Emerge Kentucky candidates win big in primary elections
05/21/2016 10:13 AM
Democratic women’s group Emerge Kentucky won every primary race a candidate was running in on Tuesday. “We are ecstatic about Tuesday’s primary results,” Emerge Board Chair Jennifer Moore said. “As you mentioned 100 percent of Emerge women on the ballot won their primaries, and some of those are very hard fought primaries — from the top of the ballot with Congressional candidate Nancy Jo Kemper running in central Kentucky all the way to the Mayor of Paducah, Brandi Harless’ race, where... Read more 
Donald Trump, NRA take aim at Hillary Clinton in Louisville
05/20/2016 03:19 PM
LOUISVILLE — Politics took center stage at the National Rifle Association’s annual conference in Louisville on Friday with NRA leaders bashing Hillary Clinton and promoting the candidacy of Donald Trump. Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, spoke directly to the gun lobby that he has been an NRA member for a long time, and that it was “a fantastic honor” to receive the group’s endorsement. The New York businessmen said his sons, Eric and Donald, own a lot of guns and... Read more
First glimpse at hotly contested general election House races
05/20/2016 10:12 AM
With majority control of the Kentucky House of Representatives once again up for grabs there could be a bevy of closely watched contests as Democratic candidates try and hold ground and Republicans once again attempt to become the majority. The House has been under Democratic control since 1921, and in recent years Democratic membership has dwindled. Democrats currently hold 53 seats to Republicans 47. As primary races were wrapping up Tuesday night, Republican analyst Les Fugate and Democratic analyst Sherman... Read more
Lawmakers at children's health summit share advice on how to move bills through legislature while Gov. Bevin promises receptive ear
05/25/2016 11:09 PM
FRANKFORT — Gov. Matt Bevin promised a profound change in his administration’s attention to vulnerable children and lawmakers who specialize in health care offered their advice to professionals in the field during the Kentucky Summit on Access to Care for Children and Youth Wednesday. The event, sponsored by the Commission for Children with Special Health Care Needs, National Governors Association and National Conference of State Legislators, aimed to bring together stakeholders in government, medicine and insurance to brainstorm strategies to improve... Read more
Gov. Bevin on removing former first lady from Ky. Horse Park Commission: Beshears "seem hung up on the idea of staying around"
05/25/2016 06:35 PM
FRANKFORT — After former first lady Jane Beshear decried her removal from the Kentucky Horse Park Commission as an escalation in the feud between ex-Gov. Steve Beshear and first-year Gov. Matt Bevin, the current governor says it’s time for his predecessor to move on. Bevin abolished and then re-organized the Kentucky Horse Park Commission, shrinking its size from 17 members to 15. Five members were reappointed, and all but two spots on the commission were filled. Jane Beshear was among those eliminated... Read more
Trio of Democratic lawmakers will appeal higher ed. decision; state should generate more revenue via tax reform, Rep. Wayne says
05/25/2016 12:23 PM
After a Franklin Circuit Judge ruled that first year Republican Gov. Matt Bevin followed the law in ordering 2 percent allotment reductions for state colleges and universities, a trio of Democratic lawmakers is appealing the ruling to the state Supreme Court. Rep. Jim Wayne, D-Louisville, is among the three lawmakers who have joined party to the suit which was first filed by Attorney General Andy Beshear. Wayne said he personally feels “strongly” about their chance of winning the suit... Read more
Trey Grayson talks 2016 presidential election
05/24/2016 03:06 PM
CRESCENT SPRINGS – Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce President and former director of the Harvard Institute of Politics, Trey Grayson, says that the 2016 presidential election is historic from the standpoint that the two likely nominees, Republican Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, have the worst approval ratings among the general public in the history of polling. Grayson, who served as Kentucky Secretary of State from 2004 to 2011, says that he finds it interesting that Trump is detested by... Read more
The Chatter: Bernie Sanders seeks recanvass in Democratic primary, state seeks proposals for pension audit
05/24/2016 02:18 PM
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, who lost Kentucky’s Democratic presidential primary to front-runner Hillary Clinton by 1,924 votes last week, requested a recanvass on Tuesday. Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes said county clerks will double-check their voting machine totals starting 9 a.m. Thursday. “My office is notifying all county boards of elections that Sen. Sanders has requested a recanvass, and we are reminding them of the laws and procedures to be followed,” Grimes said in a statement. “As always, we will... Read more
Rare 1825 document signed by President William Henry Harrison found in Boone County
05/23/2016 03:10 PM
BURLINGTON – A document signed by the ninth President of the United States, William Henry Harrison, has been discovered in the collection of the county records stored in the Boone County Courthouse. The document, a bond for an estate from 1825 was discovered by Boone County historian James Duvall, who has been contracted by Boone County Clerk Kenny Brown, to go though the documents and identify, catalogue, and begin to preserve many of the more notable and valuable items in the... Read more
Carly Fiorina headlining fundraiser for Sen. Rand Paul in June
05/23/2016 01:02 PM
UPDATED: Former presidential candidate Carly Fiorina will be in Kentucky weeks ahead of the Republican National Convention helping the campaign of her one-time presidential rival Sen. Rand Paul, who is competing in his first re-election bid for the U.S. Senate in Kentucky. Fiorina will be the guest of Cathy Bailey, former Ambassador to Latvia under President George W. Bush, who says that the former candidate and Hewlett Packard executive is committed to helping Paul in the U.S. Senate race and... Read more
There are 65 contested races in the Kentucky House of Representatives this year, and the political stakes are high. Republicans are once again angling to take control of the chamber, which happens to be the last legislative body controlled by Democrats in the South. Democrats control the House with a 53-47 margin. Al Cross, a Courier-Journal columnist and director of the University of Kentucky’s Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, said they have an uphill battle. “The Democrats will have little money to put into these races,” Cross said. “The party is not in good financial shape, it doesn’t have a good way to raise money because [...]
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Over the 9, a restaurant situated squarely on 10th Street between Old 502 Winery and Falls City Brewing Company, sees the effects of the “Ninth Street Divide” during every service. Owner David Smith Hagan says there are days when no customers show up. And while reviews of the restaurant have been mostly positive, they tend to have one thing in common: a critique along the lines of “walked in and business was slow.” “I’ll be honest with you: This is not the ideal location for a restaurant,” Hagan says. “We don’t have any other restaurants around us, we don’t have any residential, hotel, very little [...]
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Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer isn’t planning to push state lawmakers for the ability to adopt local gun control measures. “We’re not going to just chase after windmills over things that aren’t going to happen,” he said Wednesday. Local governments across Kentucky are currently barred from adopting any type of law regulating guns or gun accessories. Kentucky state lawmakers passed a bill prohibiting such laws in 2012. Fischer spoke with reporters Wednesday via conference call from Washington, D.C., where he joined Louisville Metro Police Chief Steve Conrad and other city officials tasked with addressing violence in the city. The group convened in the nation’s capital for [...]
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