Remember the other day when I shared an email that went out to the state’s social workers?
Well, turns out, social workers aren’t just forced to defer to regional offices in order to determine if something is an emergency on furlough day (Friday).
They have to do so during the entire pay period.
Head – desk.

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Arguably, it’s one of the biggest scandals in Kentucky’s higher education world is going down right now. It has been for a while. And it involves the largest institution of higher education in the state.
It’s actually damning.
So where’s the mainstream media on the matter?
Here are the number of stories about the KCTCS-Gastenveld-Mountjoy mess:

A [...]

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That sound you hear is Kentucky yet again losing Race to the Top funding.
Here’s what Governor Steve Beshear had to say in a statement:
“While we are disappointed that Kentucky did not win an award in the second round of Race to the Top funding, we are confident that the steps we are taking in education [...]

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Check this out:
But IT GETS WEIRDER and actually even more REALLY F*CKING UPSETTING. Why? Well, to be honest, it’s time we consider the possibility that something is really wrong here and that Cheyenne — or her attorneys/advocates/mom — might be lying about the nature of the attack. OMFG HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT AGAINST THE [...]

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Jack Conway’s campaign staff like to say they’re raising money and building a tremendous grassroots network.
Common sense and recent, you know, realities, say otherwise.
So what’s that “grassroots network” looking like in Northern Kentucky, an area Jack will have to clean up in just to have a shot at victory?
Well… it’s been three weeks since [...]

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Tomorrow the much-awaited TEK – Transforming Education in Kentucky – Talk is set to take place around the state. And there’s been quite a bit of media chatter. There’s also been some talk about how the discussion(s) is a self-promotional tour for the governor and a few of his pals to take credit [...]

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These folks:

Gretchen M. Brown
Daryl K. Love
Laura Tanno Boison
Melba S. Bjornson
Woodford Webb
Paul Chartier
Betsy W. Clemons
Jack R. Cunningham
Eric Frankl
Terri Fryman
Robert M. Hardy, Jr.
Lisa English Hinkle
Randy LeMay
Ellen L. Miller
John B. Milward
Mark E. Nabity
Janet Schwartz
Jen Shah
Susan H. Stempel
Curtis Warren

Does anyone know them? If so? They need to pay close attention: I’m going to start telling the [...]

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By now, you all know about the Hazard nursing home official charged in a sex abuse case. But there’s more to the story.
Check this mess out!
A summons has been issued for Noe and for the registered agent for Hazard Nursing Home to appear in Perry District Court on Sept. 13, according to a statement [...]

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You aren’t going to like this, Kentucky. Or maybe you will.
Here’s what Gail Collins had to say in the New York Times today:
Rand Paul, the most famous of the Tea Party-backed Republican Senate nominees, is a small, curly-haired man with cheeks like a chipmunk. He speaks in a tone of extreme reason that nevertheless [...]

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Wanna be sick to your stomach? Read this about the flooding disaster in Pike County:
As the waters receded and the sun came up Sunday, the full effects of the devastation became clearer, leaving some to wonder how the county or its people will ever recover.
In communities across the county, particularly the areas of Raccoon, [...]

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