How different are Bevin and McConnell their approaches to health care?
04/23/2014 10:22 PM
U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell and his chief Republican challenger, Louisville businessman Matt Bevin, have spent a considerable amount of their public remarks and commercial airtime bashing the Affordable Care Act. Bevin has even tried to contrast himself with McConnell by saying the Senate Republican leader hasn’t done enough to block or repeal the Affordable Care Act. As for the alternative, well, McConnell and Bevin seem to want to prescribe the same fixes to the U.S. health care system. Here’s what... Read more 
Bevin's closing pitch to GOP primary voters: Pick me because McConnell won't win in November
04/23/2014 06:45 PM
CARROLLTON — Matt Bevin is continuing to crisscross Kentucky trying to convince Republican voters a dozen at time that he is their only hope to keep the U.S. Senate seat from Democrats. U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, Bevin says, has “no chance of winning in November.” “It’s why I’ve got to win this nomination in the primary,” Bevin said. “We will lose this seat in the General Election if Mitch McConnell is the nominee. There is such a weariness for him. There is... Read more
Judge-Executive candidates who showed up at debate call for Boone Co. to take larger role in Cincy airport
04/23/2014 06:31 PM
FLORENCE – It’s tough to have a meaningful debate of the issues when one of the two major primary candidates is absent, as was the case in Florence Wednesday at the Boone County Judge-Executive debate sponsored by the Northern Kentucky Business PAC. Judge-Executive Gary Moore showed up to defend his record and ask voters for a fifth term. But Boone County Commissioner Matt Dedden, who is challenging Moore in the May 20 primary, skipped the debate because of a scheduling conflict.... Read more
NY Times poll shows close Ky. Senate race, but are respondents representative of '14 voters?
04/23/2014 11:15 AM
The latest national media poll shows Kentucky U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell and Democratic candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes still neck-and-neck. The New York Times Upshot/Kaiser Family Foundation poll of the 891 registered Kentucky voters shows McConnell leading Grimes by one point, 44 percent to 43 percent with eight percent undecided. Grimes does beat Republican candidate Matt Bevin in a hypothetical match up by six percentage points. But as Aaron Blake of the Washington Post first pointed out in a tweet , the... Read more
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes called on President Barack Obama to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline, joining 11 incumbent Democrats as the party tries to keep control…Click to Continue » [...]
Thu, Apr 24, 2014 10:57:00 AM, Continue reading at the source
Legislative aide who was fired after appearing in Grimes video lands better-paying state job
from jbrammer@herald-leader.com (Jack Brammer)
from jbrammer@herald-leader.com (Jack Brammer)
A Legislative Research Commission employee who was fired in February after appearing in a video for Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes has landed a better paying state job.Click to Continue » [...]
Wed, Apr 23, 2014 10:19:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
Former Yum Center official named interim director of Kentucky Horse Park
from lblackford@herald-leader.com (Linda B. Blackford)
from lblackford@herald-leader.com (Linda B. Blackford)
The Kentucky Horse Park Commission has hired as its interim executive director Ted Nicholson, who filed a whistleblower lawsuit after being fired without explanation in 2012 from his job as…Click to Continue » [...]
Wed, Apr 23, 2014 7:03:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
A new low?The nasty Kentucky U.S. Senate Republican battle for incumbent Mitch McConnell's seat has now embroiled one of primary challenger Matt Bevin's children.In a new 30-second TV ad, one of Bevin's daughters, Olivia, tells viewers not to be fooled by "a bunch of lies" McConnell is telling about her father.Overall, it's meant to be a positive commercial featuring Bevin's children.They are praising their father's military record, leadership, and role as a family man.Watch: [...]
Tue, Apr 22, 2014 11:53:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
Grimes' statement to The Associated Press comes on the day a group committed to blocking the pipeline announced it will spend $500,000 setting up field offices in Kentucky to try to defeat U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell. [...]
Thu, Apr 24, 2014 12:59:23 PM, Continue reading at the source
Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear says after early misinformation, Kentuckians are learning on their own about the positive effects of the Affordable Care Act. [...]
Thu, Apr 24, 2014 12:59:23 PM, Continue reading at the source
Praising Rand Paul's "missionary zeal" to convert disparate populations to Republicanism, Mitch McConnell writes that the secret to the junior senator from Kentucky's success is his authenticity. [...]
Thu, Apr 24, 2014 12:59:23 PM, Continue reading at the source
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