Earlier on the House floor, Congressman John Yarmuth highlighted the importance of health care reform. He connected the Jewish Hospital layoffs and the message from Jewish’s executives that Kentucky’s growing number of uninsured contributed to the cuts.

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Earlier this morning I participated in a White House press call to discuss President Barack Obama’s plans to promote U.S. exports in an attempt to create an alleged two million new jobs.
An executive order signed today will do things like:

Create the Export Promotion Cabinet
Relaunch the President’s Export Council
Sponsor an Unprecedented Number of Trade Missions
Create a […]

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Republican Bill Johnson is a quitter, just like Sarah Palin. He dropped out of the U.S. Senate race today. [Page One]
Today the Transportation Cabinet sent out a press release about Highway staff removing campaign signs from the right-of-way and some folks wrote a story about it. Which means we don’t have to. […]

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What’s with Rand Paul and David Adams flip-flopping 24/7? What happened to the debate anywhere, any time mantra? Hypocrisy, thy name is Ro… Rand. [Page One]
If Jonathan Miller can’t raise money for Beshear on his own free time, then McConnell’s staff shouldn’t get to raise money for him. Trey’s staff shouldn’t […]

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Your input is needed. What do you want to know about Louisville’s mayoral candidates? What questions do you have? [The ‘Ville Voice]
It’s no secret that Louisville’s got the worst roads in the state. [Tom Loftus]
Reality shows that the future of coal isn’t in Kentucky. But our senate candidates won’t be […]

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In case you missed it, David Williams is forcing the Kentucky State Police to spend untold hundreds of thousands of dollars to guard his butt outside the Commonwealth of Kentucky.  Meanwhile, he’s got his own bloated staff and hypocritically call for cuts everywhere but his budget. [Page One]
The University of Louisville is admittedly in […]

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That mean Ryan Alessi is talking about how the Democrats are spending very little on their first ads in the U.S. Senate race. How mean! [Bluegrass Politics]
Terry Brooks, ED of Kentucky Youth Advocates, on the House budget: “[T]hese short-term adjustments fall short of what is needed to put the Commonwealth on stable ground […]

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Have you heard the homophobic (and hilarious) horseshiz this Lisa Graas lady spewed in the comments yesterday? [We Get Insane Comments]
American parasites? The payday lending industry is profiting from the recession and spent record cash lobbying against reform. Like right here in Kentucky when they bought Jeff Greer, Steve Beshear and Greg […]

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Nearly $2 million was spent on lobbying in Frankfort during the month of January. $1.67 million was spent by employers compensating lobbyists.
The highlights:

Altria Client Services (Phillip Morris USA, U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Co.) spent $38,000 paying lobbyists, with total spending at $47,137 for January. They spent $17,916 in January 2009 and $15,821 in January […]

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I’m wondering… what the heck is up in the journo world in Kentucky? Why is Joe Arnold the only political reporter to, well, report that Rand Paul’s campaign admits it is lying and taking Trey Grayson’s remarks out of context (illegally, I might add)? Somebody needs to get off their butt and […]

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