Al Cross: McConnell cares most about the state Attorney General race, and things are looking up
For Mitch McConnell, things in Kentucky are looking up. In Washington, not so much. The races are close, but the…
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Bill Straub: McConnell dismisses rules of fair play, obstructs progress, to further his own agenda
WASHINGTON – The United States Senate has been converted into a cemetery during the 116th Congress and it should come…
Mitch McConnell, Rand Paul touch on impeachment issue in speeches to Federalist Society in Frankfort
By Tom Latek Kentucky Today Both of Kentucky’s U.S. Senators weighed in on the impeachment inquiry involving President Donald Trump…
Mitch McConnell: Kentucky is turning the tide against substance abuse, but there’s more work ahead
Families in nearly every neighborhood of our country have suffered because of the opioid and substance abuse epidemic. For years,…
Bill Straub: President Trump hides in plain sight, while Mitch McConnell provides the cover he needs
WASHINGTON – It was left to Senate Republican Leader Hugh Scott and a couple of senior members of the upper…
Bill Straub: Deja vu all over again — gun massacres, promise of controls, then nothing; repeat rapid fire
All right, let’s break this one down to its component parts. On the morning of Aug. 3, a gunman, 21-year-old…
McConnell announces that Kentucky to get $31.48 million, part of State Opioid Response Grants Program
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced Wednesday that Kentucky will receive $31.48 million from the U.S. Department of…
Letter to the Editor: Voter Ruth Bamberger says McConnell should act in a democratic way as Leader
In a recent NKyTribune op-ed by Sen. McConnell, I agree with his assessment of China’s authoritarian regime’s suppression of freedom,…
McConnell: The rest of the world should do what the protesters in Hong Kong are doing; confront Beijing
The Hong Kong crisis is something the world has seen time and again: authoritarian rulers seeking to repress the innate…
Al Cross: Trump is back-and-forth on gun control legislation; in the end, he and McConnell must agree
In Louisville on Wednesday, President Trump said he would get, or help get, Gov. Matt Bevin and Sen. Mitch McConnell…
Grant allows former Ky. governor Fletcher to start treatment, housing for addicts in 101 rural counties
An organization headed by former Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher will get $6.6 million in federal funds “to establish a center…
Both of Kentucky’s U.S. Senators, Paul and McConnell, are recuperating from surgeries
By Tom Latek Kentucky Today Kentucky’s U.S. Senators are on the mend following surgeries this week. U.S. Senate Majority Leader…
Mitch McConnell: Kentucky leads the way with industrial hemp, as new doors are open for farmers
Kentucky’s farmers are among the best in the world. It’s no surprise agriculture leaders from around the country are looking…
Bill Straub: Following the McConnell footsie game through Russia to an aluminum plant in Greenup
They don’t call him Moscow Mitch for nothing. Senate Republican Leader Mitch “Root-‘n-Branch’’ McConnell, of Louisville, has earned so many…
U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell falls on patio at his Louisville home Sunday and fractures his shoulder
U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell, 77, is recovering at home in Louisville after suffering a fractured shoulder in a fall when…
Bill Straub: ‘Moscow Mitch’ has a ring (of truth) to it, but what’s one more notch in McConnell’s belt?
One of the items on Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s massive to-do list, before he left office in May, was to…
Kentuckian Kelly Knight Craft confirmed as latest United States ambassador to United Nations
By Tom Latek Kentucky Today A Kentuckian was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Wednesday to serve as the nation’s…
Mitch McConnell makes angry speech on Senate floor in response to critics about election security
By Mark Maynard Kentucky Today Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell fired back on his critics from the Senate floor Monday,…
Bill Straub: Rand Paul’s excuse for voting against 9/11 victim’s compensation bill was deficit. Really?
Sen. Rand Paul wants it both ways. That, as you likely realize, is par for the course with politicians who…
Al Cross: McGrath stumbles, Broihier steps up, others in wings, then there’s Mitch McConnell
The very idea that Kentucky voters would turn out Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell next year, given his and their…
Democrat and newcomer Michael Broihier enters primary race to take on McConnell in 2020 election
Staff report A second democrat and military veteran has entered the race for the primary nomination and a chance to…
Bill Straub: Enter fighter pilot Amy McGrath who will need big fire-power against Mitch McConnell
Former fighter pilot Amy McGrath is hoping that politics, like love in the old Sammy Cahn-Jimmy Van Heusen song, is…