House GOP sees fertile ground in 2016 with Bevin win
11/04/2015 05:02 PM
Their hopes buoyed by a conservative wave that carried Gov.-elect Matt Bevin to a 9-point win on Tuesday, Republicans are optimistic in their prospects to retake control of Kentucky’s House of Representatives for the first time since 1921. “I’ve been on the phone since seven o’clock this morning fielding calls from the candidates that we’ve been recruiting and looking at districts where we lacked a little bit of interest to this point,” state Rep. Jonathan Shell, chairman of the House... Read more 
Heavy-Spending Trucking Industry Pushes Congress to Relax Safety Rules
from Brian Joseph, FairWarning
from Brian Joseph, FairWarning
This story was reported and produced by FairWarning. Big rig crashes kill nearly 4,000 Americans each year and injure more than 85,000. Since 2009, fatalities involving large trucks have increased 17 percent. Injuries have gone up 28 percent. Given these numbers, you might expect Congress to be agitating for tighter controls on big rigs. In fact, many members are pushing for the opposite — looser restrictions on the trucking industry and its drivers. The proposals represent a wish list of the trucking industry, including allowing significantly longer and heavier trucks, and younger drivers. The industry spends heavily on lobbying and campaign contributions, giving largely [...]
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An Emory University professor will deliver on speech today on the issues behind racial divisions during the Anne Braden Memorial Lecture at the University of Louisville. Carol Anderson, associate professor of African-American Studies and history at Emory University, will give a speech based on a piece she wrote for The Washington Post at the height of the protests in Ferguson. Her remarks are titled “White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide.” Anderson said the fixation of some of the public on looting and violence took attention away from systemic issues of police violence. That’s what prompted her to write a piece (now a [...]
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Few saw it coming. Leading into Tuesday’s elections, political prognosticators were predicting a close race for governor of Kentucky. If anything, public polling suggested a slight edge for Democrat Jack Conway. But GOP candidate Matt Bevin defeated Conway by 9 percentage points, leading to elation for Republicans gathered in Louisville on Tuesday and deflation among Democrats watching results in Frankfort. Upsets happen. But statewide polls — most notably the Bluegrass Poll, conducted by Survey USA in partnership with four state media outlets — were way off this election cycle, just as they were in Kentucky in 2014. Less than a week before Election day, the Bluegrass Poll showed Conway up [...]
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At 48, Matt Bevin, who made his fortune founding and investing in various companies, says he is on a mission to "shrink the footprint of government."Click to Continue » [...]
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How will health care in Kentucky change when Matt Bevin takes office?
from jcheves@herald-leader.com (John Cheves)
from jcheves@herald-leader.com (John Cheves)
Whatever Republican Matt Bevin has in mind for Kentucky's health insurance reform efforts after he's sworn in as governor Dec. 8, there are unlikely to be changes this winter while…Click to Continue » [...]
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