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Amy McGrath to seek Democratic nomination to face incumbent Mitch McConnell for Senate in 2020

July 9, 20193

Staff report Amy McGrath, a retired Marine fighter jet pilot from Northern Kentucky, has announced her 2020 candidacy for the…

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U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Purdue tours Kentucky hemp processor and research farm

July 4, 2019July 3, 20190

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue visited Kentucky for an up-close look at the Commonwealth’s hemp industry at the invitation of…

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Sen. McConnell: Parents, elected officials must work together to protect our youth from nicotine addiction

June 21, 2019June 19, 20190

The youth vaping crisis is putting the health of our children at risk. To address this rampant and dangerous new…

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Bill Straub: Bevin had to know about firing of Lt. Governor’s deputy chief; could come back to bite him

June 20, 2019June 19, 20190

Sayre’s Law postulates that, “In any dispute the intensity of feeling is inversely proportional to the value of the issues…

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Bill Straub: Questions surrounding Sec. Chao not surprising, considering the company she keeps

June 13, 2019June 12, 20191

WASHINGTON – The family that grifts together sticks together. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, ostensibly a resident of Louisville even though…

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Mitch McConnell: After long fight, chemical weapons stored in Kentucky will soon be destroyed — safely

June 9, 2019June 5, 20190

For decades, families in Madison County have lived alongside more than 500 tons of deadly chemical weapons stored at the…

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Bill Straub: True to his character, McConnell changes his stance on potential U.S. Supreme Court vacancy

May 30, 2019May 29, 20190

WASHINGTON – Sometimes it seems Senate Republican Leader Mitch “Root-‘n-Branch’’ McConnell is bound and determined to prove to the world…

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Sen. Raque Adams: Vaping, a trend among nation’s youths, is really a public health epidemic

May 25, 2019May 22, 20190

If you’re a mom like me, you’re likely alarmed over the recent spike in vaping among teens. Unfortunately, vaping has…

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Bill Straub: In rear-guard action, McConnell declares ‘case closed,’ when plenty of questions remain

May 9, 2019May 8, 20190

Senate Republican Leader Mitch “Root-‘n-Branch’’ McConnell took to the chamber floor this week and did everything but croon the lyrics…

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Bill Straub: Lear on Twitter and other things we are witnessing in the wake of the Mueller report

April 25, 2019April 24, 20190

John Leroy Maxwell authored a poem, later set to music, about a drunken degenerate who passes out in the gutter….

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Bill Straub: Since it’s baseball season, let’s bat some things around — oops, out of strikes already

April 18, 2019April 17, 20194

It’s baseball season once again — thank the lord — so let’s toss it around-the-horn political style: First. Give Rep….

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U.S. Sen. McConnell and Commissioner Quarles host USDA officials at Kentucky hemp forum in Louisville

April 9, 2019April 8, 20190

By Mark Maynard Kentucky Today Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said hemp has a long and proud history in…

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Letter to the Editor: Nidisa Thornton asks where has McConnell’s leadership taken us in standings

April 6, 2019April 6, 20190

I wanted to know how Kentucky has been doing compared to the rest of the country during Mitch McConnell’s 34…

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Bill Straub: What an incredible week it was for Mitch McConnell, as he set a record for bollixing things up

March 28, 2019March 27, 20194

So what has Senate Republican Leader Mitch “Root-‘n-Branch” McConnell done over the space of a single week in March to…

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U.S. Senator Majority Leader McConnell, White House Drug Czar, tour Kenton County Detention Center

March 19, 2019March 23, 20190

By Mark Hansel NKyTribune managing editor U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) welcomed Jim Carroll, Director of the White…

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Bill Straub: Unavoidable to broach this subject again, but to clarify — it isn’t voter fraud, it’s election fraud

February 28, 2019February 27, 20192

In a week where President Trump (Egads!) traveled to Vietnam — a country he assiduously sought to avoid some 50…

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Al Cross: At 77, McConnell faces big decision about his legacy — a Trump enabler or a Senate leader?

February 22, 2019February 21, 20198

Mitch McConnell turned 77 Wednesday. He’s at the point in life where you reflect, sometimes at length, on how you…

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Bill Straub: McConnell has abdicated his leadership of the U.S. Senate to President Donald Trump

February 21, 2019February 20, 20190

Well, the good news is Addison Mitchell McConnell has at long last abdicated his position as Republican leader of the…

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Bill Straub: McConnell will pass on serious climate change discussion, go right to Green New Deal vote

February 14, 2019February 13, 20190

WASHINGTON – Oh, that Mitch “Root-‘n-Branch’’ McConnell, such a clever boy. Progressive lawmakers, growing increasingly concerned over the impact of…

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Bill Straub: Comity, progress gone, we must protect voting rights to hold on to democratic process

February 7, 2019February 13, 20190

If you’re black or brown or poor, it’s obvious now that Senate Republican Leader Mitch “Root-‘n-Branch’’ McConnell couldn’t care less…

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Largest federal employee union brings shutdown conversation to Kentucky with billboard campaign

January 23, 2019January 22, 20191

NKyTribune staff The American Federation of Government Employees Council of Prison Locals is set to launch a billboard campaign in an…

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NTEU leaders deliver petition calling for end to government shutdown, meet with U.S. Senate leaders

January 18, 2019January 17, 20190

A delegation of National Treasury Employees Union members today delivered to U.S. Senate leadership a petition signed by 17,820 federal…

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