As RGA goes dark Bevin fumes at reporter; Conway sticks with campaign strategy
09/29/2015 10:10 PM
LEXINGTON — Republican candidate for governor Matt Bevin took aim at journalists on Tuesday when confronted with questions about the state of his candidacy heading down the home stretch. With nearly a month left in the race, the Republican Governor’s Association has stopped running ads, leaving Bevin for now to fend for himself against a fully primed Democratic ad barrage from Jack Conway and independent expenditure groups supporting his candidacy. On Tuesday, Bevin and Conway spoke before nearly 200 educators,... Read more 
Crumbling infrastructure a challenge for Kentucky's state parks
09/29/2015 07:04 PM
Kentucky’s State Parks are showing the signs of years of budget cuts which has led to deferred maintenance and aging infrastructure which has led to a loss of revenue at some parks and a reduction of operating days at many others. The parks have 400 less employees that in 2007, but those employees are still doing all of the work that was done eight years ago. Department of Parks Commissioner Elaine Walker says that her employees tend to wear a lot of... Read more
Northern Kentucky judge-executives discuss whether tolls should remain an option for new Ohio River bridge
09/29/2015 06:10 PM
ERLANGER – Judge-executives from Boone, Campbell, Kenton and Grant counties are somewhat split as to whether tolls should be part of the equation in building a new Brent Spence Bridge. The four judge-executives appeared together Tuesday morning for the annual Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce State of Northern Kentucky Address in Erlanger. Boone County Judge-Executive Gary Moore says that he doesn’t favor tolls, he does feel that it has to remain part of the discussion if a new bridge is to... Read more
Gov. Steve Beshear's UofL appointees out of line with law requiring board to reflect state's racial makeup
09/29/2015 05:58 PM
The lack of minorities on the University of Louisville Board of Trustees violates state law mandating that Gov. Steve Beshear’s appointees to that panel reflect the state’s racial makeup, Attorney General Jack Conway’s office said in an opinion Tuesday. The Courier-Journal first reported the action. In the wake of the attorney general opinion, Beshear announced that UofL Trustee Steve Wilson had tendered his resignation to make room for a second minority appointee. Paul Diaz, a Cuban-American, is the sole minority... Read more
Congressman Ed Whitfield announces he will not run for re-election in 2016
09/29/2015 03:53 PM
Republican Congressman Ed Whitfield, subject of a House ethics probe, announced on Tuesday that he will not run for a 12th term next year. Whitfield told Pure Politics in August that he planned to seek re-election, but in a statement released through his office, he offered no reason for his decision. “Representing the people of the 1st District for 21 years has been an honor,” he said in a statement. “I will cherish forever the countless opportunities to work with... Read more
The lights will go out Saturday at Churchill Downs, and thousands of handheld flashlights will illuminate the racetrack for the annual “Big Shot” photography project. Organizers from the Rochester Institute of Technology began the Big Shot in 1987 to show photography students how to solve complex problems with simple technology. Since then, a different landmark has been photographed each year in a long exposure, lit by flashlights (and now, cell phones) held by thousands of volunteers. Past subjects have included the Alamo, Cowboys Stadium in Dallas and the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Sweden. And this year, Churchill Downs gets the Big Shot [...]
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Home repairs can be a frightful burden for Louisville residents who live in poverty or on fixed incomes. Earlier this week, WFPL News told the story of Mary Campbell, a retiree living on about $800 a month. Campbell’s home in recent years has fallen into an extreme state of disrepair — broken windows, downed gutters, a collapsed roof. Campbell can’t afford to fix her house, and she is also facing fines for code violations. Louisville residents can take advantage of several programs for struggling residents in need of home repairs, said Gabe Fritz, director of the city’s Department of Housing and Community [...]
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Kentucky's Republican Agriculture Commissioner James Comer, who lost his party's nomination for governor by a scant 83 votes in May, said Wednesday he will run for congress in Kentucky's 1st…Click to Continue » [...]
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One of Kentucky’s leading men of letters died Saturday at his home near Union Springs, Alabama. Wade Hall, 81, had been in declining health for several years. Hall made his name in Kentucky as a college English professor and as a poet, essayist, critic, playwright and novelist. He entered Troy State Teachers College in Alabama at 16 and would go on to have a prolific career, publishing dozens of books, hundreds of scholarly articles, poems, book reviews and interviews with writers and artists. Hall was well-known to Louisville television audiences as a result of his weekly program, “Wade’s Hall’s Kentucky Desk,” which included interviews [...]
Tue, Sep 29, 2015 10:21:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
Sam Youngman: Is Bevin snatching defeat from the jaws of victory?
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Is Matt Bevin trying to lose the race for governor?Click to Continue » [...]
Tue, Sep 29, 2015 9:01:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield, R-Hopkinsville, announced Tuesday that he will not seek re-election to a 12th term in Kentucky's 1st Congressional District.Click to Continue » [...]
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