Helping domestic violence victims at heart of strangulation bill, sponsor says
12/28/2014 01:00 PM Pure Politics
State Sen. Morgan McGarvey hopes a bill he’s sponsoring in next year’s legislative session that identifies strangulation as a criminal offense will help victims of domestic violence. The bill would define strangulation as a class A misdemeanor with aggravating circumstances, such as strangling a child, threatening to use a deadly weapon or strangling a victim unconscious, upping the crime to a class D felony. Currently, strangulation is loosely defined in the state’s assault laws, said McGarvey, D-Louisville. His bill, pre-filed Nov.... Read more 
Rogers ready for McConnell-led Senate, return to "old fashioned way" of appropriating
12/28/2014 09:15 AM Kevin Wheatley
Count U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers among those eager for a new Republican-controlled Congress to convene Jan. 6, especially since a fellow Kentuckian will be leading the Senate. U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell made his 15-point re-election victory this fall a referendum on President Barack Obama, particularly his administration’s policies to cut carbon-dioxide emissions at power plants. McConnell, the incoming Senate majority leader, has repeatedly stressed his plans to slash funding for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in the next round of budget... Read more
Patriot Coal will idle two large coal mines in Western Kentucky, beginning today. As many as 650 workers could be affected. Patriot warned layoffs could be coming earlier this month, when it issued WARN notices to employees at its Highland and Dodge Hill mines. Coal mine closures are becoming predictable in Eastern Kentucky; the region has shed more than 6,000 coal jobs in the past three years. But production and employment have been steadier in Western Kentucky, with fewer large-scale layoffs. In a WFPL interview earlier this month, IHS Global Insight analyst James Stevenson said the potential closures of Highland and Dodge [...]
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President Obama has begun his administration’s final phase the way he began several other chapters of his presidency: seeking to recover from disaster. Obama has moved vigorously since his party lost the Senate in November. Without consulting Congress, he’s offering legal status to millions of immigrants. He’s restoring diplomatic relations with Cuba. Above all, he’s striving to show he will not be a lame duck. The president took our questions the day before he left Washington for the holidays. The 40-minute, year-ending interview offered clues to his final two years in the Oval Office, which is where we met. NPR is publishing [...]
Mon, Dec 29, 2014 2:19:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
A painful anniversary in the history of integration in Louisville, the celebration surrounding same-sex marriage in Indiana, the controversy surrounding a wildlife refuge. These are some of the biggest stories WFPL and the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting produced in 2014. In the next few days, we’ll spotlight some of our biggest and best stories during our broadcasts. Here’s where you can find the first batch of stories online. We’ll share more later in the week. Same-Sex Couples Get Marriage Licenses in Jeffersonville Gabe Bullard’s piece from June following a federal court’s ruling that Indiana must allow and recognize same-sex marriages. The office had [...]
Mon, Dec 29, 2014 2:17:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
The faces of the Republican Party's most ambitious members are changing.Click to Continue » [...]
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Owsley County's public library thrives despite widespread poverty
from jcheves@herald-leader.com (John Cheves)
from jcheves@herald-leader.com (John Cheves)
The public library in Owsley County, one of the poorest in the nation, ranked first in Kentucky for book circulation in 2013 and second for per-capita library attendance, book collection…Click to Continue » [...]
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