Broadcast TV buys offer glimpse of GOP campaign outreach strategies four weeks ahead of primary
04/19/2015 06:13 PM
As the final four weeks of Kentucky’s Republican gubernatorial primary approach, three candidates will have to overcome a mountain of cash spent on the airwaves by multimillionaire Hal Heiner. Heiner, a former Louisville Metro Council member and one-time mayoral candidate, has spent $1.1 million to boost his profile across broadcast airwaves, sans the Cincinnati market, since Jan. 19, according to an analysis of spending records filed with the Federal Communications Commission. For every ad on broadcast aired by opponents James Comer... Read more 
Heiner stresses job-creation credentials in latest campaign commercial
04/17/2015 01:21 PM
GOP gubernatorial candidate Hal Heiner is pointing to his business developments with Capstone Realty at Louisville’s Commerce Crossings as proof of his experience at attracting and keeping Kentucky jobs. The commercial features aerial shots of the south Louisville business park which features companies like Yum Brands, JP Morgan, Passport Health, National Processing Co. and Jordan Technologies. In the ad Heiner points to the diverse businesses operating in the area, saying that the way to grow jobs in Kentucky is to know... Read more
Study Quantifies Economic Effect of Electricity Price Increases in Kentucky and the Rest of the U.S.
from Erica Peterson
from Erica Peterson
A new whitepaper released by Kentucky regulators in draft form last week quantifies the economic effects of rising electricity prices on jobs in the state and around the country. The paper uses a hypothetical 10 percent across-the-board increase in electricity prices around the country, and measures the effects of that increase on various states and industries. The most vulnerable states seem to be those similar to Kentucky: ones that have both a carbon-intensive energy portfolio and electricity-intensive industries. Overall, the paper estimates a 10 percent rise in the real price of electricity would result in the loss of more than a million jobs and [...]
Mon, Apr 20, 2015 11:00:00 AM, Continue reading at the source
Jefferson County Public Schools Seeks Leeway on Tests for English as Second Language Students
from Ashley Lopez
from Ashley Lopez
Jefferson County Public Schools administrators are asking the Kentucky Board of Education to give schools some leeway on test scores from students learning English. Jefferson County—compared to other districts in the state—has a fairly high number of refugee and immigrant students. The Newcomer Academy in Louisville’s Shawnee Neighborhood, for example, has more than 430 students learning English as a second language, and almost a quarter of the students enrolled at Iroquois High School are ESL students, too. Newcomer Principal Gwen Snow said she’s getting new students all the time. “I’ve been here since 2008. We had 250 students at the end of the year [...]
Sun, Apr 19, 2015 2:33:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
America has seen the future, and it is filled with legalized marijuana.Click to Continue » [...]
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Rand Paul Saturday stressed loyalty to the Bill of Rights and more selective American involvement against foreign security threats as he addressed hundreds of New Hampshire activists.Click to Continue » [...]
Sun, Apr 19, 2015 3:07:00 AM, Continue reading at the source
Gubernatorial profile: Will T. Scott says his 'lunchpail ticket' can't be corralled by wealthy
from lblackford@herald-leader.com (Linda B. Blackford)
from lblackford@herald-leader.com (Linda B. Blackford)
Polls show former Kentucky Supreme Court Justice Will T. Scott running a distant last in the four-way primary to become the Republican nominee for governor on May 19. But he's…Click to Continue » [...]
Sun, Apr 19, 2015 1:00:00 AM, Continue reading at the source
Comedy writer Kirker Butler has written for “Family Guy” and “The Cleveland Show,” but his most recent work is a satirical novel called “Pretty Ugly,” about a Southern family whose child is involved in beauty pageants. Butler grew up in Ohio County, Kentucky, where his mother was in charge of planning the annual pageant. And though the novel is set in Kentucky, and the family is dysfunctional, Butler says he isn’t worried about offending folks from his home state. “It comes from a place of love,” he says. “I think Kentuckians have a pretty good sense of humor about themselves.” We talk to [...]
Sat, Apr 18, 2015 12:02:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
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