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'Brutal.' 'Unprecedented.' Nothing is safe as lawmakers slash $1 billion from budget. 3 TexasTowelie Jan 2018 Jan 2018 1 1724
No pension bill yet, but clues teased out 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2018 Jan 2018 0 1216
State official working on Real ID compliance exits from Bevin administration 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2018 Jan 2018 0 1643
Eight House members file complaint, call for expulsion of Speaker Jeff Hoover 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2018 Jan 2018 1 1300
Accused of molesting a teenage girl, Kentucky lawmaker refuses to resign 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2017 Dec 2017 0 1751
The president of slave-holding Confederate states still a hero in Kentucky Capitol 2 TexasTowelie Dec 2017 Dec 2017 0 2031
Kentucky Baptists threaten to kick out churches that think it's OK to hire 'practicing homosexuals' 2 TexasTowelie Dec 2017 Dec 2017 0 1413
Pitino sues Louisville for breach of contract. 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2017 Dec 2017 1 1558
Former Bevin employee says state lawmaker sent her 'highly inappropriate' messages 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2017 Dec 2017 4 1574
State pays $43,000 to settle lawsuit alleging cover up in horrific child abuse case 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2017 Dec 2017 2 1318
Did T-shirt company violate Lexington's fairness ordinance? States high court to decide. 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2017 Dec 2017 3 1897
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas and there's still no revised pension bill 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2017 Dec 2017 2 1195
Officials: Kentucky cop agreed not to arrest woman for sex 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2017 Dec 2017 3 1551
'I did it to kill people': 11-year old Louisville girl crashes truck into home 0 sl8 Nov 2017 Nov 2017 0 2894
In Kentucky town, gay-marriage opponent Davis still divides 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 1 1298
Kentucky will reopen private prison despite past inmate sex abuse 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 0 1146
Lexington's rainbow crosswalk is a safety hazard, federal official says 2 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 0 1703
Judge rules for, against Kentucky political rivals 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 0 1215
Bevin administration asks for re-do on report that was critical of pension reform 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 0 1220
Former House Speaker Jeff Hoover released from hospital following heart issues 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 0 1161
In lawsuit, former University of Louisville Foundation exec says he was board's 'fall guy' 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 0 1167
Who paid for lawmakers' secret sexual harassment settlement? Democrat wants answers. 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 1 1226
Anti-gay-marriage clerk Kim Davis to seek re-election 2 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 2 2056
Kentucky House Speaker resigns after reports of sexual harassment settlement 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 1 1780
Marijuana expert: Matt Bevin exaggerates pot's effects 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 1 1228
Gov. Matt Bevin's Pension Proposal Is Out. Here's How It Will Affect Kentuckians 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 1 1586
'Shame on you.' Bevin blasts superintendents' leader for proposed rally on pension plan 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 1 1399
Historic coal towns are fighting to survive. Could three of them merge into one? 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 1 1309
A Kentucky bill would target protestors, promote cultural purity 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2017 Nov 2017 3 1654
Ex-Miss Kentucky USA fights prison search before drug arrest 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2017 Oct 2017 1 2613

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Marijuana Proposal As Pension Fix 2 TexasTowelie Oct 2017 Oct 2017 1 1873
'No place to put that baby.' State takes more kids away from parents than it can handle 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2017 Oct 2017 2 3406
Andy Beshear storms out after GOP lawmaker grills him over Purdue Pharma settlement 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2017 Oct 2017 2 1976
Kentucky state agencies resist or drag their feet on Gov. Bevin's budget cut request 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2017 Oct 2017 0 1746
Attorney General Andy Beshear: Reveal 'secret partners' in company getting $15M from state 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2017 Oct 2017 0 1811
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 2181
Auditor: Ex-county treasurer wrote self $114,506 in checks 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2017 Oct 2017 0 1797
Porta-potties targeted with IEDs; commode explodes 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2017 Oct 2017 0 1835
Bad medicine: Gov. Bevin's plan to cripple medicaid 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2017 Oct 2017 1 2198
Armed Robber Dressed As Coke Bottle 2 left-of-center2012 Sep 2017 Sep 2017 0 2053
Judge accused of rape, human trafficking is indicted on more Kentucky charges 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2017 Sep 2017 2 1992
State agencies must cut budgets by 17% to avoid $200M shortfall, Bevin says 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2017 Sep 2017 0 1563
Kentucky leads nation in decrease of those without insurance 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2017 Sep 2017 2 1569
Kentucky Retirement Systems board considers resolution calling on lawmakers to protect benefits 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2017 Sep 2017 0 1802
Bevin: Cut college programs that don't pay off 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2017 Sep 2017 0 1566
Bank employee in northeastern Kentucky charged in $1 million forgery scheme 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2017 Sep 2017 0 2108
Union County's Judge/Executive Charged With Scheming To Defraud The Citizens Of Union County 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2017 Sep 2017 0 1494
Legislative sex harassment case spurs call for change in Kentucky's ethics law 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2017 Sep 2017 1 1256
Local governments to pay more into pension system 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2017 Sep 2017 0 1538
Gov. Matt Bevin's plan for budget cuts illegal, Attorney General Andy Beshear says 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2017 Sep 2017 0 1533
Trial concludes in Kentucky abortion clinic case 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2017 Sep 2017 3 1919
Kentucky's last abortion clinic to face off against governor 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2017 Sep 2017 16 2524
Bevin answers ACLU's lawsuit and says blocking followers on social media within his rights 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2017 Aug 2017 1 2589
Black leaders urge Matt Bevin to remove Jefferson Davis statue from Kentucky Capitol 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2017 Aug 2017 1 2454
He embezzled $121,000 to pay medical bills. Hell serve 15 months for it 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2017 Aug 2017 0 3131
This lawmaker bought a luxury houseboat in 2004. He never paid a dime in property taxes. 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2017 Aug 2017 2 2534
Former Prestonsburg mayor faked mental impairment to avoid trial, psychologist says 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2017 Aug 2017 0 2796
Hoover: Special session to deal with troubled pension system coming in October 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2017 Aug 2017 0 2369
Kentucky Tea Party governor blames Charlottesville violence on lack of Bibles in schools 7 workinclasszero Aug 2017 Aug 2017 1 4720
Let's go Kentucky! You can do this! 2 Fla Dem Aug 2017 Aug 2017 10 3326

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Feds: Covington store's food stamp fraud funded drug abuse 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2017 Aug 2017 0 3022
UK professor says criticism of Medicaid plan angered Gov. Matt Bevin, cost him his job 5 TexasTowelie Aug 2017 Aug 2017 12 5408
Judge dismisses charge against Rep. Wesley Morgan, who was criticized for trying to pass legislation 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2017 Aug 2017 0 2269
Courier-Journal files complaint after public blocked from board's visit to Matt Bevin's home 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2017 Aug 2017 6 2404
Attorney general: Auto Plaza USA in Nicholasville defrauded more than 1,400 customers 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2017 Aug 2017 2 2659
Abortion fight rages in Kentucky, which has just 1 clinic 1 TexasTowelie Jul 2017 Jul 2017 1 1960
Mitch McConnell is failing to defend democracy 2 TexasTowelie Jul 2017 Jul 2017 3 2623
University of Louisville may sue James Ramsey, others to recover estimated $40M to $100M for founda- 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2017 Jul 2017 0 1926
Eric Conn gave Kentucky lawyers a black eye. The new bar president wants to fix that. 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2017 Jul 2017 0 1890
Bevin closes $152M budget shortfall and repeats call for tax reform 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2017 Jul 2017 0 1881
Kentucky Retirement Systems votes for tighter pension projection, lowering assumed investment rates 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2017 Jul 2017 0 1856
Time for progressive tax reform in Kentucky 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2017 Jul 2017 0 1851
Former Kentucky Coal Business Owner Dies In Mountain Bike Accident 2 TexasTowelie Jul 2017 Jul 2017 0 2451
Bevin To Skip Fancy Farm, Beshear Will Speak 1 TexasTowelie Jul 2017 Jul 2017 1 2022
30 years and $4.47 million: Berea pharmacist sentenced, court imposes civil penalty 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2017 Jul 2017 0 1546
Blast guts part of unused university dorm in Kentucky 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2017 Jun 2017 0 2299
Arrest warrant issued for prominent former east Kentucky lawyer Eric Conn involved in fraud scheme 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2017 Jun 2017 0 4860
Kentucky to appeal ruling striking down parts of ethics law 2 TexasTowelie Jun 2017 Jun 2017 2 2634
Bevin plans revamp of 39 medical and professional boards; Beshear pledges to fight 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2017 Jun 2017 0 3185
Teacher announces he is bisexual, then loses his job. Angry supporters protest. 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2017 Jun 2017 2 2535
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