Adam Edelen has raised more than $2.3 million since entering Kentucky’s Democratic gubernatorial primary, boosted by $1.4 million in loans from his running mate that gave him a campaign-cash advantage over his rivals, according to their latest campaign-finance reports. Another prominent Democratic contender, longtime state lawmaker Rocky Adkins, had the largest amount of campaign cash…… more »
The Commerce Department says the U.S. economy picked up steam in the first three months of the year, after a rocky finish to 2018. Gross domestic product grew at an annual rate of 3.2% in the first quarter, up from 2.2% at the end of last year. That’s a significant turnaround from six weeks ago,…… more »
U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth is one of the more liberal members of Congress, but the Kentucky Democrat is facing criticism from the left for not embracing one of many Medicare-for-all measures this year. The Louisville chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America is openly considering support for a primary challenge in 2020 if Yarmuth doesn’t…… more »
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority seemed ready Tuesday to uphold the Trump administration’s plan to ask about citizenship on the 2020 census , despite evidence that millions of Hispanics and immigrants could go uncounted. There appeared to be a clear divide between the court’s liberal and conservative justices in arguments in a…… more »
BOWLING GREEN, Ky.- A utility worker in Bowling Green recently made a startling and massive discovery at a water intake plant. A crayfish, that several experts say is the biggest they’ve ever seen. The crayfish is 10 inches long. It was found dead inside the filtration system at the BGMU Chestnut Street intake plant, where…… more »
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the summer of 2010, reporters at South Dakota’s Argus Leader newspaper decided to request data about the government’s food assistance program, previously known as food stamps. They thought the information could lead to a series of stories and potentially help them identify fraud in the now $65 billion-a-year program. They sent…… more »
The deadly attack at Columbine High School in 1999 seemed to usher in a new era of school shootings. Two decades later, polls consistently capture growing fears among American parents that their children face imminent danger whenever they go to school. Those fears have only intensified since attacks at an elementary school in 2012 in…… more »
MAPASTEPEC, Mexico — When a huge caravan of migrants reached this southern Mexican town in the fall, neighbors poured into the streets to help. A band played marimba music, nurses offered free medical assistance, and townspeople served up chicken tamales and pasta to the beleaguered Central Americans as a swarm of journalists looked on. But…… more »
Rep. Ilhan Omar on Friday refused to let the controversy die over remarks she made that critics said trivialized 9/11, tweeting out a partial comment that President George W. Bush made after the attacks — and bizarrely asking whether he was a Muslim. “’The people — and the people who knocked these buildings down will…… more »
FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) – Two of Kentucky’s top Republican leaders, Gov. Matt Bevin and Senate President Robert Stivers, are at loggerheads over the governor’s decision on Tuesday to veto pension reform legislation passed on the final day of the 2019 General Assembly. “The rationale behind this decision is perplexing,” Stivers said on Wednesday. “Just weeks…… more »
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