Bill Straub: McConnell has abdicated his leadership of the U.S. Senate to President Donald Trump
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
WASHINGTON – Oh, that Mitch “Root-‘n-Branch’’ McConnell, such a clever boy. Progressive lawmakers, growing increasingly concerned over the impact of…
Bill Straub: Comity, progress gone, we must protect voting rights to hold on to democratic process
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…
Largest federal employee union brings shutdown conversation to Kentucky with billboard campaign
NKyTribune staff The American Federation of Government Employees Council of Prison Locals is set to launch a billboard campaign in an…
NTEU leaders deliver petition calling for end to government shutdown, meet with U.S. Senate leaders
A delegation of National Treasury Employees Union members today delivered to U.S. Senate leadership a petition signed by 17,820 federal…
More IRS workers instructed to report to work, local NTEU president in D. C. asking for end to shutdown
NKyTribune staff The Internal Revenue Service began instructing more of its employees to report to work Wednesday, without pay, as…
Bill Straub: Character is indispensable, character matters, character first; did someone say ‘character’?
Apparently a person’s character doesn’t amount to a hill of beans in Sen. Rand Paul’s world. The Bowling Green Republican,…
Internal Revenue Service workers rally in Covington; call for an end to the government shutdown
By Mark Hansel NKyTribune managing editor Federal employees from the Internal Revenue Service and their supporters rallied outside of the…
Bill Straub: Even the ‘best bad idea’ won’t get the Republicans out the hole Trump has dug for them
Some years ago, Steve Martin (yeah, the guy with the banjo), then an up-and-coming standup comic, introduced a routine and…
Bill Straub: Think of all the great acts. Give big round of applause for McConnell, Paul and Trump?
In the past, we’ve had Laurel and Hardy, Burns and Allen, Abbott and Costello. Now we have McConnell and Trump….
Bill Straub: For want of a wall, for a temper tantrum, for dodging responsibility — is government lost?
For want of a wall, the government was lost, at least partially, and it doesn’t look like the darn thing…
Mitch McConnell: Maternal mortality is climbing — and it was necessary to do something about it
It’s a trend that seems like it should be impossible in the wealthiest nation on Earth. But across America, the…
Bill Straub: Mitch McConnell is in an uncomfortable spot (and he did vote to impeach Clinton)
Senate Republican Leader Mitch “Root-‘n-Branch’’ McConnell said a lot the other day by saying nothing. Asked by a reporter at…
Bill Straub: When you don’t know anything, it is probably best to shut up and listen to those who do
Permit me to borrow a phrase that has been used consistently by Senate Republican Leader Mitch “Root-‘n-Branch’’ McConnell and any…
Farm Bill considered likely to pass by end of the year, as part of a larger budget bill
It seems likely that a new Farm Bill will pass by the end of the year, Harwood Schaffer and Daryll…
Bill Straub: A new word to enhance your vocabulary; to describe ‘beyond shameless,’ try ‘mitchful’
Occasionally when following American politics you come upon a statement or claim that is so outrageous, so mind-boggling that characterizing…
Sen. McConnell successfully advocates for Paducah FBI office at request of local law enforcement
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has announced that in response to his request, the Federal Bureau of Investigation…
Bill Straub: McConnell breaking through bottom of barrel, blaming ‘entitlements’ for growth of deficit
WASHINGTON – Senate Republican Leader Mitch “Root-‘n-Branch’’ McConnell is no longer scraping the bottom of the political barrel. No, it…
Jeff Hoover: Mitch McConnell cements legacy with Supreme Court confirmations; bold stance prevailed
It wasn’t long ago in our nation that boxing was one of the preeminent sports. Like almost everyone near my…
Bill Butler: Mitch McConnell is accomplished public servant who deserves applause from Kentuckians
Bill Straub, a Washingtonian and former Kentuckian, offered a commentator’s scathing column about Senator McConnell that is embarrassing for Kentuckians,…
Congress sends President Trump bipartisian bill to fight the opioid epidemic; he says he will sign it
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News By a 98-1 vote Wednesday, the Senate passed the final version of a comprehensive…
Bill Straub: Trying to figure out Mitch McConnell and an apology for being too soft on him over the years
What happened to Mitch McConnell? It’s a question that has been bugging me and many others for years now. What…