"They had it before, they had it during you, they'll have it when you're gone."--Al McGuire on the tradition of Kentucky basketball
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edited by: Pajamadeen,
Kentucky Editor
"They had it before, they had it during you, they'll have it when you're gone."
By Jack Brammer and Beth Musgrave - jbrammer@herald-leader.com
FRANKFORT — Under the vigilant eye of a grieving mother, the state Senate approved a bill Wednesday to help protect domestic violence victims.
Moments afterward, the mother of a Lexington woman whose murder shocked the state last year called [...] 
This is perhaps the best encapsulation of what the teabaggers are all about that I've seen.Why is the Courier-Journal editorial board excluding candidates from its endorsement process? Why one candidate and not another? How can the paper complain about the broken political system while purposefully ignoring worthy candidates all willynilly? All kinds of people are chiming in to support the inclusion of all candidates, from [...]
Yet another well-reasoned commentary on why the entire US House of Representatives needs to be replaced with Citizen Representatives who are not "owned" by a party. It's time for them all to GOOOH.
Remember this morning when I poked fun at Rand Paul for holding a pro-coal rally in Louisville tomorrow?
Here’s the statement on Rand Paul’s campaign website:
Rand for coal
Published on 16 March 2010 by David Adams in General News
Rand Paul will speak at a pro-coal rally in Louisville on [...]
FRANKFORT -- A plan to ensure that future retired teachers receive health benefits unanimously passed the House on Wednesday and now heads to the Senate.
House Bill 540 would require more money from school districts, active and retired teachers to help reduce [...] Topics in today's show:
-- Dems still pushing health care
-- Obama approval rating plummeting
-- 'God' approved by U.S. courts
-- Runaway Prius
-- Harry Smith broadcasts colonoscopy
-- 'Jihad Jane' arrested
-- NYC student stabbed 16 times
-- 1 of [...]
By Janet Patton - jpatton1@herald-leader.com
FRANKFORT — Less than a week after a proposal to allow “Instant Racing” gambling came flying out of a Senate committee, the bill has been sidetracked and looks unlikely to finish the legislative race.
Senate President David Williams predicted [...] 
When will Rand Paul stop ignoring campaign finance law? When will he begin avoiding the appearance of impropriety?
Check this: Young Americans for Liberty is holding a spring break event in Kentucky this week:
This guy Austin Brenneman previously worked to coordinate spending between Rand [...]
The Associated Press
FRANKFORT -- Former Transportation Secretary Bill Nighbert is back in Frankfort advising Senate Republicans after being acquitted of bid-rigging charges in federal court.
Senate President David Williams said in an article in The Daily Independent of Ashland that Nighbert had been [...] 
This pic is just glorious. And I can't see The Gooch's hands.
FRANKFORT -- A measure that would make sexual contact between prison staff and an inmate a felony passed a key House committee on Wednesday and appears poised to pass the House.
Kentucky is just one of three states that considers sexual contact between [...] 
FRANKFORT – A Senate committee unanimously approved a bill Wednesday to require the state’s workers’ compensation self-insurance group to return about $62 million of its $154 million surplus to policyholders.
The sponsor of Senate Bill 214, Senate Majority Leader Robert Stivers, R-Manchester, said [...] What? Homophobic Republican State Senators are killing domestic violence legislation? Imagine that.
It’s not a bad thing to let them kill it. House Bill 1 as it now stands - beyond excluding dating relationships - actually provides less protection to fewer people than without the legislation.
Lethality assessment is put [...]
So says Chris Matthews over Trey's insulting UK/Duke advertising blitz.Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
You’ve heard me shill on behalf of Kentucky State Parks dozens of times. So here’s another!
SEE HOW MANY PARKS WE’VE GOT?
Lodges in our beautiful state parks are offering a fancy spring discount. Through April 30th guests will receive 10% off lodges and cottages when [...]
Charles Bowden on “The War Next Door”
Need I remind you of the importance of your right to freely assemble? especially right now?! Rand Paul has been running a counter on his website since day one, updating in real time the contributions being sent into his campaign for the United States Senate. Trey Grayson has been quietly reporting his numbers as required by law on his periodic FEC reports. Now it seems, according [...]
Hmmmm..."Barack-etology"?
EEK!
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