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Al Cross: There’s no question Cameron’s timing was bad, but Beshear’s attitude is far from perfect

July 18, 2020July 18, 20202

“The coronavirus is not involved in American politics.” So says Mitch McConnell, who has gotten most things right about the…

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Bill Straub: Leave it to Mitch to make terrible situation unbearable, and welcome to McConnell World

July 16, 2020July 15, 20201

With the Covid-19 juggernaut sweeping across the nation, sidestepping the federal government’s thus-far paltry efforts to rein it in, you…

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Rural Blog: Booker says candidates must ‘show up and listen’ to rural voters, find commonality

July 12, 2020July 9, 20200

First-term state Rep. Charles Booker of Louisville, an African American who nearly won the nomination to face Senate Majority Leader…

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Al Cross: Does Amy McGrath have any chance against Mitch McConnell?

July 3, 2020July 2, 20201

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell surely smiled as he watched Amy McGrath slip, stumble and nearly fall to state Rep….

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Bill Straub: Amy McGrath has won nomination to challenge Mitch McConnell; what will she do with it?

July 2, 2020July 6, 20204

So, now that Amy McGrath has won the Democratic nomination to challenge Senate Republican Leader Mitch “Root-‘n-Branch” McConnell in the…

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‘Unofficial’ primary election results: Trump, Biden; McConnell, McGrath; Massie, Owensby

July 1, 2020July 1, 20200

With almost all precincts reporting statewide, Donald J. Trump has won Kentucky Republican primary for president and Joseph Biden has…

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Al Cross: Any doubt about the vote count could resonate long past the primary

June 26, 2020June 25, 20200

Voting for the Democratic nomination to face Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is over, but the election is not, because…

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Beshear, McConnell settlement over Medicaid funding secures $383 million for rural hospitals

June 25, 2020June 24, 20203

Gov. Andy Beshear and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday announced $383 million in state and federal dollars…

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Bill Straub: Will McConnell maintain majority leader status, even if he defeats his Democrat opponent?

June 25, 2020June 24, 20202

To the vast relief of a grateful but beleaguered nation, Senate Republican Leader Mitch “Root-‘n-Branch” McConnell, has made it clear…

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Deadline today to request ballot by mail; other options, candidates, more here for June 23 primary

June 15, 2020June 14, 20200

Staff report Today is the last day for registered voters to request a ballot by mail so they can vote…

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Amy McGrath: Kentucky needs new generation leaders who will fight for every Kentuckian

June 14, 2020June 13, 20201

We are truly at a turning point in our nation’s history. Peaceful protesters in every state and across the world…

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NorthKey Community Care in Covington receives $452,166 to expand telehealth services across region

June 12, 2020June 11, 20200

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced that NorthKey Community Care in Covington received $452,166 to expand its telehealth services…

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Bill Straub: It’s the autocratic way — using (or threatening) military force against U.S. citizens

June 11, 2020June 10, 20202

The nation dodged a bullet, figuratively and, perhaps, literally, this week when President Trump, aka President Extremely Stable Genius, aka…

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Mike Broihier: Democrat candidate for U.S. Senate — for government accountability, economic justice

June 9, 2020June 13, 20204

Mitch McConnell has been the chief enabler of the President’s reluctance to act during this pandemic, his unwillingness to take…

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Bill Straub: Quite a pair. As Trump disintegrates, McConnell just keeps digging grave for democracy

June 4, 2020June 3, 20202

America’s Il Duce, one Donald John Trump, aka President Extremely Stable Genius, aka President Great and Unmatched Wisdom, in MacArthur-returns-to-the-Philippines…

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Al Cross: As Trump’s virus work drags them down, Republicans seem frantic

May 15, 2020May 21, 20201

Republicans facing an election amid a century-rank catastrophe made worse by their president are throwing anything they can against the…

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Bill Straub: Ugliness joins with falsehoods to come out in open, revealing McConnell’s disdain for Obama

May 14, 2020May 13, 20204

It’s no secret that Senate Republican Leader Mitch “Root-‘n-Branch’’ McConnell has long looked upon former President Barack Obama with the…

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Al Cross: McConnell risks riling public employees with pension, bankruptcy remarks

May 2, 2020May 1, 20200

Ever since he became leader of Republicans in the U.S. Senate, Mitch McConnell has used that post as his most…

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Bill Straub: Mitch McConnell, known for putting party before country, does it again over ‘blue state bailouts’

April 30, 2020April 29, 20200

In 1975, facing an excruciating financial crisis, the City of New York under Democratic Mayor Abraham Beame, looking bankruptcy squarely…

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Bill Straub: Kentuckians excel at picking racehorses and UK ballgame spreads, not so much DC reps

April 23, 2020April 22, 20204

Kentuckians over the decades have exhibited a great knack for picking the exacta at Keeneland and coming down on the…

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Billy Reed: I first met Mitch when we were the hapless Giants of the Pony League; what happened to him?

April 18, 2020April 25, 20207

My relationship with Mitch McConnell began, oddly enough, on the baseball field at the Naval Ordnance Plant in South Louisville….

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Bill Straub: Some judges shouldn’t be considered for quick advancement, and Justin Walker is one

April 16, 2020April 15, 20201

What, Pigmeat Markham wasn’t available? Senate Republican Leader Mitch “Root-‘n-Branch’’ McConnell, fulfilling his primary duty as consigliere to an addled…

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