Saturday, March 03, 2007

Minimum Wage Tax Gets A Boost

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Looks like the Kentucky Senate wants to go along with the minimum wage bill . What a waste.
Friday, March 02, 2007

How Cool Is That?

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Billy Harper shreds the prevailing wage law, in a sharp suit, ON THE BUS. Smile Billy! You are stylin'!

The Political Star No One Knows

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A great political story that needs to be told is that of celebrity candidate turned accomplished Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer. Mor...
Thursday, March 01, 2007

Hello Mary Lou, Goodbye Truth

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Watched a little KET coverage of the General Assembly and was shocked and dismayed to see Rep. Mary Lou Marzian claim that the University of...

Did They Run Out Of Bridges To Rename?

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Why in the world are we wasting time fixing wages for anyone, much less waiters? HB 206 comes up for a vote tomorrow.

Another Myth-Busting Study Of The Political Middle

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The Washington Post has a column about how divided we are on the issues and debunks the idea that what we all want to is just get along now...

Taxpayer Group Gives Northup a "C"

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The National Taxpayers Union has issued its 2006 Congressional Scorecard . Here's how Kentucky's delegation did: Chandler, F, 16% D...

Brian Goettl Strikes Back On Pardons

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Here.

Another Phony Issue Drags On In Frankfort

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Frankfort Dems have been talking smack about "pay equity" but their own guys in the House won't put their bill up for a vote...
Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Pence Hits Fletcher Really Hard

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Here.
Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Legislature Shirking Duties On Public Pensions

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Emperor Nero has earned enduring scorn for not putting out the fire that burned Rome when it was small enough to handle. Kentucky governors...

McCain Drain 2008

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Can't ignore this . Or this .

Is Ford Motor Pretending To Be Retarded?

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As we rush to incentivize Ford Motor Company, Navistar International is rushing the other way. Kind of reminds me of some good folks in Tac...

SB 143: A Good Fiscally Conservative Bill

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There sure has been a lot to complain about in this General Assembly session. But SB 143 is the proverbial horse of a different color. The...
Monday, February 26, 2007

Another Poor Attempt To Keep Kids In School

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The House is expected to take up HB 32 today. Let's just call it the "Make School More Like Jail Act of 2007." The bill woul...

Fox News In Kentucky For Race Coverage

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Fox News' Brit Hume is in Frankfort covering what has been billed as a major announcement by the Anne Northup campaign. A press confere...

Harper Versus Pork

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Just as I am hearing from more serious GOP primary voters who say they will vote for Billy Harper for governor, Mr. Harper seems to be impro...
Sunday, February 25, 2007

U.S. Senate 2008 Kentucky Race

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Louisville Democrats are putting pressure on Rep. John Yarmuth to take on Sen. Mitch McConnell next year. That could open up several interes...

Health Care And Education, Governor

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This morning David Hawpe suggests Governor Fletcher should be "bold" and work up a universal healthcare plan for Kentucky. Yester...

Who Will Be The Kumbaya Party Of 2007?

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After two hotly contested primaries in May, the fall election will largely come down to which party can pull combatant camps back together b...
Saturday, February 24, 2007

GOP Gubernatorial Update

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Take a look at this online forum at The Conservative Edge .

Money, Big Money, And Public Education

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The multi-billion dollar lawsuit between education bureaucrats and taxpayers took another nasty turn yesterday with the Council for Better E...
Friday, February 23, 2007

Taped Phone Calls? What Taped Phone Calls?

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Just saw this post on another thread: Weatherman said... This all pales in comparison to the spending and other habits of Ernie the Drunken ...

We Don't Need Senior Judge Program

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The best justification for making the senior judge program permanent is that it lightens the workload on our judges and helps move cases fa...

Would We Resent Illegals Less If They Paid Their Fair Share?

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One good reason for scrapping state income taxes and replacing them with consumption taxes is that doing so puts the underground economy bac...

Utah Sets Example On School Choice

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If you read nothing else today, read this .
Thursday, February 22, 2007

Northup Goes After Fletcher Defense Fund

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In an e-mail statement today, Anne Northup called on Governor Ernie Fletcher to divulge information about his legal defense fund. Great. Now...

Time For Another Sick Day, Harry

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It was great Tuesday when Rep. Harry Moberly called in sick. I'm guessing his physical condition was fine, but he didn't want to sh...

2007 Dem Update: Capitalism Doesn't Work

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The floor debate in the House yesterday on the minimum wage was a little contentious and sprinkled with memorable quotes. The Lexington Her...
Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Jody Richards: Germane Means What I Say It Does

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Speaker Jody Richards needs a dictionary, not the additional power he seeks. House rules require an amendment to a bill be related to the or...

Sending Veterinarians To Jail For Being Mean

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The Kentucky Senate just unanimously passed a bill ( SB 23 ) that would fine up to $1000 or jail up to 30 days a veterinarian who refuses to...

Improving Health Care Options

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The biggest thing holding back health insurance reform in Kentucky is an unholy alliance between corporate lackeys beholden to the status qu...

"Lifetime Employment Of K-12 Teachers Is Off-The-Charts Crazy"

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Steve Jobs of Apple Computer risks a big chunk of his business by speaking up for education. Read it here.
Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Victory!!!

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HB 184 has been withdrawn by the sponsor Rep. Harry Moberly.

This Should Be The Easiest Thing To Pass In KY

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Giving Kentucky parents the right to choose how the tax dollars allocated to educate their children are spent should be very easy to impleme...

HB 184 Scuttlebutt

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Looks like Rep. Harry Moberly has called in sick today so his noxious HB 184 should be sidelined for this afternoon's session. May he ...

Major Endorsement For Northup Coming

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The Northup campaign is set to announce a major endorsement next Monday. Speculative Update : Congress is not in session next week. I'...

Teaching Tuesday

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Rep. Stan Lee's HB 30 Special Needs Scholarship bill will be the focus of a 10 AM press conference this morning in the Capitol Rotunda....
Monday, February 19, 2007

Jonathan Miller On Board Against HB 184

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I have to admit I thought it was great in 2005 when the budget negotiators in Frankfort secretly returned $13.7 million to the General Fund ...

The Junk In Steve Beshear's Trunk

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John Stamper has the story of Steve Beshear's economic development press conference from earlier today. While I can agree that making c...

"AMT" Repeal Languishing In A&R

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Three bills to repeal the limited liability entity tax ( HB 87 , HB 88 , and HB 119 ) are dying a slow and painful death in the House Approp...

HB 184 Media Appearance

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I will be on Lexington's Kruser program today (590 AM at 12:30) talking about why we should all oppose HB 184 . By the way, thanks to Ru...

Another Really Stupid Idea To Emulate

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A lot of the "Eureka!" moments legislators have are actually ideas that they picked up from other states. We can only hope that N...
Sunday, February 18, 2007

Consumers Pay "Corporate Taxes"

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The Associated Press has a story about states taxing corporate gross receipts. The biggest knock on the tax is its potential for taxing a s...

Hoover's Real Leadership On HB 184

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House Minority Leader Jeff Hoover will seek a united vote against the egregious HB 184 in a caucus meeting Tuesday. Just received the foll...

Finally, The Courier-Journal Checks In

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The CJ looked at HB 184 and came to the same conclusion the Lexington Herald Leader and everyone else who isn't running Frankfort from ...
Saturday, February 17, 2007

A Call For Debate On HB 184

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I will be on the Kruser program in Lexington on 590 AM Monday at 12:30 talking about what a nightmare HB 184 would be for Kentucky. So far...

Gambling Our Way To Prosperity

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I hope that an economic development press conference by the Beshear campaign would mean more than casinos in the mountains, near big cities,...

Sometimes Compromise Is a Beautiful Thing

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One of the biggest problems with the minimum wage hike hype is that it glosses over the damage done to the part-time entry level worker who ...
Friday, February 16, 2007

Fascism Gets A Big Boost In Frankfort

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Jody Richards is in favor of the ridiculous HB 184 . His spokeswoman said the purpose of the bill is to "codify the existing practice.&...

Responding To Media Surveys 101

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The Pol Watchers survey of gubernatorial candidates about casino gambling was interesting. Can't imagine what the Northup campaign was...

Pushing Parents Out of Public Schools

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Rep. Reginald Meeks filed a bill Thursday to dilute parental influence on school-based decision making councils. The bill would add one no...

Tom Vilsack Wants To Rule The World

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Tom Vilsack is on Jay Leno saying we need to cut off funding for Iraq and bring the troops home now. Also wants to stop using foreign oil. ...
Thursday, February 15, 2007

Stan Lee For Attorney General

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Liberals love to hate him and now his campaign website is up. Read it and seethe .

Scorsone Goes Wild Again

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Senator Ernesto Scorsone is on the Senate floor right now calling the effort to stop University employees from spending tax dollars for hea...

Congrats Lexington Herald Leader!!!

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The Lexington Herald Leader has gotten on board with their own condemnation of Rep. Harry Moberly's awful HB 184 . Now where in the worl...
Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Media Fiddles While Freedom Burns

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Where the heck is our vaunted watchdog mainstream media while the General Assembly moves to shut out all manner of dissent from our legislat...

Don't Be Dissin' Mookie!

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What an ego ! We tell everybody the head terrorist in Iraq didn't have the guts to be a suicide bomber, instead escaping to Iran. To sh...

Jody Richards Beats School Funding Rap

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The failure of KERA II is so funny in so many ways, I almost can't stand it. The best part is the judge used the KDA's own bogus &q...
Tuesday, February 13, 2007

National Attention To A Kentucky Problem

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The National Taxpayers Union is concerned about Rep. Harry Moberly's outrageous "I will make it legal" bill.

Grover Norquist Responds To Herald Leader Attack

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The Lexington Herald Leader attacked Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform on today's editorial page and said gubernatorial candi...

Battle For Kentucky Constitution In Frankfort Today

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Power-crazed politicians can sometimes be funny to watch when the curtain is pulled back and their naked desires are exposed. But Budget Cha...

The Revolution Will Not Be Meaningful

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This is not what they had in mind for internet video. The much-hyped First 100 hours of Democrat rule of Congress has turned out to be such...

Cracking Down On Business Activity In Kentucky

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If you have never made your living in sales, you may not have been the least bit offended by the rush to stop all sales calls to people'...
Monday, February 12, 2007

Bluegrass Bureaucrats To Defend Abuse Of Special Needs Students On Television Tonight

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Kentucky Education Association President Frances Steenburgen and Jefferson County Teachers Association vice president Royce Whitman will go ...

Jimmy Carter Won A Grammy Last Night

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... which helps put into perspective the Dixie Twits' awards. The MSM will portray the awards show as another "turning point"...

Can't Do Math? Your 'World' Needs You

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Read this from the Drudge Report.
Sunday, February 11, 2007

Hillary On War, Health Care; And Questions

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Sen. Hillary Clinton said she would not vote to defund the war and she doesn't think reforming health care should cost additional money....
Saturday, February 10, 2007

Live Blog Lincoln Day In Jessamine County

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Governor Fletcher, Rep. Jeff Hoover, and Billy Harper all spoke to the Lincoln Day lunch in Jessamine county. The three posts that follow d...

Billy Harper Speaks To Jessamine County

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"The governor bringing chili kind of adds a new dimension to delivering pork." -- This little joke was delivered and received muc...

Rep. Jeff Hoover Speaks

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"During the past couple of years, I have worked closely with the Governor and I think he would tell you I have been a supporter of his....

Ernie Fletcher Speaks to Jessamine GOP

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Governor Fletcher speaks first: Begins by talking about the state of the commonwealth back in 2003 when he was running for office. Says his...

Harvard Lecturer's Solution To Terror: Buy Advertising On Al-Jazeera

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I never considered before such easy solutions to attacks by Islamic fascists as Harvard students were treated to a week ago : ...regarding h...

What, No Statue Of Jimmy Carter?

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Looks like anti-Communists in Poland want to honor Ronald Reagan for understanding our enemies.
Friday, February 09, 2007

A Good Bill To Lower Health Costs

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Senate Bill 135 changes the definition of excludable pre-existing conditions on individual health plans in Kentucky. It should allow premi...

Ned Pillersdorf: Buying Gas Or Buying Votes?

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The testimony in the Bath county vote buying case was interesting enough before one of the defense attorneys starting talking. But Ned Pille...
Thursday, February 08, 2007

What Role Will Tax Pledge Play In GOP Primary?

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Gubernatorial candidate Billy Harper has signed the pledge liberals hate, the No Tax Pledge. This presents a fabulous opportunity for the N...

Scandal: Toyota Doesn't Want To Go Broke

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An "exposed memo" buzzing through Detroit will really get them worked up: Toyota North America wants to hold the line on wage gro...

Trying To Stop The Bleeding

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Kentucky's long-term fiscal woes are going to get pretty scary if we don't do something about our pubic employee pension plans soon....
Wednesday, February 07, 2007

The Dow Is Setting Records, Do You Know Where Your Social Security Is?

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Personal accounts in Social Security are inevitable as stock ownership in America continues to climb. The scare tactics just aren't goi...

What Kind Of A Sick Joke Is This?

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We are wasting our time talking about a bullying bill for schools when we keep getting these yahoos who want to force unwilling older teena...

Hell Hath No Fury...

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Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Abortion Showdown In Kentucky 2007

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Will Governor Jody Richards allow Judiciary Chair Kathy Stein to kill all the pro-life bills that come her way? We are likely to find out s...

Living Poor In Jim Wayne's World

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Rep. Jim Wayne (D-Louisville) writes a State of the Commonwealth address from the perspective of a single mother in Kentucky in today's ...
Monday, February 05, 2007

Freshman GOP'er Starts Off Right

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After freshman Rep. Adam Koenig's tough primary win last May, he is going to have to be diligent on fiscal issues to avoid another GOP c...

Two Really Stupid Ideas At Front And Center

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You work hard to provide health coverage for your family and John Edwards wants you to pay more so others don't have to work quite so h...

Will Utah Embrace Real School Choice First?

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Utah's House of Representatives passed a universal school voucher bill Friday.

Hilary's Macaca Moment

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Sunday, February 04, 2007

"I Will Make It Legal"

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Some in the General Assembly are trying to cover their tracks from recent budget bill shenanigans. Harry Moberly's HB 184 even violate...

RPK Lincoln Day 2007

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Gov. Mitt Romney spoke Saturday night. His theme for the presidential run seems to be "America is the hope of the world." He was...
Saturday, February 03, 2007

Anne Northup Speaks

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This is clearly Anne's crowd in her hometown. Hardcore supporters of the Governor were conspicuous in not standing when she was introdu...

Billy Harper Speaks

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Candidate Billy Harper's campaign workers have passed out "positive campaign" stickers to a few attendees. As he rose to spea...

Ernie Fletcher Speaks To RPK

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Governor Fletcher was the first gubernatorial candidate to speak tonight. As he rose to address the Lincoln Day gathering of 1500 Republica...

Northup In Fletcher Country

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Gubernatorial candidate Anne Northup came to Jessamine county to speak to a few active Republicans. She said she has nothing against Govern...
Friday, February 02, 2007

Feeding A Dead Dog: Kentucky Jails

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Governor Fletcher says he plans to increase state funding for local jails. Rather than continuing to pour too many tax dollars into incarcer...

Still Not Getting The Trouble With Social Security

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A liberal Kentucky blogger this morning displays maddening devotion to the goofy bureaucratic idea that governments can take in tax money, ...

"The Vision Thing"

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Thursday, February 01, 2007

Swept Under The Rug

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The federal case surrounding the Fayette County Detention Center isn't getting headlines these days, but it is only getting worse. The ...

Free Market Health Care? In Kentucky?

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The state is working on putting out for bids the health insurance of the 262,000 children covered by Medicaid and KCHIP in Kentucky. This sh...

More Fletcher Versus McConnell

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Governor Fletcher proposed a tax break for a solid voting bloc and LG Steve Pence responded by saying the state budget surplus really isn...