Jon Larson running for treasurer to abolish office; unsure if he would reject $115K salary if elected
03/16/2015 08:21 PM
Calling himself an abolitionist, Jon Larson is seeking to shutter the office of state treasurer by being elected to serve in the post. “It won’t get done if anyone else is elected,” he said in an interview Monday with Pure Politics. Larson — a former Fayette County judge-executive of four years, a position he also tried to abolish — is running in the three-way GOP primary for state treasurer. If elected Larson said he would lobby the General Assembly to... Read more 
Trailing in the polls, Will T. Scott uses descent from the skies to promote veteran-friendly platform
03/16/2015 06:04 PM
ELIZABETHTOWN — Republican gubernatorial candidate Will T. Scott, clad in a bright blue jumpsuit, was still catching his breath on Monday as he explained his six-point plan for Kentucky’s veterans after gliding to the earth from 3,500 feet. Parachuting is nothing new for the 67-year-old Vietnam veteran who served as a paratrooper in the war. Campaigning, too, is old hat for the former Kentucky Supreme Court justice who previously mounted unsuccessful bids for Congress and attorney general, and he hopes stunts like... Read more
Kentucky Wildcats Get No. 2 Seed in Women’s NCAA Tournament; Louisville Earns No. 3 Seed
from Rick Howlett
from Rick Howlett
In the pairings for the 2015 women’s NCAA basketball tournament announced Monday evening, the Kentucky Wildcats are seeded second in their region and will face Tennessee State on Friday in opening round play in Lexington. The Louisville Cardinals are a No. 3 seed in the same region and takes on BYU Saturday in Tampa, Florida. No. 12 seed Western Kentucky faces Texas in first round play Thursday in Berkeley, California. The overall top seed is South Carolina. A complete bracket can be found here. [...]
Tue, Mar 17, 2015 11:13:00 AM, Continue reading at the source
Kentucky’s new poet laureate will be freelance writer and teacher who is originally from Harlan County. George Ella Lyon will succeed Frank X Walker, who was appointed by Gov. Steve Beshear in 2013. Lyon has written more than 40 books, including the poetry collections “Mountain,” which won the Lamont Hall Award in 1983, and “Catalpa,” which was named Appalachian Book of the Year in 1993. She will be inducted on April 24 at a ceremony in Frankfort. WFPL interviewed her following the announcement. What do you consider to be the role of the state’s Poet Laureate? “There’s stories and poetry and in everybody’s life. And it’s a matter of [...]
Tue, Mar 17, 2015 11:03:00 AM, Continue reading at the source
Jack Conway's gift to one of five Democratic candidates causes stir in race for state treasurer
from jbrammer@herald-leader.com (Jack Brammer)
from jbrammer@herald-leader.com (Jack Brammer)
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jack Conway's unusual decision to donate $1,000 to a candidate for state treasurer could become more costly for him — financially and politically.Click to Continue » [...]
Mon, Mar 16, 2015 10:14:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
From the skies above Kentucky to a comic book convention to the radio air waves, the campaign trail leading to the Kentucky governor's mansion is taking some strange twists and…Click to Continue » [...]
Mon, Mar 16, 2015 9:09:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
New polling shows opposition to same sex marriage is growing among Kentucky voters. According to the most recent Bluegrass poll, 57 percent of the registered voters surveyed earlier this month said they don’t support same sex marriage. That’s compared to 50 percent last summer. The poll, which was paid for by the Lexington Herald-Leader, The Courier-Journal, WKYT-TV and WHAS-TV, was released last week ahead of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on a challenge to Kentucky’s gay marriage ban. The nation’s highest court is set to rule on the case this summer—along with same-sex marriage cases from Tennessee, Ohio and Michigan. Justices are expected to rule [...]
Mon, Mar 16, 2015 8:45:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
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