An Owsley County man died Saturday and a second man was shot after the two allegedly got into an argument involving an all-terrain vehicle. [H-L] Your hospital may be hazardous to your health. An interactive investigation into patient harm. [ProPublica] With U.S. Sen. Rand Paul edging ever closer to a presidential run in 2016, the [...]

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Former Kentucky Democratic Party Chairman Bill Garmer said Friday he is considering running for the U.S. Senate next year if Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes declines to enter the race against Republican incumbent Mitch McConnell. [PEE ALERT] Naturally, Republicans are split on a media shield law amid outrage over the Associated Press records seizure. [...]

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Kentucky’s change to a managed care system of delivering Medicaid services continues to rile lawmakers, although they’re the ones who demanded cost-savings measures for the health care system for the poor and disabled. [Ronnie Ellis] Huxley Sommerville, group managing director at Fitch Ratings, increasingly fears another massive financial crisis. Ask him why and he tells [...]

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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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Lawyers for former Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer want federal prosecutors to provide all documents that could be used against Farmer and want all criminal records of any potential government witness. [Bluegrass Politics] A House of Representatives panel is investigating the circumstances surrounding the resignation from the Food and Drug Administration of its acting deputy commissioner [...]

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The Senate voted down a gun control measure last month, but the fight is just beginning. The National Rifle Association and new pro-gun control groups headed by former Rep. Gabby Giffords and Michael Bloomberg are in an arms race since a background check bill narrowly failed in the Senate last month – ramping up their [...]

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Take a look: The civil lawsuits surrounding the state investment scandal have grown into a cottage industry for New Mexico lawyers. In a recent state Court of Appeals case, 25 law firms ranging from the large, like Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, to one-lawyer firms, like Gregg Vance Fallick, were listed as representing a [...]

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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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Rhode Island is not admitting it has had a history of pay-to-play with its pension system. Oh, and it admits there’s a Securities and Exchange Commission inquiry. The details from Forbes: In its December 2012 cover story praising Rhode Island Treasurer Gina Raimondo for reforming the state’s pension, Institutional Investor magazine observed that it was [...]

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Russian authorities secretly recorded a telephone conversation in 2011 in which one of the Boston bombing suspects vaguely discussed jihad with his mother, officials said Saturday, days after the U.S. government finally received details about the call. [HuffPo] Breaking news: the newspaper has learned that public agencies are worried about pension “reform” messes in Frankfort. [...]

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