August 10, 2011 - 9:45am
Local news for Aug. 10, 2011
"In his first town-hall meeting in Kentucky since he was elected last November, U.S. Sen. Rand Paul ran into a crowd Tuesday frustrated and angered by the sour economy." [Bluegrass Politics]"Children younger than 13 would be required to use a lifejacket or flotation device at rivers...
August 8, 2011 - 8:00am
Local news for Aug. 8, 2011
"The largest recent contributor to Gov. Steve Beshear's political party and re-election campaign is not a super-lobbyist or Democratic activist.
August 5, 2011 - 8:56am
Local news for Aug. 5, 2011
"The federal government is spending $13 million and wants to spend another $10 million on projects to improve and update the Robley Rex Veterans Affairs Medical Center — even as plans proceed to replace it with a new VA hospital." [Courier-Journal]"The removal hearings for...
August 4, 2011 - 8:00am
Local news for Aug. 4, 2011
"A few days after the Museum Plaza project was officially and unequivocally canceled and another historic building was bulldozed in order to make way for, at least in the near to medium term, a parking lot, it seems that the city’s leaders need a reminder that we should be focused less...
August 3, 2011 - 8:00am
Local news for Aug. 3, 2011
"The re-election campaign of Gov. Steve Beshear has raised more than $465,000 from state workers, and an employee in the Department of Juvenile Justice alleged Monday that some of his colleagues said they were pressured to give.
