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Health advocates and state officials want to raise Kentucky's cigarette tax by at least $1 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2018 Jan 2018 0 1165
Louisville Youth Detention Center Fails on Basic Services, Report Says 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2018 Jan 2018 0 1292
Some Kentucky schools could fail under Gov. Matt Bevin's proposed budget 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2018 Jan 2018 0 1248
Judge dismisses right-to-work lawsuit; labor groups will appeal 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2018 Jan 2018 2 1373
Bill regulating naming of state property advances 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2018 Jan 2018 0 1263
'Devastating' cut could mean some retired Kentucky teachers pay thousands more in insurance 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2018 Jan 2018 4 1649
Former assistant police chief sent messages urging recruit to shoot black people 4 TexasTowelie Jan 2018 Jan 2018 6 2414
Kentucky governor says he'll end Medicaid benefits for 400,000 if court blocks work requirements 4 TexasTowelie Jan 2018 Jan 2018 2 2128
Judge orders lawyers for Rick Pitino and University of Louisville to discuss settlement 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2018 Jan 2018 0 1458
So, the GOP speaker of the KY house just gave a resignation tantrum 2 Ken Burch Jan 2018 Jan 2018 3 2235
Meet the teacher who keeps suing the state of Kentucky to get pensions fully funded 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2018 Jan 2018 4 1296
Number of state House Democrats not seeking re-election grows to 8 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2018 Jan 2018 2 1481
'Brutal.' 'Unprecedented.' Nothing is safe as lawmakers slash $1 billion from budget. 3 TexasTowelie Jan 2018 Jan 2018 1 1988
No pension bill yet, but clues teased out 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2018 Jan 2018 0 1364
State official working on Real ID compliance exits from Bevin administration 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2018 Jan 2018 0 1765
Eight House members file complaint, call for expulsion of Speaker Jeff Hoover 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2018 Jan 2018 1 1416
Accused of molesting a teenage girl, Kentucky lawmaker refuses to resign 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2017 Dec 2017 0 1875
The president of slave-holding Confederate states still a hero in Kentucky Capitol 2 TexasTowelie Dec 2017 Dec 2017 0 2188
Kentucky Baptists threaten to kick out churches that think it's OK to hire 'practicing homosexuals' 2 TexasTowelie Dec 2017 Dec 2017 0 1562
Pitino sues Louisville for breach of contract. 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2017 Dec 2017 1 1688
Former Bevin employee says state lawmaker sent her 'highly inappropriate' messages 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2017 Dec 2017 4 1724
State pays $43,000 to settle lawsuit alleging cover up in horrific child abuse case 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2017 Dec 2017 2 1448
Did T-shirt company violate Lexington's fairness ordinance? States high court to decide. 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2017 Dec 2017 3 2020
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas and there's still no revised pension bill 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2017 Dec 2017 2 1321
Officials: Kentucky cop agreed not to arrest woman for sex 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2017 Dec 2017 3 1666
'I did it to kill people': 11-year old Louisville girl crashes truck into home 0 sl8 Nov 2017 Nov 2017 0 3007
In Kentucky town, gay-marriage opponent Davis still divides 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 1 1420
Kentucky will reopen private prison despite past inmate sex abuse 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 0 1255
Lexington's rainbow crosswalk is a safety hazard, federal official says 2 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 0 1861
Judge rules for, against Kentucky political rivals 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 0 1349

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Bevin administration asks for re-do on report that was critical of pension reform 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 0 1333
Former House Speaker Jeff Hoover released from hospital following heart issues 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 0 1277
In lawsuit, former University of Louisville Foundation exec says he was board's 'fall guy' 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 0 1294
Who paid for lawmakers' secret sexual harassment settlement? Democrat wants answers. 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 1 1340
Anti-gay-marriage clerk Kim Davis to seek re-election 2 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 2 2219
Kentucky House Speaker resigns after reports of sexual harassment settlement 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 1 1887
Marijuana expert: Matt Bevin exaggerates pot's effects 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 1 1341
Gov. Matt Bevin's Pension Proposal Is Out. Here's How It Will Affect Kentuckians 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 1 1707
'Shame on you.' Bevin blasts superintendents' leader for proposed rally on pension plan 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 1 1517
Historic coal towns are fighting to survive. Could three of them merge into one? 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 1 1416
A Kentucky bill would target protestors, promote cultural purity 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 3 1776
Ex-Miss Kentucky USA fights prison search before drug arrest 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2017 Oct 2017 1 2773
Marijuana Proposal As Pension Fix 2 TexasTowelie Oct 2017 Oct 2017 1 2036
'No place to put that baby.' State takes more kids away from parents than it can handle 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2017 Oct 2017 2 3560
Andy Beshear storms out after GOP lawmaker grills him over Purdue Pharma settlement 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2017 Oct 2017 2 2098
Kentucky state agencies resist or drag their feet on Gov. Bevin's budget cut request 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2017 Oct 2017 0 1870
Attorney General Andy Beshear: Reveal 'secret partners' in company getting $15M from state 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2017 Oct 2017 0 1925
30 percent of this college's students default on loans. McConnell doesn't want the school to pay 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2017 Oct 2017 0 2313
Auditor: Ex-county treasurer wrote self $114,506 in checks 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2017 Oct 2017 0 1912
Porta-potties targeted with IEDs; commode explodes 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2017 Oct 2017 0 1936
Bad medicine: Gov. Bevin's plan to cripple medicaid 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2017 Oct 2017 1 2322
Armed Robber Dressed As Coke Bottle 2 left-of-center2012 Sep 2017 Sep 2017 0 2237
Judge accused of rape, human trafficking is indicted on more Kentucky charges 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2017 Sep 2017 2 2095
State agencies must cut budgets by 17% to avoid $200M shortfall, Bevin says 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2017 Sep 2017 0 1713
Kentucky leads nation in decrease of those without insurance 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2017 Sep 2017 2 1687
Kentucky Retirement Systems board considers resolution calling on lawmakers to protect benefits 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2017 Sep 2017 0 1929
Bevin: Cut college programs that don't pay off 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2017 Sep 2017 0 1707
Bank employee in northeastern Kentucky charged in $1 million forgery scheme 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2017 Sep 2017 0 2214
Union County's Judge/Executive Charged With Scheming To Defraud The Citizens Of Union County 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2017 Sep 2017 0 1608
Legislative sex harassment case spurs call for change in Kentucky's ethics law 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2017 Sep 2017 1 1367

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Local governments to pay more into pension system 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2017 Sep 2017 0 1661
Gov. Matt Bevin's plan for budget cuts illegal, Attorney General Andy Beshear says 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2017 Sep 2017 0 1648
Trial concludes in Kentucky abortion clinic case 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2017 Sep 2017 3 2022
Kentucky's last abortion clinic to face off against governor 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2017 Sep 2017 16 2637
Bevin answers ACLU's lawsuit and says blocking followers on social media within his rights 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2017 Aug 2017 1 2697
Black leaders urge Matt Bevin to remove Jefferson Davis statue from Kentucky Capitol 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2017 Aug 2017 1 2573
He embezzled $121,000 to pay medical bills. Hell serve 15 months for it 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2017 Aug 2017 0 3240
This lawmaker bought a luxury houseboat in 2004. He never paid a dime in property taxes. 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2017 Aug 2017 2 2674
Former Prestonsburg mayor faked mental impairment to avoid trial, psychologist says 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2017 Aug 2017 0 2908
Hoover: Special session to deal with troubled pension system coming in October 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2017 Aug 2017 0 2483
Kentucky Tea Party governor blames Charlottesville violence on lack of Bibles in schools 7 workinclasszero Aug 2017 Aug 2017 1 5010
Let's go Kentucky! You can do this! 2 Fla Dem Aug 2017 Aug 2017 10 3499
Feds: Covington store's food stamp fraud funded drug abuse 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2017 Aug 2017 0 3132
UK professor says criticism of Medicaid plan angered Gov. Matt Bevin, cost him his job 5 TexasTowelie Aug 2017 Aug 2017 12 5665
Judge dismisses charge against Rep. Wesley Morgan, who was criticized for trying to pass legislation 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2017 Aug 2017 0 2427
Courier-Journal files complaint after public blocked from board's visit to Matt Bevin's home 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2017 Aug 2017 6 2579
Attorney general: Auto Plaza USA in Nicholasville defrauded more than 1,400 customers 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2017 Aug 2017 2 2796
Abortion fight rages in Kentucky, which has just 1 clinic 1 TexasTowelie Jul 2017 Jul 2017 1 2109
Mitch McConnell is failing to defend democracy 2 TexasTowelie Jul 2017 Jul 2017 3 2779
University of Louisville may sue James Ramsey, others to recover estimated $40M to $100M for founda- 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2017 Jul 2017 0 2033
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