Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Day Twenty Nine of KY's Legislative Session

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    UPCOMING MEETINGS:

    Tuesday, February 18, 2014

    Noon, Annex Room 125
    HOUSE BUDGET REVIEW SUBCOMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND JUDICIARY
    Agenda: pending
    1:00pm, Annex Room 169
    CAPITAL PROJECTS AND BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
    2:00pm, Annex Room 129
    HOUSE STANDING COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
    Agenda: Consideration of HB 202, HB 279 and HB 341
    4:00pm, House Chambers
    House Convenes (Orders of the Day)
    4:00pm, Senate Chambers
    Senate Convenes (Orders of the Day)

    SOME OF THE LATEST POLITICAL STORIES:

    by Ryan Alessi
    In 2010, one out of every two registered Republicans in the heart of southern Kentucky’s “Old 5th” congressional district came out to vote. A contiguous bloc of 14 counties in southern Kentucky boasted the most fertile and efficient ground for gathering Republican votes in that... Read more

    Even Alison Lundergan Grimes' grandmother seems to think Matt Bevin is headed toward defeat at the hands of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.Click to Continue » [...]
    Tue, Feb 18, 2014 3:33:00 AM, Continue reading at the source

    After two weeks on paid administrative leave, Greater Louisville Inc. President and CEO Craig Richard resigned on Monday.Richard took the position at the city's chamber of commerce in January 2013 and his resignation is effective immediately. [...]
    Mon, Feb 17, 2014 11:57:00 PM, Continue reading at the source

    Tom Loftus Charles Booker, a legislative employee who appeared in a video of Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes’ campaign for U.S. Senate, was fired Monday for violating a staff policy against partisan political activity. Marcia Seiler, acting director of the Legislative Research Commission confirmed that Booker no longer works for the agency. But Seiler said that she could not say why because “this is a personnel matter.” Booker, however, said he was told Monday that he was dismissed for violating a policy of the Legislative Research Commission that prohibits employees of the agency from engaging in partisan political activity that could cause them to [...]Mon, Feb 17, 2014 11:21:00 PM, Continue reading at the source

    State Agriculture Commissioner James Comer announced Monday a new regional marketing effort, Appalachia Proud, with the goal of boosting agricultural production and income in Eastern Kentucky.Click to Continue » [...]
    Mon, Feb 17, 2014 7:08:00 PM, Continue reading at the source

    We certainly hope that U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell has a hard shell. Why? A tea party candidate in Texas running against U.S. Sen. John Cornyn has a television ad up criticizing Cornyn , saying that Texans don’t need a Senator who cast votes who “to please some guy who looks and fights like a turtle.” Ouch. The ad stars candidate Dwayne Stovall and a golden retriever. We don’t know the golden retriever’s name. Here’s the transcript. Dwayne  Stovall: “As a U.S. Senator from Texas, you vote for Texas, you don’t stab her in the back by voting for cloture on Obamacare,  you don’t enslave its [...]
    Mon, Feb 17, 2014 4:52:00 PM, Continue reading at the source

    Under fire from the tea party for his part in allowing a senate vote to raise the nation's debt ceiling, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Friday he had to act in the best interests of the country to avoid default by the United States. [...]
    Tue, Feb 18, 2014 12:32:32 PM, Continue reading at the source

    "My main concern is not what the polls are, but what's the right policy," McConnell said after WHAS11 asked of the political dangers of his position. "And we know for sure that this kind of minimum wage increase is going to be a job killer." [...]
    Tue, Feb 18, 2014 12:32:32 PM, Continue reading at the source

    Sen. Rand Paul says Matt Bevin's credibility has been hurt by revelations that the Republican challenger to Sen. Mitch McConnell praised the federal bailout of struggling banks several years ago. [...]
    Tue, Feb 18, 2014 12:32:32 PM, Continue reading at the source


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