What the hell is going on in Scott County These days? A chocolate lab named Darcy ended up at the Scott County Animal Shelter after her owner says she escaped from the yard. [WKYT] With a barrage of legal briefs, a coalition of business groups and Republican-leaning states are taking their fight against Obama administration [...]

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Complaints from Pimlico Apartments tenants affected by a mass relocation has prompted the Urban County Council to question how the Lexington Housing Authority is handling the move. [H-L] What would you do if the IRS wanted to see your interactions on social media? At least one Tea Party group in Ohio received just such a [...]

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Remember instant racing and how boring it was? Maybe how the Family Foundation went crazy, just cold foaming at the mouth over it? Well… What if someone tied in to the horse racing world helped write the judge’s opinions in that case? Would that make it less boring? … There’s nothing worse than reading through [...]

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As Rand Paul told it, the biggest problem keeping African Americans from voting Republican is that they didn’t know Republicans have long been leaders on abolition and civil rights. As students at Howard University heard it, the problem was that Paul was condescending, misleading, and removed from the issues facing their community. [TPM] Onus on [...]

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A bipartisan nominating commission has recommended that Gov. Steve Beshear consider a state appeals court judge and two other lawyers for an open state Supreme Court seat in Northern Kentucky. What the paper won’t tell you is that the “timetable” is likely next Wednesday. [H-L] A group of hardline conservative members of the House are [...]

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A grand jury has indicted three northern Kentucky residents in a dismemberment killing. [H-L] The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has launched a nationwide campaign to assess police militarization in the United States. [HuffPo] House Republicans collectively are upset about the proposed new House map and more than a few Democrats are grumbling about it. [...]

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Late last week, State Representative Reggie Meeks (42nd District) sent out his legislative session update email blast. It was all about how jacked up Frankfort is this year. But the fun thing? He released the results of his constituent survey from a few months ago. The goods… Resolving our financial issues: 26% raise taxes on [...]

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Hey, gays, you’re going to get a big kick out of this one! A man Time magazine once called one of America’s most influential evangelicals has claimed that people who disagree with homosexuality are in danger of being “ostracized” like the Ku Klux Klan. [HuffPo] The House passed its version of a state pension overhaul [...]

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President Barack Obama argued Friday for keeping a key provision of federal voting rights law in place, saying it will become harder but not impossible to help people who believe their rights at the polls have been violated if the Supreme Court decides to strike down that part of the law. [HuffPo] Remember John Kemper? [...]

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Steve Beshear says he wants law enforcement’s concerns about industrial hemp resolved before Kentucky moves ahead with a push to grow the plant. Wondering why it’s failing with Democrats? Because Jamie Comer’s staffers politicized the issue, flaked on reporters and Democrats and were generally flippant in their approach. They should have known better and should [...]

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