Bridges project contract let

Feb 20, 2014 at 08:36 am by admin

FRANKFORT, Ky.  – Governor Steve Beshear announced the award of a contract to build the first of the much-anticipated twin Lake Bridges in the tourism-rich Jackson Purchase of.... Read More

Editorial: Don't know much about... politics

Feb 20, 2014 at 08:36 am by admin

  (Clinton KY, February 19, 2014) - Recently, we’ve heard from educated Kentuckians that they don't know much about politics. Further, they don't care for it. It's so... mess.... Read More

Oh. That pipeline.

Feb 20, 2014 at 08:36 am by admin

UPDATE- Friday, Feb. 21, 2014 - Erica Peterson of WFPL is reporting this afternoon that IF the Bluegrass Pipeline gets built, it will be built a year later than planned. WFPL.... Read More

Master Sgt. Aaron C. Torian, 36, of Paducah, Ky

Feb 20, 2014 at 08:36 am by admin

Governor Beshear Recognizes Sacrifice of a Kentucky Marine FRANKFORT, Ky. (Feb. 18 2014) – Gov. Steve Beshear today recognized the sacrifice of a Kentucky Marine who died whi.... Read More

Top 1 Percent of Kentuckians Captured Nearly Half of State Income Growth over Last Few Decades

Feb 19, 2014 at 10:35 am by admin

  New Report Shows Widening Income Inequalityin All 50 States The top 1 percent of earners in Kentucky took home 48.8 percent of state income gains from 1979 to 2007—a sha.... Read More

Paducah Schools extend school day

Feb 18, 2014 at 02:27 pm by admin

The Paducah Board of Education has approved changes to the school calendar that will enable the district to make up instructional days missed due to winter weather. Beginning.... Read More

WKMS reporting: Randy Dunn new president of SIU

Feb 17, 2014 at 01:58 pm by admin

A serious conversation about climate change

Feb 14, 2014 at 10:21 am by admin

After weeks of extreme weather across the region and a visit from Bill Nye it only seems appropriate communities in western Kentucky sit down to have a serious conversation on.... Read More

SB 113 (redistricting) is good example of Insider Fast Track

Feb 13, 2014 at 02:38 pm by admin

Fast track bills are most often about raw power, money, or doing something bad to someone. Senate Bill 113 is an example of this thinking. The issue of taking US census data.... Read More

Spc. Christopher A. Landis, Independence KY

Feb 13, 2014 at 02:06 pm by admin

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Feb. 13, 2014) – Governor Steve Beshear today recognized the sacrifice of a Kentucky soldier who died while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.  According.... Read More

Tracking Social Change: How Grocery Store Magazines Foretell Future Trends

Feb 13, 2014 at 01:53 pm by admin

Tracking Social Change: How Grocery Store Magazines Foretell Future Trends The study of the future is most often about reading and predicting great shifts in culture, economi.... Read More

Cleaning up the Legislative Redistricting Mess from 2013

Feb 13, 2014 at 01:30 pm by admin

 (February 13, 2014) - The Kentucky Legislature has primarily two major functions. One is to design and pass a budget for the operations of Kentucky State Government every t.... Read More

Grimes releases GOP poll showing dead heat with McConnell

Feb 13, 2014 at 12:20 pm by admin

Alison Lundergan Grimes' campaign sent out an email blast this morning to supporters saying that a GOP poll shows that a statistical dead heat exists between Grimes and Senato.... Read More

Jeff Wiggins, President, West KY AFL-CIO

Feb 13, 2014 at 12:05 pm by admin

Sen. Mitch McConnell we’re on to your con job. You still want us to believe that you are responsible for the cancer screenings and compensation program for workers at the U.S.... Read More

Legislative Bills with Potential for High Local Impact

Feb 13, 2014 at 10:51 am by admin

The Kentucky 2014 Legislature is at the 42 % mark as of February 11, 2014. This means some 367 bills have been filed with the House of Representative and 133 with the Senate..... Read More