Top three all tied up in Republican primary for governor
05/12/2015 09:49 PM
Just seven days from the May 19 primary, state Republicans are split in their support among gubernatorial contenders. Merely 3 percentage points separates the top candidate from third place in the race, according to the latest Bluegrass Poll conducted by SurveyUSA for the Lexington Herald-Leader, Louisville Courier Journal, WKYT-TV and WHAS-TV. Louisville investment manager Matt Bevin leads the field with 27 percent, Agriculture Commissioner James Comer has 26 percent and former Louisville Metro Councilman Hal Heiner has 25 percent in the... Read more 
Attorney General Jack Conway files federal antitrust lawsuit against Marathon Petroleum
05/12/2015 05:55 PM
Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway has sued Marathon Petroleum, accusing the fuel company on Tuesday of unfairly keeping competitors out of the state and keeping gas prices high. Conway filed the antitrust lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Louisville against the state’s largest supplier of gasoline and reformulated gasoline, which must be sold in Louisville and Covington during summer months to curb pollution from emissions. Louisville residents typically pay between 20 and 30 cents per gallon more than others throughout Kentucky,... Read more
Republican candidates for attorney general release commercials ahead of primary
05/12/2015 12:00 PM
With a week before the primary election, Republican candidates for attorney general are running positive campaign commercials and trying to turnout supporters. State Sen. Whitney Westerfield released his first ad of the campaign titled “A Fresh Start” on Tuesday. The ad for Westerfield promotes his position as Senate Judiciary Committee chairman and his work on the heroin problem in Kentucky. “Whitney’s led efforts to combat heroin abuse and strengthen laws against domestic violence,” a narrator says in the ad. Westerfield’s commercial... Read more
Bluegrass Poll: Three-way tie as Republicans near the finish line in race for governor
from syoungman@herald-leader.com (Sam Youngman and Will Wright)
from syoungman@herald-leader.com (Sam Youngman and Will Wright)
The race for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in Kentucky is a dead heat, with Hal Heiner, James Comer and Matt Bevin all statistically tied with a week to go until…Click to Continue » [...]
Tue, May 12, 2015 10:00:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway has sued Marathon Petroleum Co., accusing the company of anti-competitive practices leading to higher gas prices in the state.Click to Continue » [...]
Tue, May 12, 2015 9:24:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
Bluegrass Poll: Jack Conway leads all Republicans in fall gubernatorial race
from syoungman@herald-leader.com (Sam Youngman and Will Wright)
from syoungman@herald-leader.com (Sam Youngman and Will Wright)
Attorney General Jack Conway will almost certainly win the Democratic nomination in next week's primary election, and he sits in a strong position for the fall campaign against whomever the…Click to Continue » [...]
Tue, May 12, 2015 9:00:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
Louisville-based health insurer Humana may be taken over by rival Aetna, according to a report Tuesday in a business journal. Investors.com reported that Aetna could offer as much as $200 shares for Humana. Aetna is also reportedly considering another insurer, Cigna, for merger possibilities. The report said: Following an investor meeting with Aetna, Leerink Partners analyst Anagha Gupte said a deal is likely and that “cheap debt” makes either an Aetna-Humana merger or an Aetna-Cigna pairing “meaningfully accretive possibilities and imminent,” according to reports, with Aetna potentially offering $200 per share for Humana. Humana is Louisville’s largest publicly traded company by revenue, according to [...]
Tue, May 12, 2015 8:58:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway has filed a federal lawsuit against Marathon Petroleum, accusing the company of abusing its monopoly on the wholesale gasoline market in the commonwealth. Conway says Marathon is engaging in anti-competitive practices that result in higher gas prices in Kentucky, particularly in Louisville and Northern Kentucky. At a press conference in Louisville Tuesday to announce the suit, Conway said he’s frustrated with the lack of action by the federal government on Marathon’s price manipulation. “And if I have to pursue this case without a lot of anti-trust resources in my office—or without a lot of that expertise—but if I [...]
Tue, May 12, 2015 8:08:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
Republican candidates for governor say they want to stop talking about controversy, but during the final debate before Tuesday’s primary, they couldn’t resist trying to throw a final punch. In a debate Monday on KET moderated by Bill Goodman, candidates talked about funding for Pre-K initiatives, their opposition to Common Core education standards and plans to fix the state’s pension systems. And all of the candidates have expressed a desire to move on from discussion of allegations that candidate James Comer abused his college girlfriend, yet only former Kentucky Supreme Court Justice Will T. Scott has successfully refused to weigh in on the [...]
Tue, May 12, 2015 7:57:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
jbrammer@herald-leader.com FRANKFORT –Kentucky’s General Fund, which pays for most state programs, had its best month ever in collections in April and is expected to finish this fiscal year on June 30 with a $46.1 million surplus. But the state’s Road Fund, which pays for highway and other transportation projects, dropped 12.8 percent in April collections and is on course to end this fiscal year $11.1 million short of what was expected. The Jekyll-and-Hyde financial news for the state came Tuesday when state budget director Jane C. Driskell reported that Kentucky took in more than $1 billion in General Fund receipts in April, the [...]
Tue, May 12, 2015 7:09:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
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