Eastern Kentucky University’s Board of Regents has approved a $332 million budget, up slightly from this year. The school also said 180 staff members have taken a voluntary buyout offer and 16 faculty members have decided to take early retirement as part of the school’s plan to reallocate funds to allow incoming president Michael Benson [...]

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The libertarian streak in Congress is starting to show. A group of conservatives in the House have managed to hang together and cause a lot of headaches for leadership. [Politico] Churchill Downs Inc. executive vice president and CFO Bill Mudd might have raised a few eyebrows last week when he said the Louisville-based gaming company [...]

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Hoo boy, the Kentucky Democratic Republican Party and the Republican Party of Kentucky are really showing their rear end this week. They’re both claiming that John-Mark Hack is a pea. Well, something like that: CLICK TO ENLARGE CLICK TO ENLARGE How hilarious is that mess? Two peas in a pod mailers from both sides hitting [...]

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You’ve seen some of the the anti-James Kay mail pieces to hit the 56th District, so here are some more. One that’s all about how saintly and wonderful Lyen Crews is: CLICK TO ENLARGE CLICK TO ENLARGE CLICK TO ENLARGE CLICK TO ENLARGE CLICK TO ENLARGE CLICK TO ENLARGE CLICK TO ENLARGE Just think! One [...]

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Tonight, Tom Cannady is hosting a fundraiser for James Kay at his home in Louisville: Note: KDP sent out another invite last evening that included Jack Conway as a second special guest. Nothing too exciting because there are no heavy donors or raisers there… until you examine the host list. People like Lindy Casebier, Greg [...]

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Last week, John-Mark Hack called on his Republican opponent, Lyen Crews, to denounce a Republican attack ad that was both misleading and contrary to Crews’ own promise to run a clean campaign: “The attack ad by Republican Party bosses in Washington on behalf of Lyen Crews uses the same old tired lies and labels used [...]

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When candidates for legislative office refuse to answer questions – or, more specifically, run from them – it’s only natural to continue asking those questions until someone pops a vein. We’ve been asking James Kay’s campaign for weeks (as have other reporters) about rumors surrounding him allegedly having an honor code violation while at the [...]

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Earlier today, John-Mark Hack released a statement about redistricting and wasteful legislative sessions. Here it is: For the 11th time since passing the constitutional amendment creating Annual Legislative Session, it appears the state legislature will once again convene in a special session to do something they should have done when they were in regular session. [...]

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Here’s what’s going on in the 56th District: John-Mark Hack has done some newspaper advertising James Kay has filmed some television spots Lyen Crews has apparently done some door knocking What we’re hearing: Republicans are set to do mail pieces and we expect Kay’s reckless behavior to be a big deal Democrats are rumored to [...]

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Wow, State Senator Mike Wilson is spreading the stupid on thick this week. Get a load of this: The standards place substantial emphasis on teaching climate change and there is considerable discussion describing human activities as major factors in global warming. There has been barely any mention in the local papers about this issue that [...]

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