Monday, December 15, 2014

Today's Political Headlines


Andy Beshear releases endorsements after again declining to list companies he's represented against the state

12/15/2014 09:38 AM Nick Storm
Democratic attorney general candidate Andy Beshear is releasing a list of prominent endorsement days after telling the Lexington-Herald Leader he will not be disclosing his client list — a question Pure Politics has posed to Beshear since the summer of 2013. Beshear, the son of current Gov. Steve Beshear, is currently the lone candidate in the race for attorney general in 2015 and has been breaking records with more than $1.48 million already raised for the race. On Saturday... Read more 

Jean-Marie Lawson Spann defends Obama vote, says she too will be against EPA if elected ag commissioner

12/13/2014 10:03 AM Nick Storm
Jean-Marie Lawson Spann is currently the lone Democratic candidate running for agriculture commissioner in 2015, but she says the party label won’t be a factor in her statewide race — even if her GOP opponent wants to make one. Lawson Spann, who hosts a weekly talk radio show on agriculture that airs in the Bowling Green and Glasgow radio markets on the AM band, announced her candidacy for the post in June. And in an interview on Pure Politics... Read more 

House Republican leader Jeff Hoover in first leadership challenge as Rep. Adam Koenig vies for top GOP spot

12/12/2014 09:31 AM Kevin Wheatley
UPDATED WITH HOOVER REACTION: After leading his Republican caucus for 14 years and becoming the longest serving House minority floor leader in Kentucky history, Rep. Jeff Hoover will face his first ever challenger next month as Rep. Adam Koenig announced on Friday his intent to run for the top House GOP post. Koenig, chairman of the northern Kentucky House GOP caucus who is entering his fifth term in office, said he discussed the leadership post with much of the Republican caucus... Read more 

Senate Democrats preparing for 2016 focusing on candidate recruitment and fundraising

12/11/2014 11:00 PM Nick Storm
LEXINGTON — With Democratic membership in the state Senate at a measly 11 legislators, a newly elected leadership team is preparing to hit the road in an effort to make up lost ground. Democrats elected Sen. Ray Jones to the post of minority floor leader last week after a tumultuous election season for state Senate Democrats in Kentucky and national southern Democrats. The state House, meanwhile, stayed in Democratic control due in large part to candidate recruitment efforts and... Read more 
Politico on Tuesday took a deep look at urban heat islands, an issue that has gotten increasing focus particularly in Louisville—because studies show that the city’s heat struggles are particularly worrisome. Urban heat islands are when city centers get hotter than surrounding areas. Erica Peterson has reported on the urban heat island effect for WFPL, and she is also the author of Politico’s story. Erica writes: Stone’s research found that Louisville is warming at the fastest rate of any city in the nation, causing summer temperatures in the urban core to be up to 20 degrees higher than surrounding areas. And the [...]
Mon, Dec 15, 2014 1:01:00 PM, Continue reading at the source


Suicides among Kentucky veterans and active military service members have increased the past several years. In many cases, those who have died never sought help through the Veterans Affairs Medical Center. “Most of the people [military service members] that kill themselves we don’t know about,” said Barbara Kaminer, Louisville’s Robley Rex VA suicide prevention coordinator. The increase in suicides among veterans hand service members has led to legislation aimed at reducing or eliminating suicides of active service members, but the effort face challenges. There’s no national database that tracks all active duty and veteran suicides; once a service member is discharged the government [...]
Mon, Dec 15, 2014 12:01:00 PM, Continue reading at the source


Credit Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons: University of Pittsburgh at Bradford Female undergraduates pursing science degrees at Bellarmine University will get additional support under a new grant. The Clare Booth Luce Program will provide stipends to 10 women who are pursuing undergraduate degrees in biochemistry, chemistry, geology, computer science, physics or environmental science. Bellarmine geosciences professor Kate Bulinski said her undergraduate students are fairly evenly split between men and women, but that gender divide gets starker after graduation. “The further that you go up the ladder in academia, the less and less women you see making it up the ladder,” she said. Bulinski said the new program [...]
Mon, Dec 15, 2014 12:08:00 AM, Continue reading at the source


Although Andrew Beshear wants voters to make him responsible for protecting Kentuckians from civil and criminal offenses, the Democratic candidate for attorney general won't discuss his legal work or identify…Click to Continue » [...]
Sat, Dec 13, 2014 11:37:00 PM, Continue reading at the source


After Republicans failed to win control of the Kentucky House in an election that saw incoming U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell win in a landslide, House Minority Floor Leader…Click to Continue » [...]
Fri, Dec 12, 2014 5:31:00 PM, Continue reading at the source


The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce on Thursday asked state Auditor Adam Edelen to conduct a performance audit of the Kentucky Retirement Systems, citing the "significant threat" posed by $13.9 billion…Click to Continue » [...]
Thu, Dec 11, 2014 10:37:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)