Glenn focused on financial literacy in treasurer's race; says Owensboro seat will fall to Democratic hands if elected
04/20/2015 02:52 PM
Rep. Jim Glenn has clung to political life in recent election seasons and now the five-term incumbent and business administration professor is calculating his chances at gaining the Democratic nomination for state treasurer in a five-person primary. A main tenet for the Owensboro Democrat in his campaign is to bring financial literacy to individuals across the state. “This is a war, a financial war, and this war is being fought worldwide. We have to have more people who understand finance to... Read more 
Lexington farm family excited about its reemergence producing industrial hemp
04/20/2015 02:34 PM
LEXINGTON – Seventy years ago, the Graves family of Lexington was one of the top growers of hemp in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. All of that changed when Congress passed the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 which essentially ended the hemp business in Kentucky and a part of the Graves family livelihood. However, 66 years later, thanks to the passage of Senate Bill 50 in the General Assembly in 2013 and an amendment by Kentucky Senators Mitch McConnell and Rand... Read more
Anti-Bevin spot pulled from Lexington station, but outside group stands behind "completely accurate" ad
04/20/2015 12:34 PM
Republican Matt Bevin’s gubernatorial campaign on Monday praised a Lexington television station’s decision to pull an attack ad “with known false claims” by a group supporting fellow candidate Hal Heiner, but the 501(c )(4) involved in the fracas is standing behind its anti-Bevin spot, saying the challenge came at the “11th hour” conclusion of its ad run. Ben Hartman, Bevin’s campaign manager, said his team filed formal complaints with WLEX-TV, Lexington’s NBC affiliate, and other networks airing Citizens for a Sound... Read more
The U.S. Supreme Court hears legal arguments next week in the legal battle over same-sex marriage. It’s an extraordinarily high-stakes clash, but the men and women at the center of it see themselves as incredibly ordinary. The 12 couples and two widowers include doctors, lawyers, an Army sergeant, nurses and teachers. Most have children and lead the typically harried lives of working parents. They say they didn’t set out to be pioneers. They consider themselves “accidental activists,” meaning they filed lawsuits not to further a cause but because of the way the bans affected their lives. In Michigan, for example, April DeBoer [...]
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Hillary Rodham Clinton has found herself on the defensive during her first presidential campaign visit to New Hampshire this year, pushing back against swirling questions about her family foundation.Click to Continue » [...]
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Kentucky's four Republican candidates for governor will meet on statewide television one week before the May 19 primary.Click to Continue » [...]
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On April 20, a date celebrated by many users of four-twenty (a popular code name for marijuana), we pause to examine why U.S. Sen. Rand Paul was named one of…Click to Continue » [...]
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INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Gov. Mike Pence has extended a needle-exchange program in a southern Indiana county to help combat an HIV outbreak. Related StorySouthern Indiana Town Inches Towards Help, Hope in Light of HIV OutbreakPence on Monday approved a 30-day extension of a March 26 executive order declaring a public health emergency in Scott County, about 30 miles north of Louisville, Kentucky. State health officials said there are more than 130 confirmed and preliminary HIV cases tied to the county. Officials say the cases are linked to intravenous drug use. Scott County typically sees about five HIV cases each year. Health officials expect the number [...]
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The state is seeking volunteers for Citizen Foster Care Review Boards in 46 counties throughout Kentucky. The volunteers are needed to review cases of children placed in foster care and to ensure speedy placement in permanent homes, said Dolores Smith, a spokeswoman for the Kentucky Department of Family and Juvenile Services. The review process will examine whether the needs of children in foster care are being met, Smith said. “The whole idea is to get permanency for these children,” she said. The citizen review boards were established by the Kentucky General Assembly in 1982 to “decrease the time children spend in foster care,” according to [...]
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By Jack Brammer jbrammer@herald-leader.com FRANKFORT – John R. Steffen, head of the Kentucky Executive Branch Ethics Commission, is leaving the post in mid-May to become head of the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance. Steffen, 48, of Georgetown, will replace at the registry Sarah M. Jackson, who retired last fall. The registry administers Kentucky’s campaign finance law and ensures public access to campaign financial data and reports. The ethics commission, which is to meet May 4, will determine who will replace Steffen at the independent agency which oversees ethical standards that govern the conduct of all executive branch employees. Steffen’s annual salary at the ethics commission [...]
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