An Owsley County man died Saturday and a second man was shot after the two allegedly got into an argument involving an all-terrain vehicle. [H-L] Your hospital may be hazardous to your health. An interactive investigation into patient harm. [ProPublica] With U.S. Sen. Rand Paul edging ever closer to a presidential run in 2016, the [...]

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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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A judge has been appointed to Kentucky’s longest-running death row case after an Associated Press inquiry into why it had been pending for 16 months without a judge. [H-L] Hillary Clinton clears the field as the Democratic candidate of choice in a new 2016 presidential poll. [Politico] Attorney General Jack Conway said he’s had a [...]

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The old county courthouse lawyer came out in Hal Rogers last week as the Kentucky Republican tore into the Federal Aviation Administration for springing on Congress — without warning he insisted — its fateful furloughs of air traffic controllers. [Politico] The Fayette County Board of Education says it will raise the compulsory school dropout age [...]

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James L. Kay II, chairman of the Woodford County Democratic Party, will be the party’s nominee in the June 25 special election to fill a vacancy in the 56th District of the state House of Representatives. His mugshot(s) are going to make it difficult for him to win because those mail pieces just write themselves [...]

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Really, who is surprised that Keith Hall is once again in ethical hot water? The Legislative Ethics Commission and its leadership are an absolute cowardly joke. [C-J/AKN] The White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday night gave President Barack Obama a chance to take humor-laced shots at those things in Washington that rub him the [...]

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Mitch McConnell continues to seize on the bungled taping of his Louisville campaign headquarters. [Politico] The Republican Party of Kentucky has hired 10 new staffers from across the country with varied political backgrounds to help lay the groundwork for helping with U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell’s re-election and capturing legislative seats. [CN|2] Most Americans see the [...]

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Kentucky lawmakers took $700,000 in excess funds from the agency that oversees charitable gaming in 2008 and to help pay off a $265 million shortfall in the budget. Should the state have been allowed to juggle the finances like that? The state Supreme Court on Wednesday asked that. [H-L] Senators say they fear the N.R.A. [...]

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Despite speculation indicating otherwise, most employers don’t plan to drop workers from their healthcare plans as a result of Obamacare, a new survey finds. [HuffPo] Kentucky will take longer to complete financing for its share of the Ohio River Bridges Project and possibly may wait until after construction starts this summer, Transportation Cabinet officials said. [...]

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If you missed our earlier story that begins digging into Progress Kentucky, the group behind the McConnell audio tape, you won’t want to miss our multi-part series. [Page One] An immigration bill being written in the Senate aims to wipe out nearly all illegal crossings along the southwestern border with Mexico while maintaining a 13-year [...]

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