Adam Edelen says 3,090 sexual assault kits untested in state; calls for reforms and more funding
09/21/2015 05:54 PM
FRANKFORT – State Auditor Adam Edelen announced on Monday that 3,090 untested sexual assault evidence kits exist in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and pledged to assist in repairing a “broken system” which brings no justice to victims, jeopardizes public safety and cripples to criminal justice system. The report was the result of Senate Joint Resolution 20, passed during the 2015 General Assembly, which called on Edelen to count the untested sexual assault kits in Kentucky. 1,859 untested sexual assault kits were found... Read more 
Time Warner Cable stockholders approve merger with Charter Communications
09/21/2015 05:44 PM
Monday Time Warner Cable announced its stockholders have approved its merger with Charter Communications. In a press release the cable company, which is also cn|2’s parent company, said more than 99 percent of votes cast were in favor of the deal. “Today’s approval is an important milestone in our merger with Charter,” said Rob Marcus, TWC Chairman and CEO. “The merger will maximize value for our stockholders while creating a company dedicated to delivering great customer experiences.” The closing of the transaction... Read more
Pro-Adam Edelen Super PAC promotes auditor in positive radio spot
09/21/2015 11:50 AM
A Super PAC supporting Auditor Adam Edelen has purchased more than $100,000 in radio advertising time in the run up to the Nov. 3 election in an effort to boost Edelen’s prospects of re-election. Kentuckians for Honesty in Government released the positive radio ad to Pure Politics which began airing on Monday. “There’s a wind of change stirring across Kentucky reawakening our long held belief that with the right leadership we can accomplish great things,” a narrator says in... Read more
Jack Conway releases pro-coal ad touting opposition to Obama, lawsuits against EPA
09/21/2015 10:53 AM
UPDATED: Democratic candidate for governor Jack Conway is touting his record of lawsuits against the Obama administration in his latest campaign ad spotlighting the coal industry. In the ad an announcer touts Conway’s record of lawsuits against the Obama administration and the federal Environmental Protection Agency to “protect Kentucky jobs.” “Coal puts food on the table for our families,” Conway says in the ad. “I’ll stand up to anybody to keep people working here.” The ad titled: “Kentucky first” is running... Read more
Sunday Chatter: Rand Paul wins Michigan straw poll, blasts Clinton on 'Face the Nation'
09/20/2015 04:21 PM
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is putting some of the blame for a refugee crisis in Syria on Democratic presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Appearing on CBS’s Face the Nation on Sunday, Paul said, “I think frankly that Hillary Clinton bears some of the responsibility for the crisis.” “Thomas Friedman wrote an op-ed saying about a week ago, a couple weeks ago, saying basically that Iran and Saudi Arabia had been arsonists throwing gasoline on flames there,”... Read more
Sen. Rand Paul sends $250K to Republican Party of Kentucky, keeping caucus alive
09/18/2015 03:46 PM
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul has transferred $250,000 into the account of the Republican Party of Kentucky in order to keep a March 5 presidential caucus on target. In August, the Republican Party of Kentucky’s central committee stipulated that Paul would have to transfer funds into RPK’s account by Friday or the caucus would be canceled. RPK Chairman Steve Robertson confirmed the fund transfer in an email sent Friday afternoon. “The conditions have been met for the Republican Party of Kentucky... Read more
Ky. Family Values brings up ethics, taxes in new attack ad against Matt Bevin
09/18/2015 01:43 PM
UPDATED: The Democratic super PAC Kentucky Family Values unveiled a new television ad against Republican gubernatorial candidate Matt Bevin on Friday, focusing on a questionable filing with the Executive Branch Ethics Commission and a past tax issue involving a lien against his family’s bell-making business. KFV said in a news release that the spot, titled “Trailer” and played out inside a faux empty movie theater, “details the record of Bevin, who was called the ‘East Coast Con Man’ by the campaign... Read more
Traci Mann, director and founder of The Eating Lab at the University of Minnesota, has more than 20 years of experience researching why people eat the way they do. Mann speaks in Louisville on Sept. 30 during IdeaFestival. In an interview with WFPL News, Mann, a psychologist, said she set out to study self-control. That led her to look into eating and dieting. “Everything we’ve been told about dieting turns out to be false,” Mann said. “And as I started seeing this and seeing what research really showed about dieting, I just became more and more interested in it.” What are some falsehoods that [...]
Tue, Sep 22, 2015 12:55:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
A Louisville lawmaker says she is crafting legislation that would help curb the state’s backlog of untested rape kits and reform the system of reporting the kits. Sen. Denise Harper-Angel, a Democrat from Louisville, introduced the bill that required state Auditor Adam Edelen to tally up the total number of untested rape kits in the state. Edelen released a report Monday that revealed more than 3,000 are sitting untested in Kentucky’s state and local law enforcement offices. The report partly blames the problem on a lack of funding for the Kentucky State Police Forensics Lab, which conducts the DNA testing of kits. Harper-Angel said she’s working on legislation to [...]
Tue, Sep 22, 2015 11:02:00 AM, Continue reading at the source
Now that Kentucky Republicans are officially holding a presidential caucus in March, the party’s leader says the state can expect an influx of visits from presidential candidates. First up: former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush’s visit to Louisville on Thursday. Bush is attending a fundraiser for the Republican Party of Kentucky, party officials announced last week. Kentucky Republican Party chairman Steve Robertson said he’s excited for the fundraising help from Bush, as this year’s contentious gubernatorial race between Democrat Jack Conway and Republican Matt Bevin gets closer. But he said this fundraiser is also a signal the state will become a stomping ground for more presidential candidates. “I [...]
Tue, Sep 22, 2015 9:55:00 AM, Continue reading at the source
Drew Curtis will join debate on Kentucky Sports Radio, but other fall debates look iffy
from syoungman@herald-leader.com (Sam Youngman)
from syoungman@herald-leader.com (Sam Youngman)
A strong debate performance by Drew Curtis last week did not guarantee that the independent candidate will be included in the rest of the fall gubernatorial debates.Click to Continue » [...]
Mon, Sep 21, 2015 8:31:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
State auditor: A 'stomach-turning' 3,090 sexual assault kits remain untested in Kentucky
from jbrammer@herald-leader.com (Jack Brammer)
from jbrammer@herald-leader.com (Jack Brammer)
More than 3,000 people in Kentucky who have been examined for possible sexual assault have not had their medical evidence kits tested, state Auditor Adam Edelen said Monday.Click to Continue » [...]
Mon, Sep 21, 2015 6:01:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
Pike County judge suspended without pay for six months to settle ethics complaint
from bestep@herald-leader.com (Bill Estep)
from bestep@herald-leader.com (Bill Estep)
A case alleging that Pike Circuit Judge Steven D. Combs violated ethics standards ended Monday with an agreement for Combs to be suspended without pay for six months.Click to Continue » [...]
Mon, Sep 21, 2015 5:08:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
HERALD-LEADER FRANKFORT BUREAU FRANKFORT – Eligible voters may now cast mail-in absentee ballots in Kentucky’s Nov. 3 general election, Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes said Friday. [...]
Fri, Sep 18, 2015 7:06:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
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