Kentucky's early childhood education system leaves lots to be desired, but advocates say progress is being made
08/11/2014 10:07 PM
As children around the state go back to school educators will begin assessing how much remedial work is needed to begin teaching new skills, but for some Kindergarteners who start off behind the learning curve remedial education may be a constant. “The readiness results have come back showing that just under 50 percent of our entering Kindergarteners are well prepared for success in elementary school. So we have some work to do” said Brigette Ramsey, the associate executive director of... Read more 
General Fund finishes July up from last year, but lagging behind estimates
08/11/2014 03:27 PM
The state’s General Fund receipts are up 2.2 percent from last July, but official estimates predicted more growth which is raising the expectations and eyebrows for the rest of the fiscal year. The General Fund collected nearly $706 million in July which was a 2.2 percent increase from last July, but budget estimates in 2015 were relying on growth of 3.6 percent. The rest of the fiscal year will now need to increase 3.7 percent in each month of the year... Read more
Democrat running for Agriculture Commissioner says Comer has done a 'good job'
08/10/2014 03:41 PM
GILBERTSVILLE — Jean-Marie Lawson Spann, a Democratic candidate for Agriculture Commissioner, says current Republican head of the department, James Comer, who is running for governor — has done a “good job” and she wants to expand on his vision. “He has started many good programs, but now we, and me as commissioner, want to put together the best folks in Kentucky agriculture to help complete these programs,” Lawson Spann said adding that she would keep the current staff on... Read more
Chatter: McConnell's wife linked to anti-coal group; Paul 'out-organizing' competition in Iowa
08/09/2014 12:05 AM
A report published by Yahoo News on Friday is tying U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell’s wife, Elaine Chao, the former Labor Secretary under President George W. Bush, to an anti-coal outfit. For months McConnell has been hammering away at Democratic candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes in the U.S. Senate race as a secret ally for national Democrats and their agenda to end coal by linking her to President Barack Obama and U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nevada. Chao, who has been campaigning for... Read more
Treatment center says high deductibles and lack of insurance coverage for education hampers heroin outreach
08/08/2014 09:00 AM
LOUISVILLE — As overdose deaths attributable to heroin continue to rise policy leaders and candidates for office are saying the problems must be addressed. One of the areas where action is already taking place is in treatment centers, but one such center says progress is tempered by high insurance deductibles which can make treatment decisions difficult. Democratic Attorney General Candidate Andy Beshear, the son of Gov. Steve Beshear, spoke with Pure Politics about the heroin issue recently and he said the... Read more
A local businessman who provides high-interest loans to people with bad credit is suing Louisville Metro Councilman Dan Johnson for lack of payment on a $15,000 debt.Gus Goldsmith, owner of Action Loan, wants repayment from Johnson on an $8,000 past due balance that the councilman has refused to pay, according the lawsuit filed Aug. 4 in Jefferson County Court."I’ve asked him to repay and I even texted him," Goldsmith said in an interview with WFPL. "He said to please drop the case." [...]
Tue, Aug 12, 2014 4:33:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
Fayette coroner candidate files ethics complaint against incumbent
from bmusgrave@herald-leader.com (Beth Musgrave)
from bmusgrave@herald-leader.com (Beth Musgrave)
A Republican candidate for Fayette County Coroner has filed an ethics complaint against incumbent coroner Gary Ginn alleging that Ginn only works part time but receives a full-time salary.Click to Continue » [...]
Tue, Aug 12, 2014 4:26:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
Former President Bill Clinton is headed back to Arkansas to raise money for the state Democratic Party.Click to Continue » [...]
Tue, Aug 12, 2014 11:23:00 AM, Continue reading at the source
By Jack Brammer jbrammer@herald-leader.com FRANKFORT -- Harrodsburg police officer David Patterson will appear on the Nov. 4 ballot for U.S. Senate in Kentucky as a Libertarian. Patterson, 43, turned in more than 9,100 signatures Monday to the secretary of state's office in hopes of challenging Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Democratic nominee Alison Lundergan Grimes, who is Kentucky's secretary of state. At least 5,000 valid signatures of registered voters are needed to get on the Nov. 4 ballot. Grimes' office took about two hours Monday afternoon to determine that Patterson had provided an adequate number of valid signatures. The Libertarian Party in Kentucky has[...]
Mon, Aug 11, 2014 7:19:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
By Jack Brammer jbrammer@herald-leader.com FRANKFORT — Kentucky’s new fiscal year is getting off to a positive start. State budget director Jane Driskell reported Monday that Kentucky’s General Fund, which pays for most programs, saw its receipts total $705.9 million in July, a 2.2 percent increase over the same month last year. July was the first month of the state’s new 2015 fiscal year. When the last fiscal year ended June 30, Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear had to plug a $91 million shortfall in the state’s $9.5 billion budget after a year of sluggish collections on state income taxes. He did that by dipping into budget accounts [...]
Mon, Aug 11, 2014 6:42:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
Libertarian David Patterson Files 9,100 Signatures To Get Onto Kentucky Ballot For Senate
from Phillip M. Bailey
from Phillip M. Bailey
Libertarian David Patterson filed over 9,100 raw signatures with the Kentucky secretary of state's office Monday in his bid to make the ballot for the U.S. Senate election.Patterson, a 42-year-old police officer who lives in Mercer County, seeks to join Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes and Republican incumbent Mitch McConnell on the November ballot.[...]
Mon, Aug 11, 2014 6:39:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
Miners' Union Chief Wants Mitch McConnell to Explain Wife's Role on Anti-Coal Group
from Phillip M. Bailey
from Phillip M. Bailey
The president of the United Mine Workers of America says Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell needs to explain why his wife joined the board of a group seeking to eliminate coal from the country's energy diet. [...]
Fri, Aug 08, 2014 8:20:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
It wasn't that he praised bailouts, fudged his online résumé or even that he got caught appearing at a pro-cockfighting rally. No, according to Louisville businessman Matt Bevin, the blame for his loss in the May 20 Republican primary to U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell belongs squarely with the voters. "We have increasingly less courage in our country, and that's something we suffer from," Bevin told Politico. "It's disappointing to me not even as much as a candidate but as an American, how apathetic and timid we have become as a nation." Bevin, who is said to be considering a run for [...]
Fri, Aug 08, 2014 1:35:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
"The President is taking necessary steps to protect American personnel and interests from direct threats of terrorist violence in Iraq," Yarmuth said in a statement to WHAS11, "and to prevent an act of genocide by ISIL against the Yazidi people." [...]
Tue, Aug 12, 2014 4:56:37 PM, Continue reading at the source
Republican Sen. Rand Paul says he's never proposed ending U.S. aid payments to Israel, and is immediately confronted by his own budget proposal from 2011 to end such payments to all nations, including Israel. [...]
Tue, Aug 12, 2014 4:56:37 PM, Continue reading at the source
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WHAS11) -- During a Lexington campaign stop with Alison Lundergan Grimes, former President Bill Clinton compliments WHAS11 political editor Joe Arnold's tie. [...]
Tue, Aug 12, 2014 4:56:37 PM, Continue reading at the source
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