After starting with controversy of abuse allegations, final gubernatorial debate finishes on issues
05/11/2015 11:18 PM
LEXINGTON — A bitter Band-Aid was ripped off at the onset, but Kentucky’s gubernatorial candidates touched on a bevy of subjects during their final debate on KET’s “Kentucky Tonight” on Monday. Bill Goodman, who moderated the debate, started the statewide broadcast by asking Agriculture Commissioner James Comer about allegations of abuse levied by a college girlfriend last week and former Louisville Metro Councilman Hal Heiner whether his campaign had any involvement in Marilyn Thomas’ decision to air the accusations that date... Read more 
Tales of the strange: Rand Paul staffer licks political tracker's camera in New Hampshire
05/11/2015 04:37 PM
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul seems to attract the bizarre on the campaign trail. In 2010, it was “Aqua Buddah” — an attack ad leveled by Jack Conway — but now it’s his own campaign offering a profusely strange encounter between a staffer and a tracker in New Hampshire, which ended with the staffer licking a camera. National outlets began reporting Monday that David Chesley, Paul’s political director in New Hampshire, licked the camera of a tracker belonging to American Bridge at... Read more
Heiner enters final 15 days with more than $425K edge in pre-primary cash
05/11/2015 04:27 PM
Gubernatorial hopeful Hal Heiner enters the final 15-day stretch of the GOP primary with a more than $425,000 cash advantage over the Republican field. Heiner, a former Louisville Metro Council member, raised $38,827 from April 18 through May 4, but he spent the smallest amount, $276,078, among those considered the top three GOP contenders, according to his 15-day, pre-primary report to the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance. Heiner, who has buoyed his campaign with $4.2 million in loans, enters the final... Read more
Kentucky Opera wraps up its season this week with “A Woman in Morocco,” a contemporary opera that takes on themes of human trafficking and domestic violence. The setting is Tangiers, Morocco, 1956. Lizzy Holmes, a young, ambitious writer, is on her first trip abroad. But as Teddy, her morally corrupt host, tells her, “a woman in Morocco is not safe.” Composer Daron Hagen is also the stage director for this production, which was in rehearsal last week at Vault 1031 in Old Louisville. Hagen and playwright Barbara Grecki collaborated on the libretto. “The ripping yarn is about a young woman who goes to [...]
Tue, May 12, 2015 11:00:00 AM, Continue reading at the source
GOP candidates for governor trade insults early, then focus on issues in final debate
from syoungman@herald-leader.com (Sam Youngman)
from syoungman@herald-leader.com (Sam Youngman)
The four Republican candidates for governor bad-mouthed each other in the early minutes of Monday night's debate, then tried to move past the controversy that has enveloped the race over…Click to Continue » [...]
Tue, May 12, 2015 1:37:00 AM, Continue reading at the source
You can watch KET's coverage of GOP gubernatorial debate here via Kentucky Education Television at 8 p.m.Click to Continue » [...]
Mon, May 11, 2015 11:00:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
Matt Bevin donates another $500,000 to his gubernatorial campaign
from jbrammer@herald-leader.com (Jack Brammer)
from jbrammer@herald-leader.com (Jack Brammer)
Louisville businessman Matt Bevin gave $500,000 on April 24 to his Republican campaign for governor, while former Kentucky Supreme Court Justice Will T. Scott provided his GOP gubernatorial campaign with…Click to Continue » [...]
Mon, May 11, 2015 10:34:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
Louisville officials on Monday began tackling what to do about a flood ordinance that has left some homeowners homeless or living in rough conditions. Following some major rain events earlier this year, some owners were told they cannot make flood repairs in their homes due to a little-known ordinance. The rule, related to federal flood insurance rates, prohibits the homeowners from making repairs that total more than 50 percent of a home’s assessed value over a 10 year period. In an effort to address a growing number of homeowners affected by the rule, Mayor Greg Fischer appointed a workgroup to consider this issue. The workgroup met [...]
Mon, May 11, 2015 9:21:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
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