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Entries Tagged as 'Kentucky Business'

Unbelievably Terrible Story By WKYT On Welfare

May 22nd, 2013 · 6 Comments

Former Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer’s sister has resigned as assistant executive director of the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance. [H-L] If you have any heart at all, this story will melt it. An elderly woman whose home was destroyed by the Oklahoma tornado found her pet dog among the rubble during a live TV interview. [...]

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Tags: Campaign Finance · Corruption · Economy · Environment · FEAR! · Jobs · Kentucky Business · Mainstream Mistake · Poverty · Richie Farmer · Senate · Takin yer guns!

A Ruh Ro Moment For Child Well Visits In NKY

May 21st, 2013 · No Comments

Don’t forget the special election candidate forum tonight at 7:00 P.M. in Versailles! Takes place at Woodford County Farm Bureau. [Press Releases] An alternative census estimate shows that more of America’s seniors than originally thought are living in poverty — and that means the poverty rate could spike under certain Medicare reforms, a new analysis [...]

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Tags: Eastern Kentucky · Environment · Health Care · Journalism · Kentucky Business · Mainstream · Poverty · Rand Paul · Special Election

Get Excited For Those Special Election Funtimes

May 17th, 2013 · 1 Comment

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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Tags: Barack Obama · Congress · Corruption · Economy · Humor · Investigation · Journalism · KDP · Kentucky Business · Mitch McConnell · Rumor · Senate · Special Election

Papaw Beshear Still Loves Payday Loan Sharks

May 16th, 2013 · No Comments

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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Tags: Corruption · Eastern Kentucky · Economy · Education · Environment · Humor · Investigation · Kentucky Business · Military · Steve Beshear

Another Metro Animal Services Hack Bit The Dust

May 15th, 2013 · No Comments

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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Tags: Eastern Kentucky · Economy · Environment · Flashback · Greg Fischer · Investigation · Kentucky Business · Rand Paul · Richie Farmer

$64 Million In Paving Projects Were Awarded

May 8th, 2013 · 2 Comments

Earlier today, Steve Beshear announced that the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet had awarded more than $64 million for paving/asphalt rehab projects in 45 counties. Click here (Warning: PDF Link) if you want to take a look at the complete list. “Our highway system supports virtually everything we do in Kentucky in terms of economic development, commerce, [...]

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Tags: Kentucky Business

Jamie Comer Is Teaching Us All A Big Lesson

May 8th, 2013 · 6 Comments

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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Tags: Jonathan Miller · Kentucky Business · RPK

Brave Patriot Marilyn Parker Is Also Maybe Shady

May 8th, 2013 · 2 Comments

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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Tags: Barack Obama · Discrimination · Eastern Kentucky · Education · First Amendment · Health Care · Jonathan Miller · Kentucky Business · Kentucky Tourism · Law Enforcement · Mitch McConnell · Richie Farmer · Senate · The Gays · Wasted Money

How Excited Are You For Sarah The Quitter Palin?

May 3rd, 2013 · No Comments

Former vice-presidential candidate Sarah The Quitter Palin will attend a fundraiser Sunday for the Headley-Whitney Museum in Lexington. [H-L] Most Americans do not see the Boston Marathon bombing and its suspects as an immigration issue, according to a poll released on Wednesday that also found the U.S. public still relatively inattentive to the debate on [...]

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Tags: Eastern Kentucky · Environment · Health Care · Humor · Kentucky Business · Polling · Rand Paul · Richie Farmer · Steve Beshear · Takin yer guns!

Of Course Damon Thayer Wants To Waste More $$

May 2nd, 2013 · No Comments

Kentucky State Police said Wednesday it is too early to say whether charges will be filed in the case of a 5-year-old boy who accidentally shot and killed his 2-year-old sister. [H-L] Congress decided last week to ease the effects of the across-the-board federal spending cuts on travelers upset over airport delays. But low-income Americans [...]

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Tags: Congress · Corruption · Economy · Education · Flashback · Health Care · Jack Conway · Kentucky Business · Law Enforcement · Special Election · Takin yer guns! · Wasted Money