The Environmental Protection Agency has concerns about the environmental impact of a 218-acre coal ash landfill in Trimble County proposed by Louisville Gas and Electric. [WFPL]

Way to go Carter County. You’ve done it again. An Carter County man was shot and killed by state troopers Wednesday after police said he pointed a rifle at them and refused to put it down. [H-L]

On a scale of 1 to 10, how sad will it be watching Andy Barr lose to Republican Ben Chandler one more time? [WTVQ]

It’s interesting that in stories like this one, it’s never mentioned how much Bill Bissett is paid to literally spin for the Kentucky Coal Association. That’s his job – to spin – not to provide facts or tell you anything based in reality. [C-J/AKN]

Hal Rogers continues to pretend that there’s some war on coal. Interesting that concern about a devastating practice (mountaintop removal) still equates to a war on every other form of mining in their feeble minds. [WKYT]

Public scholarship funds – meant for the needy – are benefiting private schools. Because that’s how the “conservatives” want it. [NY Times]

The Lexington-Fayette Urban County government has paid $60,000 to settle a lawsuit involving the July 2010 death of Dean Ferguson, a prisoner who collapsed at the local jail and later died. [H-L]

Here’s more of that fancy mainstream coverage about Kentucky. Voters registered a strong protest against President Barack Obama in Democratic primaries in solidly Republican Kentucky and Arkansas, while Republican Mitt Romney easily captured both states, according to unofficial election returns. [Reuters]

Is this maybe why America can’t have nice things? The Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday moved forward with legislation to increase airline passenger security fees, beating back a GOP attempt to keep them at current levels. [The Hill]

Consultants paid for by the University of Louisville are saying exactly what UofL money-drivers have been saying. Imagine that! What a coincidence. [Business First]

This American Airlines pilot believes sluts should pay the price based on his backwater beliefs. [Wonkette]

Even Colin Powell says the gays should be allowed to get married. Which will cause a bunch of racist twits to freak out. [HuffPo]

This was a dumb idea in Lexington to begin with, right? Who comes up with something like that? [H-L]

OH GOD NOW RED CHINA IS JUST COLD TAKIN OVER THE MOVIES!!!1! A Chinese conglomerate announced Monday it will buy a major U.S. cinema chain, AMC Entertainment Holdings, for $2.6 billion in China’s biggest takeover of an American company to date. [NPR]

In a time when gay satan has plagued the churches with rampant homosexual battles, a breath of fresh air has been given to those on the side of good. This story is absolutely crazy. [Wonkette]

The Kentucky Democratic Republican Party will pretend this isn’t based in reality: Obama, as we’ve noted before, has performed especially poorly in West Virginia and Oklahoma, where he took less than 60 percent of the vote. (His top opponent in West Virginia was a federal inmate in Texas, while in Oklahoma it was an anti-abortion rights activist). Obama also took just 77 percent in Louisiana, where several other candidates split up the vote. In the same vein, the Arkansas and Kentucky primaries tonight are likely to include significant numbers of Democrats spurning the president. In the former, Obama faces a one-on-one contest against attorney John Wolfe , while in the latter, he faces the “uncommitted” option. [WaPo]

A rare slip-up by lawyers has helped shed some light on a high-profile legal battle, the details of which some of the largest Wall Street firms have been fighting to keep under wraps. [The Economist]

If you’ve spent much time consuming conservative media lately, you’ve probably learned about a slow-burning “race war” going on in America today. [BuzzFeed]

Election problems were minimal by the middle of the day because next to no one showed up to vote. [H-L]

Here’s an interesting look at Joplin a year later. Is this the future for Eastern Kentucky? [HuffPo]

Late last Friday, Buzzfeed reporter and Rolling Stone contributor Michael Hastings broke what looked like a big scoop: Congress was quietly planning to lift a 64-year-old law preventing the US government from using propaganda on its own citizenry. Before the House passed its defense budget bill Friday afternoon, Hastings reported, a bipartisan group of congressmen tacked on an amendment that would “essentially neutralize” a set of time-tested guidelines “that had been passed to protect U.S. audiences from our own government’s misinformation campaigns.” [Mother Jones]

A Washington-based watchdog group says an eastern Kentucky Baptist pastor violated federal law when he urged his followers to vote President Barack Obama out of office in November. [WKYT]

Yep. “County committed to killing blacks” isn’t the portion of the headline you want to pop up.

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Aww, Michele Beard Bachmann decided to flip-flop and withdrew her Swiss citizenship or whatever. Funny how that works. [Wonkette]

Where was Greg Stumbo months ago when ARH officials reached out to legislators about a certain Medicaid manager? Nowhere to be found. [Chicago Tribune/H-L]

Here’s Mittens Romney hating the gays at Jerry Falwell’s little school. [NPR]

Here’s Mittens Romney being a homophobic prick all the way back in the 1960s. [WaPo]

Let’s talk about how Mittens Romney has flip-flopped left and right about whether or not he hates the gays or loves them. [Wonkette]

Oh, look, it’s the head of the Republicans pretending that the gays haven’t faced persecution, crimes and discrimination. [Politico]

The fates of the American economy and the presidency of Barack Obama are inextricably linked, and both of them hit a bump in April. [The Economist]

Teachers in Boone County have decided to forgo raises in order to keep 46 positions from being cut. [H-L]

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden honored 34 police officers at the White House on Saturday for “extraordinary acts of bravery,” including two cops from Los Angeles who halted a shooting and one from Chicago who intervened during an armed robbery. [Reuters]

U.S. lawmakers have been unusually silent about federal regulators’ decision to allow a Chinese bank to take over 13 bank branches in New York and California, suggesting that they think American banks have much to gain. [The Hill]

Looks like Michele Beard Bachmann’s glittery husband’s line of work is under major scrutiny. [HuffPo]

Haha, so, funny story… A Kentucky Newspaper’s telephone system didn’t even work after it recklessly and confusingly announced paywalls and subscription price increases. Also, Wes Jackson is pushing the paper because of it’s “coupon savings.” These folks are doing a real disservice to the hardworking people employed by the paper and the community in general. [C-J/AKN]

We’re not sure how horses have anything to do with Mother’s Day but whatever. The newspaper seems to think it’s a big deal. [H-L]

Really, what was that, again, about racist rednecks not voting against President Barack Obama because he’s black? [Wonkette]

That’s right – A Kentucky Newspaper’s new paywall means terrific things for us. [The 'Ville Voice]

John Yarmuth doesn’t hate the gays: “As a strong supporter of marriage equality, I am proud that President Obama has joined the millions of Americans committed to equal rights and fairness for all our citizens,” Yarmuth said. “This is a historic day for loving and committed gay and lesbian couples and their families across our country.” [Press Release]

Even Clear Channel’s Mandy Connell knows the gays aren’t second-class citizens. [Twitter]

Not only is Damon Thayer not a conservative, he’s not an honest legislator. He’ll stab you in the back and throw you under the bus as long as you’ll give him a reach-around or scratch his back a little. [Bluegrass Politics]

How can you tell Damon Thayer is on the outs with the Republican Party? He has to rely on the horsey set to promote him. [Paulick Report]

Here’s a solid look at Sarah Lynn Cunningham, the non-establishment candidate who has spent her entire life fighting against corruption. Her role as MSD whistleblower is still major. [CN|2]

Will President Barack Obama ever sack up and fully announce his support for gay marriage instead of half-assing it? [Gawker]

Warren County has apparently become the state’s top producer of jobs. [C-J/AKN]

Now Mittens Romney wants to dismiss gay marriage and immigrants and such? How convenient. [BuzzFeed]

Everyone is just cold freaking out over President Barack Obama’s announcement that he thinks the gays should be able to get married and suffer monstrous divorces. [The Advocate]

Breathitt County Schools Superintendent Arch Turner is in jail after a judge said he violated conditions of his bond. [WYMT]

A majority of Kentuckians favor a statewide smoking ban. Interesting that David Williams supports it and Steve Beshear does not. [WFPL]

The copilot in the Comair 5191 crash speaks in a new documentary film. [H-L]

There is a party in the pants of “Exodus International,” and nobody wants to come! And that is why the group has canceled its upcoming “Love Won Out” convention, in which ex-gay ladies show off their human male husbands, and ex-gay men show off Michele Bachmann. [Wonkette]

Let’s get something clear: Crit Luallen did have enough information from Richie Farmer’s employees to do a scathing audit like Adam Edelen did. Jack Conway even had information about wrongdoing. I know because I’ve discussed it with their staffers for years. With more than 100 people on staff, Luallen certainly had the manpower to conduct such an audit. And while we’re talking about Farmer… why aren’t we talking about corrupt former Democratic commissioners like Logsdon? [Joe Gerth]

Hillary Clinton says she wants to see a female U.S. President but that it won’t be her. [HuffPo]

Why is it so expensive to buy or sell a house in the United States? The foreigns take a hard look at it. [The Economist]

Just changing your name when you’re a mega bank with mega problems won’t solve anything. [Reuters]

Lawwwd, you can’t even rent your house out in Lexington without finding two dead bodies in it. [WKYT]

Also, you probably can’t even go anywhere in Lexington without catching the pertussis! Whatever that is. (Okay, we know it’s whooping cough, but go with it.) [WLEX18]

US hostage Warren Weinstein has pleaded with President Barack Obama to meet his captors’ demands in a video released by al-Qaeda’s media arm, says US monitoring group Site intelligence. [BBC]

Remember last week when he got our hands on that fancy letter about state payroll problems? The mainstreamers wouldn’t have seen it otherwise. Yes, we’re tooting our own horn. [Page One]

This is proof that craft beer in Kentucky is a hot ticket. Now, if only Kentucky would recognize that killing the silly label tax could seriously fatten the state coffers. [H-L]

During last evening’s 4th District GOP debate, both Gary Moore and Alecia Webb-Edgington pledged to continue funding headstart programs and both emphasized the importance of early childhood education. Thomas Massie? He said he wouldn’t and blamed illiteracy on parents. Even went so far as to blame family break-ups on taxes. We’re left wondering who beat Massie so hard with the stupid stick. Was it Rand Paul? Maybe the curb stomper guy? Hoo boy. [Stupidity Should Hurt]

At the dawn of the Internet era, Congress set out to avert a digital divide between rich and poor students. In a landmark bill, lawmakers required the nation’s phone companies to provide bargain voice and data rates to schools and to subsidize the cost of equipment and services, with the biggest subsidies going to the schools with the most disadvantaged children. More than a decade later, as schools struggle for funding amid widespread budget cuts, there is growing evidence that the program’s crucial low-price requirement has been widely neglected by federal regulators and at least one telecom giant. [HuffPo]

The Kentucky Public Service Commission is set to decide soon whether American Electric Power can keep burning coal at an eastern Kentucky power plant. [WFPL]

And the demand for coal for U.S. coal is plummeting. According to analysts, it may never recover. [The Atlantic]

On Friday, May 4, President Obama will welcome the University of Kentucky men’s basketball team to the White House to celebrate their 2012 NCAA championship. [Press Release]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has identified at least three businesses that may be responsible for cleaning up toxic waste at the former Black Leaf chemical site in Louisville’s Park Hill neighborhood, two of which have agreed to work with the EPA to help make the property safe. [C-J/AKN]

Maybe Glenn Kessler of the Washington Post needs a reality check? Because the bridges situation in Louisville isn’t puppies and rainbows, as he’d have you believe. Most of Kentucky’s bridges are falling apart. [WaPo]

Why does Andy Barr continue to half-ass his second campaign against Ben Chandler? The latest polling shows him 24 points behind Chandler. [WLEX18]

Of course Mittens Romney has a Swiss bank account. Of course he does. [HuffPo]

Just a reminder that the government doesn’t have any money because you are fat as hell and rip toilets off the wall. [Wonkette]

Some things with Greg Fischer’s Metro Animal Services mess will never change. The latest is just kind of sad. [The 'Ville Voice]

In 2009, the life expectancy in Kentucky 73.3 for men and 78.6 for women. [HuffPo]

Thank goodness for Floriduh! That godforsaken state occasionally makes Kentucky look borderline genius on the educational front. Check this mess out. [Forbes]

Clay County is the land of amazingly bad awfulness, to say the least. Just look at this terrific child porn doctor who practiced medicine in Manchester for years. [WKYT]

On a scale of 1 to 10, how much outrage is the mainstream going to feign over Faux News and its misquoting of President Barack Obama? Like this is a major surprise. [HuffPo]

Today, Congressman Yarmuth attends the Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities series at the Kennedy Center, where Kentucky historian, writer and conservationist Wendell Berry will be recognized. The Jefferson Lecture is the highest honor the federal government bestows for distinguished intellectual and public achievement in the humanities. [Press Release]

Bad omen for the 2013 legislative session in Frankfort? You bet your rear end. [WKU Public Radio]

Officials touted Lexington’s new $18 million Locust Trace AgriScience Farm as a unique learning place for agriculture students as the school held its grand opening on Monday. [H-L]

Lawwwd, you can’t even have teenagers these days without them going crazy and stabbing each other over a man. This man must be pretty magical, right? [WLEX18]

Churches, bathroom stalls and NAMBLA can take a well-deserved five. The GOP circus is coming to Tampa and the city’s finer purveyor of tittay are hauling them out and boosting them up in preparation! [Wonkette]

The mainstream just realized a Kentuckian named Jim Higdon wrote a fancy book. [C-J/AKN]

Orange Man John Boehner says there’s a ’1 in 3 chance” Republicans will lose control of Congress. [HuffPo]

A Bowling Green doctor says the Kentucky House Speaker should stop pretending he knows what the majority of physicians, nurses, and dentists thinks regarding a prescription drug bill. [WKU Public Radio]

What would you do if your home, place of employment and entire community were wiped off the face of the earth by a tornado? Recovery in Eastern Kentucky will take a long time and only the Red Cross remains on the ground supporting the people who most need it. [Click Here To Give]

Now officials say it’s just a rumor that Calumet Farm is being sold. Did Paulick get it wrong? Ruh ro. [H-L]

Lexington television stations are basing their reports on the original story we linked early this morning. [WKYT]

Oh, cute, here’s a nice little story about Kenyans involving President Barack Obama’s father. It’s sure to send racist mouth-breathers into a tailspin. [BBC]

Greg Fischer ran on a platform of JOBS, JOBS, JOBS. Unfortunately for him, his signature Ohio River Bridges Debacle moves thousands upon thousands of jobs out of Louisville. [The 'Ville Voice]

Bogota, New Jersey, police officer Regina Tasca responded to a call about a young man who was being erratic. She was supposed to transport him to the hospital. Two of her fellow officers, though, thought they were more supposed to jump on him and kick him in the head and shit — you know, the law! Tasca jumped in and managed to pry the officers off the young man. What do you suppose has happened since? A commendation, maybe? Definitely a commendation right? [Wonkette]

If Greg Fischer is pushing a piece of legislation, you know it’s 100% flawed and should be immediately scrapped. [WFPL]

A State Senate panel put David Williams’ vetoed road projects into the transportation budget. Which means the cat fight will never end. [H-L]

Whattya mean another mouth-breathing Republican is spewing Anti-Semitic tripe? Comparing smoking bans to Hitler’s “Jewish Stars.” Jesus H. Christ people are dumb as hell. Republican leadership needs to own up to these shenanigans and address them head-on, unlike Eric Cantor. [HuffPo & More HuffPo]

The 20 best small towns in America? None of them are in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, according to this list. [Smithsonian Magazine]

Of course uninsured Americans tend to stay uninsured. Can’t be discussing things like this, though, because it might upset some delicate mouth-breather. [HuffPo]

Can you imagine if this Iraqi oil pipeline situation happened in Kentucky? State government would work just as hard to deny historic relevance of a property. [BBC]

Alecia Webb-Embarrassment is busily touting the endorsement of 20 mostly unknown Republicans (the only ones prominent are lobbyists). Thomas Massie is touting the endorsement of a racist anti-gay bigot who wants to hang Israel out to dry. And Gary Moore is endorsed by the Northern Kentucky Right to Life. Despite all of those things being absolutely ridiculous in our opinion, only one will garner votes and that’s the silly abortion crap. [Deep KY-04 Thoughts]

What would you do if your home, place of employment and entire community were wiped off the face of the earth by a tornado? Recovery in Eastern Kentucky will take a long time and only the Red Cross remains on the ground supporting the people who most need it. [Click Here To Give]

Calumet Farm is being sold. You Kentucky history buffs will really want to read about this. [Paulick Report]

And Nick Nicholson is retiring from Keeneland. Only you horsey folks will care about this one. [H-L]

This is a look from the foreigns at how one of America’s most messed up companies became one of it’s best. [The Economist]

Biggest pee alert in a long time. Go immediately read this story about a Floriduh mayor and his effort to stop dancing from destroying his town. For real. HAHAHA. [Wonkette]

It’s kind of sad/embarrassing that Lexington is ranked as a top ten city for online fraud. [WKYT]

Mittens Romney is really good at making sure the world knows how out-of-touch with reality he is. The latest comments are kinda funny but, uh, embarrassing. [HuffPo]

It’s unfortunate that the Lane Report has sunken to the level of publishing articles that are not only misleading but horribly inaccurate. It not only spreads misinformation throughout the community but is so dishonest and shady that not much produced by them can be taken seriously. Publishing such a strange puppies & rainbows (pun intended) story about Louisville Metro Animal Services is beyond bizarre. [The 'Ville Voice]