Todd Lally, a UPS pilot and former state House candidate, announced Friday that he would join the field of Republican candidates who want to challenge U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth for his congressional seat in 2010. [...]
"If the U.S. Senate is a millionaire boy’s club, personal financial disclosure statements filed by the four main candidates in the 2010 Senate race show that at least one of them might fit in well.
According to his financial disclosure statement, Democratic Attorney" [...]
"Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) is planning a second anti-health care reform Tea Party at the Capitol -- this one scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday -- approximately the time when the House is due to vote on Democrats' public option bill, POLITICO's Jake Sherman" [...]
""Unemployment this morning topped 10.2%, even though the number seeking employment has declined. Many have just given up. Likewise, and more troublesome, the average hours worked in a week is at its lowest in decades — 33 hours. That suggests employers are [...]
"War on coal
While campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination, Barack Obama said his cap-and-trade tax plans would "bankrupt" anyone building a coal-fired power plant. Although those taxes haven't materialized, the Environmental Protection Agency has put the brakes on 79 surface mining permits in four states since he'" [...]
"The film points out that the British High Court ruled in a lawsuit that Al Gore’s movie, An Inconvenient Truth, “is scientifically flawed and has nine significant exaggerations and factual errors.” Among those exaggerations are the claims that sea levels could rise 20" [...]
"When she learned of Trig's diagnosis while on an out-of-state trip, Palin said she thought, "Wow, it is easy. It could be easy to think maybe of trying to change the circumstances. And no one would know. No one would ever know."
Ultimately, Palin said'" [...]
Tea party protests coming to Kentucky
""They've become the hottest things among conservative and libertarian activists around the country who are upset about the government bailouts and ballooning federal budget deficit. And there's [...]
Obama: We'll bankrupt any new coal plants
"So if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can; it’s just that it will bankrupt them because they’re going to be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that’s being emitted.
That will also generate billions of'" [...]
"Congressman Geoff Davis has released his first ad of the general
election. The ad began airing district-wide on cable systems on
Tuesday.
The ad draws on Congressman Davis’ success and experience
before he was elected to Congress — both in the Army and in" [...]
"Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said the Senate still intends to move ahead -- although he doesn't know when.
"We're not leaving town until this is fixed," he just told reporters.
McConnell declined to point fingers over the failure of'" [...]
Louisville Housing probe continues
"By our count, there are now four official investigations or reviews into the department's finances and/or its management:
The annual audit of Metro government by Strothman & Co.
A review by city auditor Mike Norman, ordered by Mayor Jerry Abramson.
An investigation by'" [...]
"Obama’s communist connection, which he failed to disclose in his 1995 book,
Dreams From My Father, by referring to Davis only as “Frank” and ignoring his
communist affiliation, is a far more serious scandal than" [...]
Disguise: Lunsford Campaign Themes Don't Square With Persona from the Paducah Sun
"The true comprehensive plan for energy independence is the one McConnell
champions day after day in the Senate chamber. It includes, like Lunsford's
plan, clean-coal technology, lifting the ban on developing vast shale oil
deposits and alternative/renewable" [...]
"Barack Obama wants to move closer to Catholics, or more accurately, wants Catholics to move closer to him. Despite a track record of abandoning all limits for on-demand abortion, Obama plans to argue that he actually is a moderate on the topic. He has repudiated criticism for his vote on" [...]
Here are the top 10 reasons Barack Obama has variously stated why he voted against Illinois' Born Alive Infant Protection Act when state'" [...]
"Republican Anne Northup has taken a huge chunk out of John Yarmuth's lead in the 3rd District congressional race, according to the latest Survey USA/WHAs 11 News poll. Northup still trails Congressman Yarmuth by 10 points, but that's down from 17 last month.
The" [...]