Sen. Paul Hornback contemplating run for Agriculture Commissioner in 2015; Says Daily Show appearance 'distorted'
08/14/2014 10:17 PM
State Sen. Paul Hornback, R-Shelbyville, said it will take a family meeting to decide if he will leave the family farm and spend a possible year pursuing the office of Agriculture Commissioner on the campaign trail. Hornback was elected to the Senate in 2011 and he says he has kept up with his farming as a legislator — something he has been doing for 37 years growing tobacco, soy beans, corn and fruit on a couple thousand acres. That full-time... Read more 
Comer sees 'positive' in latest 2015 poll; Answers questions on relationship with Churchill Downs
08/14/2014 06:27 PM
Agriculture Commissioner James Comer, who will soon file to run for governor in the Republican primary, says the latest polling from Public Policy Polling is “positive” adding that he will increase his name id after he files and starts to run a race in September. Comer also answered criticisms on his working relationship with Brett Hale a former Vice President of Churchill Downs — the company which recently donated six-figures to a PAC which will play a role in the... Read more
As tensions rise in Missouri, Kentucky politicians speak out on unrest
08/14/2014 04:53 PM
A clash between residents of a Missouri community and police officers following the death of an 18-year-old boy has Kentucky lawmakers talking about the problem with the militarization of police forces. Police officers are using an amount of force that some are finding questionable against demonstrators of a community outside St. Louis after Michael Brown, a young resident of Ferguson, Missouri, was fatally shot by a police officer. In an op-ed on the issue on TIME Magazine’s website, Kentucky U.S. Senator Rand... Read more
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has some explaining for his wife's role as a board member of an organization that has spent $50 million to close coal-fired power plants, his…Click to Continue » [...]
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Sen. Mitch McConnell talked about abortion, gay marriage and the persecution of Christians in Iraq with three well-known evangelical leaders Thursday, a rare discussion of social and religious issues for…Click to Continue » [...]
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In Wake of Ferguson Unrest, Kentucky Lawmakers Speak Out Against Police Militarization
from Phillip M. Bailey
from Phillip M. Bailey
A pair of Kentucky lawmakers on opposite sides of the aisle Thursday spoke out against a suburban St. Louis police department's use of force amid civic unrest.Both Republican Sen. Rand Paul and Democratic Congressman John Yarmuth offered their first comments on violence in Ferguson, Mo., where demonstrators and police have clashed over four days in reaction to the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown, who is African-American. [...]
Thu, Aug 14, 2014 7:00:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
Louisville Councilman Dan Johnson Twice Wrote City Hot Checks for Metro Cell Phone
from Phillip M. Bailey
from Phillip M. Bailey
Louisville Metro Councilman Dan Johnson wrote the city two bad checks in the past month to pay off costs associated with personal use of his city-issued cell phone. [...]
Thu, Aug 14, 2014 6:34:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
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