Governor Steve Beshear and First Lady Jane Beshear have released a new video about the graduation bill:

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Franklin Circuit Judge Philip Shepherd denied a request by Gov. Steve Beshear to dismiss a Tea Party lawsuit challenging the legality of the Kentucky Health Benefit Exchange. [H-L] After years of vilifying prominent religious and conservative leaders, gay activists on Wednesday turned their ire to an unlikely target: Democrats. [Politico] The Louisville Metro Council on [...]

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The Fayette County Public Schools plan to slash work days for 42 directors of the district’s family resource centers next year because of continued government funding reductions. [H-L] Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens on Thursday cast doubt on the criteria used to decide the 2000 Bush v. Gore case that ultimately delivered the [...]

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What do Democrats do when they have a candidate in a special election they don’t want to be tied to Barack Obama? Have Obama’s CAMPAIGN MANAGER serve as a consultant on the race so the candidate is tied directly to the president. Smooth move. [Bluegrass Politics] Just how bizarre-o crazy is the NRCC? It published [...]

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What the hell is going on in Scott County These days? A chocolate lab named Darcy ended up at the Scott County Animal Shelter after her owner says she escaped from the yard. [WKYT] With a barrage of legal briefs, a coalition of business groups and Republican-leaning states are taking their fight against Obama administration [...]

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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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This week Papaw Beshear focuses on the expansion of Medicaid in Kentucky:

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Steve Beshear, as you already know, decided to expand Medicaid in Kentucky. Sure, it took a massive Republican-led lobbying effort to get him to take action. But action is action and Steve Beshear is to be commended. It only took a few minutes for the teabaggers (not Tea Partiers) to lose their minds: CLICK TO [...]

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The Senate voted down a gun control measure last month, but the fight is just beginning. The National Rifle Association and new pro-gun control groups headed by former Rep. Gabby Giffords and Michael Bloomberg are in an arms race since a background check bill narrowly failed in the Senate last month – ramping up their [...]

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The Murray State University Board of Regents will hold another vote on whether to renew President Randy Dunn’s contract after Attorney General Jack Conway ruled the board met illegally before the first vote. [H-L] Looks like those meth laws in Oregon aren’t doing much for their problem – imagine that. A 21-month investigation by the [...]

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