Are you ready, meemaw? Monday. 8:00 P.M. Eastern. The following people will be on your teevee (KET’s Kentucky Tonight) discussing the 2014 election: Steve Robertson, RPK chair Ellen Williams, former RPK chair Jonathan Miller, D-Hotel Room Receipt Bill Garmer, former KDP chair for five seconds in 2004, resigned after getting his ass handed to him [...]

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How to fail at everything hemp-related? Take Jonathan Miller to Washington, D.C. with you. The McConnell folks have been burning the phone up laughing about it. Seems it’s going to make a great future mail piece in a Republican primary. Now, to arrange a General Assembly intern reunion… and maybe dig those hotel receipts out [...]

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Law enforcement agencies across Western Kentucky are struggling with a declining number of officers and rising crime rates. Sheriffs in the region say having fewer officers available is leaving departments shorthanded for emergencies, causing scheduling headaches and delaying response times to calls. [H-L] Seven healthy horses in Baffert’s stable at Hollywood Park have died suddenly [...]

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In a desperate attempt to hide their bipartisan collusion in raiding pensions, the legislature and governor have put out a disastrous bill, Senate Bill 2, that not only tries to cover up their past indiscretions but harms local governments and non-profits as well. [H-L] Where’s Jack Conway on this? Oh, right. New York’s attorney general [...]

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A federal grand jury has indicted former Agriculture Secretary Richie Farmer for allegedly misusing property and funds during his eight years at the helm of the Kentucky Department of Agriculture. In other words, dear Reeeechie: “Hate to break it to you friend, but your balloon’s about to pop. And that balloon’s filled with your own [...]

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Oh, look, Rand Paul’s fired campaign manager is still complaining about things that don’t mesh with his 16th Century worldview. Tea Party activist David Adams filed a lawsuit Monday in Franklin Circuit Court, challenging Gov. Steve Beshear’s executive order that created the Kentucky Health Benefit Exchange. [H-L] Restaurant chains like McDonald’s want to keep their [...]

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The University of Kentucky violated the state Open Records Act by refusing to release documents about surgeries at Kentucky Children’s Hospital, the state attorney general’s office has ruled. [John Cheves] Eleven House Democrats are on record as opposing gay marriage, even as support within their party for the issue builds. [The Hill] A Louisville woman [...]

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Murray State apparently can’t catch a break from the bad news lately. Especially when it comes to the Alexanders and this time Louisiana State University. [C-J/AKN] As the justices of the Supreme Court struggled with the question of same-sex marriage this week, politicians in Congress kept handing down their own verdict. One after another, a [...]

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What were we doing a year ago? Discussing hemp. There was a rally in Frankfort on March 24, 2012. Where are we a year later? Same spot. The hemp issue is nearly dead. Who do you have to thank for it? Nope, it’s not the State House Democrats and a handful of Eastern Kentucky Republicans. [...]

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You know how we’ve been basically the only joint in town talking about these real pension messes the last little bit? Well… CNBC’s Kate Kelly reports that investors have decided to pull $1.68 billion from Steve Cohen’s embattled hedge fund, SAC Capital. The firm has about $15 billion assets under management, $9 billion of which [...]

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