Bill Straub: Where is the Senate traditionalist now? Could he be the Emperor with no Clothes?
After what seems like centuries masquerading as the grand wizard of the U.S. Senate, a man whose ingenious strategies and…
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Bill Straub: Jobless wait nervously while McConnell dawdles on the unemployment supplement they need
More than 30 million jobless workers – including about 140,000 in Kentucky – will soon find that their unemployment checks…
Kentucky restaurateurs, distillers, musicians urge McConnell to support RESTAURANTS Act
Prominent Kentucky restaurateurs, chefs, distillers, musicians and industry leaders called on Senator Mitch McConnell to include the RESTAURANTS Act in…
Daily Yonder: Will a rural homelessness crisis hit after benefit and eviction moratoriums end?
By Liz Carey The Daily Yonder With federal unemployment benefits ending soon and moratoriums on evictions soon to follow, social…
Rep. John Lewis of Georgia dies after battle with cancer at age 80; he was civil rights champion
Rep. John Lewis, a lion of the civil rights movement of the ’60s who went on to a long and…
Al Cross: There’s no question Cameron’s timing was bad, but Beshear’s attitude is far from perfect
“The coronavirus is not involved in American politics.” So says Mitch McConnell, who has gotten most things right about the…
Bill Straub: Leave it to Mitch to make terrible situation unbearable, and welcome to McConnell World
With the Covid-19 juggernaut sweeping across the nation, sidestepping the federal government’s thus-far paltry efforts to rein it in, you…
Rural Blog: Booker says candidates must ‘show up and listen’ to rural voters, find commonality
First-term state Rep. Charles Booker of Louisville, an African American who nearly won the nomination to face Senate Majority Leader…
Al Cross: Does Amy McGrath have any chance against Mitch McConnell?
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell surely smiled as he watched Amy McGrath slip, stumble and nearly fall to state Rep….
Bill Straub: Amy McGrath has won nomination to challenge Mitch McConnell; what will she do with it?
So, now that Amy McGrath has won the Democratic nomination to challenge Senate Republican Leader Mitch “Root-‘n-Branch” McConnell in the…
‘Unofficial’ primary election results: Trump, Biden; McConnell, McGrath; Massie, Owensby
With almost all precincts reporting statewide, Donald J. Trump has won Kentucky Republican primary for president and Joseph Biden has…
Al Cross: Any doubt about the vote count could resonate long past the primary
Voting for the Democratic nomination to face Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is over, but the election is not, because…
Beshear, McConnell settlement over Medicaid funding secures $383 million for rural hospitals
Gov. Andy Beshear and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday announced $383 million in state and federal dollars…
Bill Straub: Will McConnell maintain majority leader status, even if he defeats his Democrat opponent?
To the vast relief of a grateful but beleaguered nation, Senate Republican Leader Mitch “Root-‘n-Branch” McConnell, has made it clear…
Deadline today to request ballot by mail; other options, candidates, more here for June 23 primary
Staff report Today is the last day for registered voters to request a ballot by mail so they can vote…
Amy McGrath: Kentucky needs new generation leaders who will fight for every Kentuckian
We are truly at a turning point in our nation’s history. Peaceful protesters in every state and across the world…
NorthKey Community Care in Covington receives $452,166 to expand telehealth services across region
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced that NorthKey Community Care in Covington received $452,166 to expand its telehealth services…
Bill Straub: It’s the autocratic way — using (or threatening) military force against U.S. citizens
The nation dodged a bullet, figuratively and, perhaps, literally, this week when President Trump, aka President Extremely Stable Genius, aka…
Mike Broihier: Democrat candidate for U.S. Senate — for government accountability, economic justice
Mitch McConnell has been the chief enabler of the President’s reluctance to act during this pandemic, his unwillingness to take…
Bill Straub: Quite a pair. As Trump disintegrates, McConnell just keeps digging grave for democracy
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…
Al Cross: As Trump’s virus work drags them down, Republicans seem frantic
Republicans facing an election amid a century-rank catastrophe made worse by their president are throwing anything they can against the…
Bill Straub: Ugliness joins with falsehoods to come out in open, revealing McConnell’s disdain for Obama
It’s no secret that Senate Republican Leader Mitch “Root-‘n-Branch’’ McConnell has long looked upon former President Barack Obama with the…