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Showing 5 articles from August 2, 2013.

FrontPage News

Love, nuthin' but love as Grimes kicks off Senate campaign in Purchase
L to R: Adam Edelen, Elsie Case, Todd Hollenbach, Jack Conway, Alison Lundergan Grimes
Love, nuthin' but love as Grimes kicks off Senate campaign in Purchase
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August 2, 2013
By:
Mary Potter, West KY Journal Photos by Ivan Potter and Mary Potter

(Paducah KY - August 1, 2013) - The ever puckish McCracken County Judge Van Newberry kicked off an evening of Democratic jocularity when he instructed over two hundred Democrats to "hug someone you've never hugged before."

And they did it.

Gathered in Paducah for the 8th Annual Alben Barkley "Burgoo and Bluegrass" Dinner, Jackson Purchase Dems eagerly awaited the appearance of their  newest wunderkid Alison Lundergan Grimes...

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SNAP Benefits Will Be Cut for All Participants In November 2013
22 million children among the 47 million Americans, who will see food assistance reduced
SNAP Benefits Will Be Cut for All Participants In November 2013
Posted on:
August 2, 2013
By:
The Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
875,000 people in Kentucky will see a cut in their food assistance benefits this fall, when a temporary boost to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps) is set to expire, according to new data released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) discussed in a report from the Washington, DC-based Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
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Editorials

Why the heck should Kentucky care about the NYC mayoral race?
Why the heck should Kentucky care about the NYC mayoral race?
Posted on:
August 2, 2013
By:
Mary Potter

...So why should a sleazy scandal in a city hundreds of miles away from the Bluegrass State matter to Kentuckians?

...Because it is a city with almost twice as many residents as the whole state of Kentucky. NYC in 2011 - 8.245 million. Kentucky in 2011- 4.3 million. Their taste, their wishes, their buying power affects what we eat, drink and wear in the future...

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Community and Regional News

Cook Report moves Senate race to "toss up"
Posted on:
August 2, 2013
By:
Jennifer Duffy, Cook Report
In the wake of recent polling, the Cook Report has moved the race between 30 year Senator Mitch McConnell and Alison Lundergan Grimes to "toss up."
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Agriculture, Home and Garden

Agriculture Secretary visits Hickman County High School
L to R:Jonathan Reynolds, Max Jewell, Ben Wilson, Zach Morris, Noah Ferguson, Sec. Comer, Darian Irvan, HCHS Ag teacher
Agriculture Secretary visits Hickman County High School
Posted on:
August 2, 2013
By:
Mary Potter, West Kentucky Journal
(Clinton, KY - August 1, 2013) - Agriculture Secretary Jamie Comer told FFA (Future Farmers of America) members that he credits his FFA involvement with where he is today.
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