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Chamber supports cigarette tax hike

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Nov. 19--ASHLAND -- The 30-day sessions of the Kentucky General Assembly conducted during odd-numbered years are not supposed to be about budgets and revenue. But the vice president for public...

This economy is frightening

By RONNIE ELLIS CNHI News Service Remember the scene in the second Star Wars movie where Yoda sent Luke Skywalker into a tunnel to test his nerve? I don’t envy either Barack Obama or congressional leaders like Kentucky’s Mitch...

Change trumped race in some rural counties

It was no great surprise that Barack Obama, who lost Kentucky by 16 percentage points to Republican John McCain in the Nov. 4 election, carried Jefferson and Fayette counties, the state's largest and most urban.

Churchill Downs Inc. to pursue expanded gambling

Churchill Downs Inc. President Bob Evans pledged to pursue expanded gambling next year in Kentucky, citing Maryland voters' approval of slot machines. A portion of slots revenue would go to boost racing purses.

Henry campaign inquiry drags on

Much to Jim Crawford's chagrin, seven thick binders of evidence gathered by the Kentucky State Police in the Steve Henry campaign-finance case still occupy one end of a long, conference-room table in his law office.

Williams says tax hike isn't answer

But House speaker calls more budget cuts 'devastating' FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Gov. Steve Beshear's warning of "dire" consequences of a projected $294 million revenue shortfall did not impress the leader of the Republican-controlled...