Category Archives: Kentucky

Crit of the year

October 26, 2009 – 9:47 am

Bright news for the commonwealth came this morning when it was announced that State Auditor Crit Luallen has been named a 2009 “Public Official of the Year” by Washington D.C.-based magazine Governing for her positive impact on state government. The profile focuses on Luallen’s long-standing career as well as being “Frankfort’s Fiscal Enforcer” in the [...]

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Grayson raises over $600,000 in third quarter

October 15, 2009 – 11:25 am

Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson raised $642,857 for his U.S. Senate campaign in the year’s third quarter, according to a campaign press release. The Republican U.S. Senate candidate filed his finance report today with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and has raised a total of $1,245,992 to date with more than $1 million on [...]

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Rand’s ‘Obama Girl’?

October 14, 2009 – 12:39 pm

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul has a viral video featuring a Kentucky version of the Obama Girl.
From Bluegrass Bulletin:
Well folks, here it is, the “Rand Song” video from Wendy Macy.  I don’t know, but we might just have a new “Gene Snyder” jingle in the making:

The Bowling Green ophthalmologist, who is the son of [...]

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Meador files charges against Republican assailant

May 13, 2009 – 4:54 pm

Jonathan Meador, the freelance reporter who was assaulted by a low-level Republican activist while on assignment for LEO Weekly covering the party’s annual Lincoln Day Dinner Saturday in Louisville, has filed criminal charges against his assailant.
Meador and an attorney for LEO met with two Jefferson County prosecutors this afternoon, and will pursue charges of fourth-degree [...]

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Beshear on working and stuff

April 3, 2009 – 3:18 pm

Curious about how Kentucky will be spending its share of federal stimulus funds? Go here. But first, here’s Gov. Beshear gabbing about it:

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Seum has opponent in state Senate race

April 3, 2009 – 3:10 pm

Democrat Marty Meyer, who has served as a district representative for U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth since the LEO founder was elected to the House of Representatives in 2006, will run for the 38th District state Senate seat once held by his father, former Sen. Danny Meyer.
The younger Meyer, who has volunteered on political campaigns for [...]

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KY: 4th Worst in Nation for Child Homelessness

March 10, 2009 – 2:14 pm

As if the state hasn’t topped enough depressing national rankings lists already, this latest report from the National Center on Family Homelessness ranks the Bluegrass State 46th in child homelessness rates based on population, and 42nd worst overall — even Michigan beat us, which is kind of like getting upstaged in a spelling bee by [...]

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Breaking Bread With Beshear

March 3, 2009 – 1:59 pm

File under: Totally wish I could’ve been there. Earlier this morning our steadfast Governor held a prayer/breakfast at the Frankfort Convention Center (rumor has it the planned monster truck rally was canceled due to it possibly jibing with the event’s intended solemnity). According to the AP (via the C-J), Beshear spoke to a crowd of [...]

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Obama signs Kentucky disaster request

February 5, 2009 – 2:01 pm

President Barack Obama has signed Kentucky’s request for a major disaster declaration, giving the state and local governments much-needed federal assistance. The estimated cost to clean up following the recent ice storm will likely exceed $50 million, according to Gov. Steve Beshear.
“The White House moved quickly,” Beshear said during a press conference this afternoon. “This [...]

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Lunchbox: Where’s my EMS?

December 8, 2008 – 11:51 am

Lower learning: A 4 percent budget cut would devastate Kentucky public schools, the state education chief says. Your move, David Williams. 
The (vain)glorious return of the C-J Exclusive: Remember those fancy little red “C-J Exclusive” buttons the paper started running on stories it reported first? It began, it appears, in response to heavy criticism about the [...]

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