie Ellis] Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is taking a page from President Obama’s reelection playbook for his own campaign — embracing Internet memes, data mining and cinematic [...]

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Law enforcement agencies across Western Kentucky are struggling with a declining number of officers and rising crime rates. Sheriffs in the region say having fewer officers available is leaving departments shorthanded for emergencies, causing scheduling headaches and delaying response times to calls. [H-L] Seven healthy horses in Baffert’s stable at Hollywood Park have died suddenly [...]

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Homophobe Whitney Westerfield is yet again revealing his true colors. This time to the teevee folks: Kentucky is one of three states with a gaping hole in its laws aimed at protecting citizens who are in abusive relationships, and one conservative freshman state senator wants to see that changed. -SNIP- Westerfield said when he first [...]

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The administration of Eastern Kentucky University fired EKU Center for the Arts director Debra Hoskins on June 12 because of allegations including fiscal misconduct and falsification of university records and documents. [H-L] Scientists monitoring global atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations report that, for the first time in human history, CO2 levels could soon rise above 400 [...]

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Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is endorsing former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford’s (R) House campaign, a move that could help Sanford regain his footing in the race and improve Paul’s standing in the early-voting presidential state. [The Hill] The discrimination dispute between the Gay and Lesbian Services Organization of Lexington and T-shirt printer Hands On Originals [...]

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The issue of alleged racism at the University of Kentucky? Seems people finally noticed: Officials from the Lexington branch of the NAACP met with leaders of the University of Kentucky’s College of Medicine Friday to discuss concerns about the low number of African American and Hispanic students enrolled at the school. -SNIP- Last year a [...]

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Text messages helped state police unravel the mystery surrounding a missing man whose body was found in Carter County last year. Nathan R. Barker, 21, of Olive Hill, apparently fell from a cliff after wrecking his car at the intersection of Ky. 7 and Ky. 986, according to a news release from state police. [H-L] [...]

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