Mitch McConnell: Remembering John S. McCain as a statesman, a family man, a hero, a gentleman . . .
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the passing of…
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Mitch McConnell: New education law will help to close the ‘skills gap’ and benefit Kentucky workers
Kentucky’s economy is surging forward. After nearly a decade of sluggish growth, Republican leadership in both Washington and Frankfort is…
Bill Straub: McConnell is Trump’s primary enabler as the walls come trumbling down around the President
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is so smitten with the idea that he’s playing “the long game” in politics that…
Bill Straub: It takes a certain talent to spew gibberish on a consistent basis, and McConnell is talented
Looks can, indeed be deceiving. Take Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, for example. McConnell, of Louisville, comes across as your…
NKy’s Amul Thapar on Trump’s short list for U.S. Supreme Court nomination, supported by McConnell
Staff report The Washington Post and other national news outlets are reporting that Northern Kentucky’s Amul R. Thapar is on…
Mitch McConnell: Updating on recent work in the U.S. Congress and on getting the country ‘back on track’
Not even two years into the Trump administration, our country is finally getting back on the right track. On the…
Kentucky’s military bases get big boost from new defense spending bill approved by U.S. Senate
By Tom Latek Kentucky Today The $716 billion National Defense Authorization Act approved by the Senate includes a sizeable amount…
Bill Straub: No ‘Profiles in Courage’ found perusing political landscape in Trump-McConnell land
In February 1944, after seven years of guiding President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s agenda through the upper chamber, Senate Democratic Leader…
U.S. DOT awards Kentucky Transportation Cabinet $67 million for Boone County interchange upgrades
NKyTribune staff The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has received approval for a $67 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation…
Bill Straub: McConnell to become longest-serving GOP boss, takes home-run trot as ‘Rome’ burns
WASHINGTON – Back in January 2007, when Mitch “Root ‘n Branch’’ McConnell was just beginning what will become his historic…
Sec. Quarles: As we celebrate Hemp History Week; let’s help Kentucky make its own mark
This week Americans celebrate Hemp History Week. Here in Kentucky, we know industrial hemp is a crop that connects our…
McConnell wants legal hemp, no food-stamp work requirements in Senate version of Farm Bill
The Senate Agriculture Committee is finalizing its draft of the Farm Bill, and if Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has his…
Bill Straub: White House turned into ATM machine and other ugly stuff; McConnell’s getting fleas
Any attempt to pinpoint President Trump’s most grievous sin against the body politic is rather like picking out one particular…
Kentuckian Gina Haspel confirmed as first woman director of the CIA; Senate vote is 54-45
Kentuckian Gina Haspel, 61, has been confirmed as the first woman director of the CIA, confirmed by the Senate on…
Bill Straub: Forget fair play, forget the ABA, just squeeze those questionable judges through
For reasons inexplicable, Democrats have never taken the appointment of federal judges as seriously as Republicans, who understandably place that…
Bill Straub: What’s in store for our duly sworn governor after his one term? Senate? Presidency?
Since the job of Pope is currently filled, there exists speculation aplenty over what position St. Matt the Divine, the…
DEA plans to open Paducah office, Senate Majority Leader McConnell advocated on behalf of facility
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced today that in response to his request, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)…
Mitch McConnell: As ‘Tax Day’ passes, say goodbye to unfair, outdated tax code now in the past
For many middle-class families and businesses, Tax Day is circled on the calendar with regret and trepidation. But this year,…
Senate confirms Jennings as first woman to serve as U.S. District Judge for Western District of Kentucky
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered remarks on the Senate floor following the Senate confirmation of Rebecca Grady…
Gov. Bevin: Kentucky Opportunity Zone Initiative holds promise of economic growth for local communities
Gov. Matt Bevin announced Monday the U.S. Department of the Treasury certified 144 Opportunity Zones in 84 Kentucky counties under…
Bill Straub: Giving the devil his due, McConnell has given the President notice about firing Mueller
It could be said, if one were petulant, that Senate Republican Leader Mitch “Root ‘n Branch’’ McConnell’s strongly worded support…
Bill Straub: The Napoleon of coal ( good, beautiful, clean) coal is just playing along and enjoying the joke
There are many good things that can be said about coal. For decades, even centuries, in the United States it…