Yesterday, 27 people were indicted in Franklin County in a push dubbed “Operation Untouchable” by Sheriff Pat Melton. He was assisted by Commonwealth’s Attorney Larry Cleveland and County Attorney Rick Sparks. While Jack Conway has been keen to publicly embarrass himself by saying the pill problem in Kentucky is going away? Uh, well, take a [...]

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Bob Gunnell, who loves to tell people he “left” Peritus because they didn’t support Steve Beshear (they’re “close friends,” you know) enough, is focused on keeping a select few super-wealthy people in Louisville’s Mockingbird Valley from having to see any poor people using sidewalks. And he’s focused on trash talking the folks who support making [...]

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One of Richie Farmer’s former staffers was fined for misconduct. Trying to turn a non-merit job into a protected merit job doesn’t fly. The Executive Branch Ethics Commission apparently has more balls than the Legislative. [John Cheves] Wow, we’re still pretending that Frankfort isn’t bought and paid for by king coal, payday loan sharks and [...]

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Brave patriot and State Senator Jimmy Higdon isn’t just a guy who will tackle you for stealing beef jerky. He’s not just a secret Mexican. He’s also one of the few people in Frankfort actually trying to stop pill mills without lining his pockets at the same time. [CN|2] Quick, let’s pretend the Energy and [...]

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Folks all over the state are itching to find out why Hickman Mayor Charles Murphy was killed this morning. [H-L] This Thursday at 10:00 A.M., Commissioner of Agriculture Jamie Comer will attend the State Fair Board meeting in Louisville. Comer needs to bring up the fact that the state still owes Ed Hart millions of [...]

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Here’s what Jack Conway had to say in a story yesterday in a story headlined, “Pain-pill pipeline from Florida to Kentucky drying up, officials say”: “I certainly get a sense that the Florida pipeline is starting to close off,” Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway said. At that same moment, a story hit about a pain [...]

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And just like that, Richie Farmer returned some of those “missing” computers he took from his office. Folks remaining in Jamie Comer’s office from Reeechie’s days say the laptops went to his kid and now ex-wife. They also say Reeechie took a mountain of other crap. This is going to get crazy. After Holly Harris [...]

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Dear Ruth Ann Palumbo: You can blame me all you want for your problems. All I did was write about them – because you’re a legislator who doesn’t live in the home she says she does. They are your problems that you created. You went out of your way to attack your neighbors – who [...]

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Here’s the all-important Ronnie Ellis take on the passing of Gatewood Galbraith. [Ashland Independent] This is a really great read from Don McNay about Gatewood. It’s worth your time. [HuffPo] Greg Stumbo proposes moving prescription drug monitoring to the attorney general. Because that would work so well! With Mr. Drug Brother Scandal. Hahaha. God. No [...]

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Here’s Beshear’s statement: “For the last several months, I have consulted with Attorney General Jack Conway, State Auditor Crit Luallen, officials from the University of Louisville and the proposed merger partners, health care and finance experts, and concerned citizens from across the Commonwealth on a proposal to merge University Hospital and Jewish Hospital & St. [...]

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