Where'd Wednesday go?
Sen. Webb quite the sportsman
Lexington considers debt issuance
Whitley City payroll taxes/jobs hold steady
Budget chairman calls state budget "in pretty manageable shape"
Carrollton slightly modernizes city employee health insurance plans
Louisville Metro jail management saving dollars
Retail reportedly strong in Louisville
Boone PVA Cindy Rich and' [...]
As all eyes in the political world look to the race in Senate 14, we read this today in the Herald-Leader:
Racing agency hires betting monitor
The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission has hired a supervisor of pari-mutuel wagering to address betting integrity.
[SNIP]
In 2007, State Auditor Crit Luallen noted the lack [...]
Battle over annexation in Grayson
Senate 14 report from Ronnie Ellis
Petition fights tax increase in Georgetown, OH
Lexington recognizes economic importance of coal
Versailles-based Fark.com gets national deal
Senate 14: Democrat funded by special interests
Some less-than-substantial issues for 2010
Madison County moves back to paper balloting
[...]We at the Club for Growth always maintain that the remedy for chronic budget deficits is to reduce spending and increase economic freedom.
It is not often that we can point to a clear-cut example.
Today in our headlines we linked to this story form the AP:
Five Myths about Black Monday and holiday shopping
Promoting entrepreneurship among rural students
More economic freedom generates commerce, government revenue
Lawmakers get pension perks
Humana prepares for Obamacare cuts
Blowing hard about wind energy
"I cannot imagine that even after 42 years as a Lexingtonian that I would be this" [...]
Happy Thanksgiving!
More local office filings in Boyd, Carter, Elliott, Greenup and Lawrence...
...Fleming, Lewis, Mason, Bracken and Robertson
KY Supreme Court backs prisoner release
Joe Meyer named education secretary
[...]Slow news day
Collins to run against Coursey in House 6
Broughton new Knox Chamber president
White House reports health bill will provide health insurance for 45,000 Kentuckians with income over 400% of the federal poverty level
New highway opens in Murray
State budget cuts impact prosecutors
Keeneland sales down, not as bad as spring
Louisville Metro Council works on ethics
David Voegele to run for Oldham CJE
Student governments push to lower drinking age
Flaig says Moore's support from outside county
Charitable gaming reform continues push
Montell pushes bill to [...]
State Chamber identifies three unsustainable spending trends
Sewer fees in Lexington skyrocket
Senate debate is feisty...
...Paul revises website
Unemployment at 11.2%
HL calls Governor Beshear out
Asbury College becoming Asbury University
Harley plant becoming just a dream...
Hinkle Contracting helps clean up Kentucky
44 candidates in Laurel, [...]
Michael Maharrey of the Lexington Liberty Examiner writes of gambling proposals, and our government's penchant for picking economic winners and losers:
The current gambling proposals reveal a deeply imbedded mentality permeating politics - the belief that government should choose economic winners and losers. And industries spend lavishly to influence these [...]
Reducing number of inmates through bail revisions...
...and taking it easier on repeat felons proposed.
Liberal think-tank decries high cigarette taxes as making tax code burdensome to poor
Sen. Williams may put forward serious proposals
Central Kentucky home sales up sharply
Unemployment deficit reaches over $500 million
Louisville teacher union [...]
The 52nd House district is one of the most Republican districts in the state. As we wrote earlier:
The 52nd consists mainly of McCreary and Wayne counties, but also contains a bite of Pulaski. Wayne and McCreary counties voted for McCain by about 72%-28% and McConnell 62%-38%. Pulaski was similarly tilted, [...]
Uproar over firing of individual not doing his job
Group argues to increase Lexington's carbon footprint
Unemployment task force offering unserious proposals
Eblen: Slots for Newspapers!
Beshear loves gamblin'
Distillery consolidation benefits Kentucky
Owensboro-Orlando flights for $9.99?
Greg Anderson in for Murray Mayor
The national Club for Growth received a write-up in the Politico today, where the Senate race in Kentucky was prominently featured:
To get a sense of just how much clout the Club for Growth has gained at the party leaders' expense, look to Kentucky and the race to fill the' [...]
More local office filings in Boyd, Carter, Greenup and Lawrence
Sen. Robin Webb dissatisfied with response from Gov. Beshear
Michael Foster credited with leading KACo in the right direction, despite spending revelations
AARP wants more money from the state (and nationalized healthcare)
Louisville butcher plant can remain open
In an article this weekend, Jack Brammer wrote about the GOP primary in the 85th House district. Most of the article focused on a bad decision of the challenger:
Terry D. Gilreath of Pulaski County was fired in October 2004 by then-Corrections Commissioner John Rees, who accused Gilreath of committing [...]
6% cuts for state government
Tax hike talk begins
Promoting Kentucky Aluminium production
Flaig criticizes Moore on Boone parks tax
Moore raises $130K
Crestview Hills pushes smoking ban in all NKY counties
Louisville neighbors tell city's third-largest employer "Please move"
Gerth says gambling issue is not a significant [...]
While we thought that the various reforms to Kentucky's incentives programs would end the need for special legislation, Governor Beshear says Harley-Davidson's potential relocation to Kentucky may require a quick session in December. He also says that he will guarantee the expedience of the session by limiting its agenda [...]
Possible Special Session in December, but not for gambling
Report on the problem of rising prison populations in Kentucky
Local office candidates file in Mason, Bracken, Lewis, Robertson and Fleming CountiesFarm at Nicholasville Rd and Man-O-War greenlighted for development
Red Wing closes in Danville
Breeder's Incentives Fund drops
Anti-everything [...]
We don't know how this hasn't been bigger news.
From the Washington Post:
For many on the left, the lament for years has been: Why can't America be more like Europe? Why can't the American lifestyle be more like the European lifestyle? Why can't our food be more like Europe's? Why [...]
Just to catch you up on what has transpired in the 14th Senate district over the last week...
Republican Jimmy Higdon reported raising over $30,000, but Democrat Jodie Haydon reported over $60,000 and is already up on air with ads, courtesy of horses.
Higdon is winning a race for [...]
We're back at it today
Boyd Co libraries rolling in cash
Riley, OH can't pay utilities
Kentucky's always glad not to be some other states
KCTCS Salary Database
Senate 14: Horses love Jodie Haydon
Churchill buys youbet.com for $127 mil
4.5% rate increase for Louisville water
An entrenched loss of [...]
Thank a Veteran
Local officials join FACES of coal
State revenues continue slide
Fasig-Tipton sales cut in half
H-L editors agree with Sen. Williams, scold him for it
Nov. 12 NKY TEA Party in Richwood
Kemper Foods expands by 350 jobs in New Albany
Crestview hills pushes smoking ban
Bowling Green [...]
Filings for local offices in Boyd, Carter, Greenup and Lawrence
Petition in Brown County, Ohio to fight sales tax increase
Kentucky Chamber reveals the true cost of state worker benefits
Spoilsports attempt to stop nearly-complete water plant
Mike Huckabee, who hates the Club for pointing out his tax increases, [...]
In one of the closest votes yet, Speaker Greg Stumbo wins Comrade of the Month for September.
Stumbo was nominated for his flippancy in his role as leader of the House of Representatives. In a recent controversy over a legal carve-out of politically-connected friends of State Rep. Keith Hall, we learned [...]
After laying off 47, courts give out 20% raises
Kentucky's Capitol rotunda being restored
Performers sought for Equestrian Games
Executive Inn in Owensboro is no more
Flaig officially files against Moore
Many file for local office in Knox and Laurel
Natural gas prices, cost drop
It's been months since we took a look at the race for Senate 18 and noted that it could swing either way in a neutral set of circumstances. Since we looked at that race (back in July), a special election has come and long gone, Robin Webb now represents the [...]
Williams, Worley, Stumbo react to Ohio casino vote
Beshear wants slots 'by winter'
Statewide budget shortfalls don't humble Universities, ask for spending increases
CPE must ask for additional $140 million to keep level funding
Dem Rex Smith to challenge Sen. Leeper
Rep Will Coursey dubs self 'emerging leader'
Photos from' [...]
Sorry for few posts, we've been on a trip
Conservative candidate goes from 5% to 45% in two weeks
Survey USA surprising results in KY Senate race
House 96: GOP nominates Jill York
Beshear vows to help coal
Casinos in OH, KY next?
' [...]Election day in most places but not KY
Go vote in VA, NJ and New York-23
Dems select Barry Webb, no relation to Robin Webb, for House-96
Kentucky "not even trying to quit" smoking
profits, UAW rejects contracts
State enrolls additional 35,000 kids in KCHIP
Keeneland wagering up
Department of Education may [...]
That's what they call New York's 23rd Congressional District, where the Conservative Party candidate is about to beat the liberal Democrat and the more liberal Republican who stopped campaigning and endorsed the Democrat.
Why is a Conservative Party candidate going to return to Congress for the first time since Buckley?
The Club [...]
Ohio votes on gambling
Gerth analyzes Richie for governor
Pension fund $15 billion in debt
Conway calls out C-J editorial board
Ford in better shape
GE plant in Owensboro to close
[...]Ronnie Ellis says "They also don't have the resolve or the intellectual honest to tell the public we can't keep sending more and more people to jail for minor drug offenses without foregoing other funding needs like education and infrastructure improvements."...
...while 500 nabbed in drug roundup
The Club for Growth is going to make something great happen.
If you haven't been following, the GOP nominated a poor candidate, and the Club has been heavily involved in supporting Conservative candidate Doug Hoffman.
On Tuesday, he will win.
From Stuart Rothenberg
In New York's 23rd district, another three-way race, Republican' [...]
Following up on our post about Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Robert Stivers being named Floor Leader, the Senate named two new committee chairmen today.
Sen. Tom Jensen (2008 rank #T-11) was named co-Chairman of the Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary. Jensen was formerly chair of the Committee on Natural Resources [...]
KyWordSmith.com has the story on the event we noted on Monday:
"Before the end of that election, both candidates will be destroyed," said Senator Bob Leeper (I-2nd District), speaking of the December 8th Special Election in the 14th Senatorial District. Leeper, who has served in the Kentucky Senate for [...]
Democratic Rep. and House Transportation Chair Hubie Collins has drawn an opponent for 2010.
A well-known former basketball coach from Eastern Kentucky has announced that he will run for state representative.
Bill Mike Runyon who retired from coaching at Paintsville High School last year, is seeking the Republican Party's nomination to [...]
Churchill reports increased revenues...
...posts loss from big tax bill.
Broke school insurance fund proposes merger with broke city insurance fund
Carrollton discusses downtown plans
Luallen to release KACO findings soon
Laurel County offers tax-break to lure company, criticizes library tax increase
Wal-Mart now selling caskets
[...]We just got a press release letting us know that Education Secretary Helen Mountjoy is retiring from her post at the end of November.
Gov. Steve Beshear announced today that Helen Mountjoy, secretary of the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, has resigned her position effective Nov. 30 citing a long [...]
The Republican Committees of the counties of Kentucky's 14th Senate district have met and made Rep. Jimmy Higdon's nomination official:
Higdon said Tuesday he is ready for what promises to be an expensive election that focuses heavily on the expansion of gambling at horse racetracks.
"I think I will be outspent," [...]
Is Richie playin' in the Governor's Race?
Protesters fail to stop conditional donation
$2 million shortfall predicted for Lexington
Auditor Luallen honored
Boone could face $1.3 million deficit
Tourism in Kentucky declines
Oldham Water Board Chairman gets hefty raise
Ellis Park cuts racing, simulcasting, staff
Franklin City rejects
Usually, action for state legislative seats doesn't actually get going until after the completion of the General Assembly's regular session in an election year.
The action in Mike Reynold's 32nd Senate district has kicked off early.
Recently we relayed the report that Reynolds already had two individuals filed to run against' [...]
Or nearby, there's an event tonight that should be interesting.
From McCracken County Republican Grassroots (on facebook):
Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Time: 6:30pm - 7:30pm Central
Location: Lone Oak Lions Club, 680 Denver Ave. Paducah, KY 42001
The McCracken County Grassroots Committee is pleased to announce its' next Meeting! We are also very' [...]
Some ruckus over putting the word 'coal' on coal-powered and funded campus building
Tracks follow Ellis lead, cut race days
Ashland website hacked
PSC approves 20% Columbia Gas rate hike
House 96 race gets underway
Woodford breeders guilty of fraud
Louisville Arena economic impact estimated at $100 million
Clark County [...]
As a part of the master plan to create a compliant Senate, Governor Beshear has appointed Dan Kelly to a judgeship. If you wanted to know whether the appointment was just because the Governor thought there was absolutely no one better for the job, he called for the special election [...]
Those health insurers sure are greedy, right?
Well, not as greedy as Tupperware!
From the AP
Ledgers tell a different reality. Health insurance profit margins typically run about 6 percent, give or take a point or two. That's anemic compared with other forms of insurance and a broad array of industries, even [...]
Well, our earlier speculation was completely wrong.
Former 4th District GOP Chair Kevin Sell of Alexandria has filed a letter of intent to run against incumbent Campbell Judge-executive Steve Pendery in next year's GOP primary.
Looks like taxes and spending will likely be the central issues of that race; Sell has [...]
Western Kentucky supports I-69
Eastern Kentucky recycling plant to create 1,400 jobs
Boone County CJE candidates debate trails study
The Herald Leader starts a series on retail in Lexington
No one knows what is really going on with the stimulus
Surprise! State pensions underfunded
[...]Senator Robert Stivers (2008 rank: #T-19) was elected Floor Leader by the Senate Republican caucus today over Senator Damon Thayer (#2). Sen. Ken Winters (#T-11) opted not to run.
Sen. Stivers has long been one of the most influential and most effective of the Senate caucus members, although in a low-key [...]
