Sen. Mitch McConnell isn’t the only Republican senator from Kentucky taking heat from his home state Tea Party these days. Tea Party groups in Kentucky are criticizing their beloved Sen. Rand Paul this week over his support for immigration reform — though he has not come out 100 percent in favor of the Gang of [...]

If you’ve seen Sen. Rand Paul on any of his 389 political talk show appearances since last fall’s election, you’ve probably heard him say how his party needs to become “less aggressive, more socially tolerant” in order to convince the kids on the West Coast and Northeast that the Republican Party isn’t “stale and moss-covered,” [...]

This morning representatives from Planned Parenthood of Kentucky and Planned Parenthood of Indiana will announce they are merging, with those in Kentucky hoping to dramatically increase reproductive services in the state. Multiple sources familiar with the decision tell LEO that they hope to expand abortion services in Louisville by the end of the year, with [...]

It’s almost like those $20,000 fines leveled every year on the multi-billion dollar energy conglomerate haven’t convinced LG&E to change their ways. On Wednesday, the Louisville Air Pollution Control District delivered a notice of violation to LG&E for emissions of fly ash from the Cane Run plant’s coal ash landfill to the surrounding neighborhood from [...]

Following last week’s PPP poll showing a deadlocked potential 2014 race between Sen. Mitch McConnell and Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes, today Wenzel Strategies released a poll showing McConnell with a much more comfortable 7-point lead over Grimes, along with a 6-point lead over former Miss America Heather French Henry. The poll also showed a majority [...]