Bill Straub: Voters in Eastern Kentucky took a gamble on Trump — and may end up paying a steep price
WASHINGTON – It’s beginning to appear that many of the folks residing within the always-stunning hills and hollows of Eastern…
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Bill Straub: Kentucky native Pruitt in position to carry out Trump’s environmental dirty work
WASHINGTON – Kentucky has quite admirably endeavored over the past 30 years or so to transform its once moribund system…
Bill Straub: McConnell again placed party above country following election interference by Russia
WASHINGTON – It was some time in early 1987, as I recollect through the haze of almost 30 years, and…
Bill Straub: Bevin’s political future could be behind his late-blooming support of Trump
WASHINGTON – Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin sometimes comes across like Frank Burns in the old, long-running M*A*S*H* television show. He…
Bill Straub: Chao as transportation secretary could place McConnell in a bind over infrastructure
WASHINGTON – President-elect Donald J. Trump’s (Egad!) vow to “drain the swamp’’ that is the nation’s capital was thought to…
Bill Straub: Placing party above country, McConnell will now face the reality of a President Trump
WASHINGTON – So, exactly who was that man with a plastered-on grin trailing Donald J. Trump like a labradoodle as…
Billy Reed: Here’s hoping for a Trump epiphany, one that transforms him into gentleman, role model
In my imagination, I am conjuring up a conversation that could take place somewhere in the U.S. before the current…
Bill Straub: Despite Trump’s domination of the white vote, turnout doomed Clinton in the end
WASHINGTON – It might seem an odd time to cite Jesse Jackson at this moment, but I remember covering an…
Richard Nelson: Candidate Trump is a creature of the times — and has been in the making for years
Halloween is past and scarier than any goblin at your doorstep is a bitter political season filled with high pitched…
KYCIR: Clinton continues to out-pace Trump in campaign fundraising in Kentucky
By Alexandra Kanik and Brendan McCarthy Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting With just weeks left until the presidential election, Kentucky…
Generation Z casts their votes in national mock election, and the next President is . . .
By Vicki Prichard NKyTribune reporter Channel One News, a Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Company which provides daily news to millions of…
Commentary: Why Trump? The simplest answer: Primarily because he’s not Hillary
By Marcus Carey Special to NKyTribune There is a simple question being asked by many people, republicans and democrats alike,…
Bill Straub: McConnell, other GOP leaders appear to be stuck with Trump … no matter what
WASHINGTON – Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is learning that you can’t be just a little bit pregnant. Touring the…
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in NKY talking about CARA, also addresses Trump, terrorism
By Mark Hansel NKyTribune managing editor U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was at the Northern Kentucky Area Development District…
Bill Straub: With control of the Senate on the line, McConnell won’t admit Trump is what he is
WASHINGTON – Pity poor Mitch McConnell. No, really. The Republican National Convention gets underway in Cleveland next week and McConnell,…
Bill Straub: State Republican Congressional delegation changing tune in rush to support Trump
WASHINGTON – The great Tom Lehrer said it a long time ago: “Like lambs to the slaughter / they’re drinking…
Col Owens: The case for Hillary Clinton for President; why Democrats should unite with eyes on November
It is not a state secret that I support Hillary Clinton for President. There are many reasons why. I first…
Bill Straub: The media become the latest scapegoat as Sen. Paul tries to explain failed run for president
WASHINGTON – There once was a pretty good ballplayer named Steve Kemp, an all-star outfielder for the Detroit Tigers back…
Tom Block: The Republicans have a dilemma — and biggest problem is their voters may just stay home
After the victory by Senator Ted Cruz in Wisconsin and his weekend success in Colorado, it is becoming more apparent…
KyCIR: Kentucky Democrats opening wallets, grabbing momentum for 2016 Presidential election
By James McNair Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting Six months of heated competition by their presidential candidates led Republicans in…
Marcus Carey: Why Trump’s success? Because angry Americans are tired of being told to stand down
A lot of people have complained about the media’s refusal to report on the tactic of the left to shut…
Rural Blog: Primary election results so far — and how rural versus cities patterns are shaping up
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton continue to score well in rural areas in the South, reports the Daily Yonder, with…