by Tom Loftus, @TomLoftus_CJ – FRANKFORT, Ky. – June was another strong fundraising month for the Republican Party of Kentucky. The party took in $208,700 during the month, spent $104,900 and had $1.6 million in the bank as of June 30. Those figures are from a report the RPK filed late last week with the Federal Election…
by ALINA SELYUKH – When Julian Castro assumed the post of Housing and Urban Development secretary in 2014, the U.S. government already had a few programs aimed at expanding Americans’ access to the Internet. It’s the sort of thing that is paramount to success in the modern economy, long advocated by President Obama and other government officials.…
by JACK BRAMMER, jbrammer@herald-leader.com – FRANKFORT — Pikeville is gearing up for a public unveiling of a statue of its most famous resident, former Gov. Paul Patton. Minta Trimble, director of the Pikeville Main Street Program, said Friday that the unveiling of a 9-foot, bronze statue of Patton on a base will be unveiled at a July 26…
by Jackson French – Across Kentucky, people who have been denied permission to grow hemp have accused former Commissioner of Agriculture James Comer of refusing applications for political reasons – an allegation Comer has rejected. David Barhorst, owner of Kentucky Hemp Ventures Inc., who said he was denied a memorandum of understanding to grow hemp, claims the…
by Tom Loftus, @TomLoftus_CJ – FRANKFORT, Ky. – Republican Gov. Matt Bevin on Wednesday angrily denounced as “an absolute lie” the recently reported comments of Democratic state Rep. Kevin Sinnette who said Bevin tried to bully him into switching to the Republican Party last December. But later Wednesday Sinnette stood firmly behind his comments during a…
by Deborah Yetter, @d_yetter – Jean West, a longtime Louisville television news personality and health journalist, has been appointed communications director for the state Cabinet for Health and Family Services. The cabinet, one of the state’s largest agencies, oversees areas including public health, Medicaid, social services, child protection and aging services. West will report to cabinet Secretary…
Answers in Genesis researchers Georgia Purdom and Dr. Andrew Snelling recount the reactions they had seen from guests during opening day of the Noah’s ark replica at Ark Encounter park in Williamstown on July 7th. BY LINDA BLACKFORD, lblackford@herald-leader.com – A week after a secularist foundation warned public school officials against taking kids to the newly…
by Joseph Gerth, @Joe_Gerth – Former U.S. Sen. Evan Bayh filed his paperwork and announced Wednesday that he would run to return to the U.S. Senate for the state of Indiana. Former U.S. Rep. Baron Hill shocked the Hoosier state on Monday when he announced that he was withdrawing from the race, opening the way for…
by Kevin Wheatley, @KWheatley_cn2 – LEXINGTON — Hours before President Barack Obama and former President George W. Bush spoke at a memorial for five Dallas police officers slain in a racial shooting attack by an African-American veteran last week, political consultants James Carville and Mary Matalin offered their thoughts on police-race relations on the closing day of the Southern…
By Chris Otts – LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – The newly reconstituted University of Louisville Board of Trustees – which holds its first meeting Wednesday afternoon – should avoid making “important or long-term decisions” until the court fight over the board’s legitimacy is resolved, according to Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear. But Gov. Matt Bevin’s top…