Mittens Romney’s incendiary debt speech was riddled with flaws and people are freaking out over it. [HuffPo] Mitch McConnell once again forgets that he is the pot calling the kettle black. [The Hill] How badly will the Time Warner transition from Insight hurt? Will lubrication be necessary for customers in Kentucky? [H-L] Kentuckians are already [...]

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The Office of the Attorney General will neither confirm nor deny that they’re looking at Thomas Massie’s alleged violations of the Kentucky Open Meetings Act. But you know they want nothing more than to strangle a Rand Paul disciple. Here’s the gist: Massie didn’t provide notice for at least eight meetings of the Lewis County [...]

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What’s that? Oh, yes, President Barack Obama announced his support for gay marriage this afternoon. [Freedom to Marry, The Advocate, NYT, HuffPo, BBC, WaPo, Yahoo] The president of a mail order bride company has been lobbying Republicans to water down protections for abused immigrants. [HuffPo] Lexington is still super-nervous about potential United States Postal Service [...]

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This wasn’t exactly the right story to be featuring on the front of the paper on the biggest tourism weekend of the year in Kentucky. Especially when it’s a hit on one of the state’s signature industries and sources of tax revenue. [The 'Ville Voice] A majority of Kentuckians favor a statewide smoking ban. Interesting [...]

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Nope, doesn’t look like Richie Farmer is gonna play tonight, coach. Talk about a hot mess. [Page One] And just like that, Richie Farmer’s guy got axed from “The Amazing Race.” Talk about coincidental timing. [WKYT] The Cabinet for Health and Family Services and Steve Beshear’s crew are still withholding child-abuse death records. So much [...]

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Hoo boy, this report from State Auditor of Public Accounts Adam Edelen about Richie Farmer has been a long time coming. Turns out? Richie used state resources and employees for his own personal gain. He’s still refusing to be interviewed by auditors but you can bet he and his people will trash this report anonymously [...]

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Like we’ve been hinting for days about Monday being an awesome day in Frankfort? Adam Edelen’s office finally made public that results of the Reeeechie Farmer investigation will be released at 10:00 A.M. [Reechie Gon' Play Tonight, Coach?] Here’s a damning story about the Ohio River Bridges Debacle in Louisville that you will never see [...]

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Thomas Massie’s campaign to be the Republican nominee in the Fourth District Congressional race is an interesting one. He’s billed as an inventor and jobs creator. Those around him have touted him as progressive and modern. His narrative is one that reads as an American success story. We would have been content with never considering [...]

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Both the state’s major newspapers and all television outlets continue to support the corrupt and secretive Kentucky Retirement Systems gag order by refusing to pay further attention to the myriad scandals there. Anyone in their right mind thinking a gag order prohibiting KRS board members from speaking with the press is borderline insane and obviously [...]

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Oh, snap. Lookit: Bridge navigational lighting was the main topic of discussion on the opening day of public hearings Monday in the Eggners Ferry Bridge incident. The hearings were convened by the United States Coast Guard and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), and were held in the Paducah City Hall city commission chambers. -SNIP- [...]

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