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Kentucky Offers Incentive For Electric Car Plant Last Updated: 6:48 AM 08/17/08 - ... Simpson County & Franklin locations involved (Full Story)

Workers in Lawson Linked Firms Gave $100K In Ky Elections Last Updated: 5:35 AM 08/17/08 - ... Ky. governor's race drew many $1,000 donations (Full Story)

Lancaster Referendum Could Turn Town Wet Last Updated: 5:08 AM 08/17/08 - ...No one in the town of 4,500 can confidently predict which way the vote will go on Tuesday (Full Story)

Convicted Former Perry Official Seeking Public Office Last Updated: 5:15 AM 08/16/08 - ... Sherman Neace, 67, will run against Republican newcomer Frank Hurley, 54 (Full Story)

Ky. Auditor Troubled By Ky. Ag Financial Review Last Updated: 4:58 AM 08/16/08 - ... criticizing how nearly $5 million of Kentucky's tobacco settlement money was spent during the Fletcher administration (Full Story)

Governor Says State Cooperating In Federal Probe Last Updated: 9:39 AM 08/11/08 - Gov. Steve Beshear says the state is cooperating with federal investigators probing alleged improprieties in the awarding of highway construction contracts. (Full Story)

FBI Looks For Lawson - Pikeville Firm Connections Last Updated: 8:50 AM 08/10/08 - ... FBI looking into whether or not Leonard Lawson has an interest in a Pikeville company that made a $36,050 payment to former Transportation Cabinet Secretary Bill Nighbert, reports (Full Story)

Lunsford Promises N. Ky. Crowd "No Tolls" On New Bridge Last Updated: 5:50 AM 08/10/08 - ... tolls were suggested as a way to help finance a replacement for the Brent Spence bridge over the Ohio into Cincinnati, but politicians backing off after uproar (Full Story)

Engineer Tells FBI He Leaked "Secret" Bids To Road Contractor Last Updated: 9:04 AM 08/09/08 - ... On about eight occasions engineer James Rummage was directed by Lawson or then-Transportation Secretary Bill Nighbert to obtain Transportation Cabinet's "secret" cost estimates for state contracts ... (Full Story)

Beshear Japan Trip Cost Taxpayers Almost $86,000 Last Updated: 6:22 AM 08/09/08 - ...Although the expenses came at a time of state budget cuts, Beshear spokesman Jay Blanton says it was a good investment. (Full Story)

McConnell Promotes Energy Plan Last Updated: 6:13 AM 08/09/08 - ...McConnell, the Senate's top-ranking Republican, promoted his proposal to boost energy production as well as conservation in a speech to the Danville Rotary Club. (Full Story)

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Scorsone Unopposed…. McConnell Running Ahead… Former President Bush Coming To Georgetown - Post Your Comments!

Alright gang… it’s been busy past few days in the newsroom with regular news and editorial decisions… from the young woman who was escorted out of the Richmond Mall for wearing the dress she had bought there… to the start of school to some of our always brazen criminals making life tough for everybody who works hard and tries to do the right thing. (Read Blog)

Democrats Choose Flood In 75th… GOP Loses Candidate in 79th…. McConnell To Appear on “Kentucky Newsmakers” - Post Your Comments!

Lexington Democratic activists heard from five candidates who wanted the party nomination in the 75th house district. That’s the mainly downtown/UK area district represented now by Kathy Stein who is running for the senate seat being vacated by Ernesto Scorsone. (Read Blog)

Ellinger VS Stein …. Fancy Farm Preps… - Post Your Comments!

There could be an interesting race brewing in Fayette County for that open state senate seat where Ernesto Scorsone is leaving the legislature after 24 years. Scorsone has decided to make a career change and go for a circuit judgeship. (Read Blog)

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