Bill Straub: Who’s paying attention to what KY’s DC delegation is doing? Your reps deserve scrutiny
WASHINGTON – Back in early April members of the Kentucky congressional delegation, quite appropriately, sent a letter to President Extremely…
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Bill Straub: Lear on Twitter and other things we are witnessing in the wake of the Mueller report
John Leroy Maxwell authored a poem, later set to music, about a drunken degenerate who passes out in the gutter….
LLC, Commonwealth Attorney Rob Sanders partner on diversion, alternative sentencing opportunities
Senator Rand and Kelley Paul made a surprise appearance at Covington’s Life Learning Center (LLC) Thursday as it announced a partnership…
Bill Straub: Hail, hail Fredonia; America is mired in Duck Soup under President Donald J. Trump
Perhaps the time has come to consider changing the name of the United States of America to Freedonia. For the…
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,…
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: 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: Trump Derangement Syndrome aside, there are plenty of legitimate questions about Putin
To Sen. Rand Paul, it can all be chalked up to Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS). The Republican lawmaker from Bowling…
Bill Straub: Humpty-Trumpty bullies way through NATO, insults May on home turf, loves Putin more. . .
President Trump’s (OMG!) recently concluded European excursion was, by all estimates, a disaster, not to mention a public humiliation that…
Judge sentences Rand Paul’s neighbor to 30 days behind bars; after plea of guilty to assault
By Tom Latek Kentucky Today A federal judge has sentenced U.S. Sen. Rand Paul’s neighbor to 30 days behind bars…
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…
Braidy Industries breaks ground on $1.6B rolling mill near Ashland, will bring 600 jobs to region
At last week’s ceremonial start of construction on the $1.5 billion, 600-job Braidy Industries aluminum rolling mill near Ashland, Gov….
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…
Bill Straub: The ‘lone wolf’ joins the pack, as Rand Paul hands committee green light to Mike Pompeo
WASHINGTON – Back a little more than five years ago, Sen. Rand Paul marched onto the floor of the upper…
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…
Independence welcomes a Wounded Warrior with open arms and music from Lee Greenwood
By Mark Hansel NkyTribune managing editor A crowd of hundreds, which included Congressmen from two states and a U.S. Senator,…
Bill Straub: How does Rand really feel? He was for it before he was against it — is that right?
Harken back for just a moment to the 2004 political season when John Kerry, the Democratic presidential nominee, rather clumsily…
Bill Straub: You can look it up or take a stand, but words do speak for themselves. Figure it out.
You may have heard, it’s been in all the papers, that the president of these United States, one Donald J….
Bill Straub: So far, GOP has little to show for control, so killing health care bill may be best they can do
Once again we are sadly reminded that there isn’t anything so terrible in this world that Sen. Rand Paul and…
Bill Straub: With Senate unable to get anything done, McConnell is facing opposition from all sides
It’s becoming obvious that Senate Republican Leader Mitch “Root ‘n Branch’’ McConnell needs to embrace the advice of the late…
Bill Straub: Given yet another chance to be a statesman, McConnell chooses party over country
WASHINGTON – A few months back, when word about the Trump administration’s all-too-close ties to the Kremlin started percolating, Sen….
Bill Straub: From dangerous windbag to beauty, Paul’s view of Trump has evolved since primary battle
WASHINGTON – Sen. Rand Paul is, as the famous line from Oliver Stone’s JFK put it, “a mystery wrapped in…