Massie says he plans to vote against Boehner again on Tuesday
01/04/2015 03:26 PM
When U.S. House Republicans vote for leadership on Tuesday Kentucky U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie is hoping they’ll choose someone other than current speaker John Boehner of Ohio to lead the body. The new Congress will convene next week and an already a frustrated faction of the GOP is letting it be known that they don’t plan to vote for another term with Boehner at the helm. In a press release issued Saturday Massie, who has voted against Boehner in the... Read more 
Pockets of power: Where to find GOP votes on the 2015 primary trail
01/03/2015 08:00 AM
Kentuckians who live in key Republican battleground regions better enjoy the post-holiday solace while it lasts. There’s a GOP nomination for governor to secure by May 19, which will require intense campaigning in heavily Republican areas. Forty-two of Kentucky’s counties in various regions of the state accounted for more than three-quarters of the GOP electorate in the past two gubernatorial primaries, with each receiving at least 71 percent of their vote totals from these areas, according to a Pure Politics... Read more
Yarmuth: Cuban embargo has 'not accomplished anything'
01/02/2015 01:29 PM
President Barack Obama’s move to normalize relations with Cuba has Kentucky’s lone Democratic representative at the federal level both “excited and pleased” with his actions — even if some of his GOP counterparts don’t share his enthusiasm. In mid December U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth told Pure Politics Obama made the right choice to restore diplomacy with the Cuban government after more than 50 years of frozen relations with the communist island which lies a mere 90-miles from the United States.... Read more
Pure Politics year in review: 2014
01/01/2015 09:01 AM
Spend the first day of 2015 looking back at all the moments that shaped Kentucky politics in the Pure Politics year in review: 2014. From the 60-day legislative session which saw a budget deal reached, the passage of a cannibidiol bill and juvenile justice reforms to the U.S. Senate race between U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell and Alison Lundergan Grimes and all the moments in between including Matt Bevin’s cockfighting fiasco, Attorney Gen. Jack Conway’s tearful speech on not challenging the strike... Read more
Democratic state Sen. Walter Blevins resigns; special election to be called
from jbrammer@herald-leader.com (Jack Brammer)
from jbrammer@herald-leader.com (Jack Brammer)
The Kentucky Senate, which has been controlled by Republicans since 2000, will start its 2015 law-making session Tuesday with one less Democrat.Click to Continue » [...]
Mon, Jan 05, 2015 5:18:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
The reconstruction of the Louisville Extreme Park is under-budget but behind schedule, and on Wednesday the park will shut down for two weeks for what officials call “large scale concrete work.”Renovation work has been taking place at the skate and BMX park since May due to work on the downtown crossing of the Ohio River Bridges Project, according to a press release.Nearly a third of the park was demolished to make room for the bridge ramps.With nearly $3 million in state funding being made available, city officials are working to redevelop the portion of the park that went missing with [...]
Mon, Jan 05, 2015 5:02:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
Kentucky’s Department of Agriculture and state groups will hold 10 beekeeping workshops around the commonwealth over the next two months.Kentucky state apiarist Tammy Horn said beekeeping is becoming more popular in the commonwealth as people make the connections between productive gardens and the insects.“Beekeeping is absolutely a fascinating hobby,” she said. “Many people are starting to realize the importance of growing their own food and if they do that they’ll need to have pollination sources. So, raising a hive of bees is a good way to increase their seedset for their gardens. It also increases the quality of the taste of [...]
Mon, Jan 05, 2015 12:01:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
Appeals court judge Stumbo to seek vacant post on Kentucky Supreme Court
from jcheves@herald-leader.com (John Cheves)
from jcheves@herald-leader.com (John Cheves)
Kentucky Court of Appeals Judge Janet Stumbo of Prestonsburg said Sunday she would seek the state Supreme Court's vacant 7th District seat that represents Eastern Kentucky. Justice Will T. Scott…Click to Continue » [...]
Mon, Jan 05, 2015 1:51:00 AM, Continue reading at the source
Kentucky lawmakers prepare to elect leaders as 2015 legislative session kicks off Tuesday
from jbrammer@herald-leader.com (Jack Brammer)
from jbrammer@herald-leader.com (Jack Brammer)
Kentucky lawmakers will flock to the state Capitol on Tuesday to begin their 2015 legislative session.Click to Continue » [...]
Sun, Jan 04, 2015 10:28:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
The chief financial officer for Louisville Metro Government is on unpaid leave following his arrest Friday night on public intoxication and disorderly conduct charges.According to police and media reports, Steve Rowland and the director of the Louisville Metro Council Majority Caucus, Elizabeth Hoffman, were asked to leave a Mexican restaurant Friday night after allegedly engaging in disruptive and intimate behavior.They were arrested after police found them in an SUV outside the restaurant, where an officer believed they were involved in sexual activity, according to the citation.Police say neither appeared to be capable of driving an automobile.Both were later released on [...]
Sun, Jan 04, 2015 1:08:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
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