Fischer, Other Mayors Defend Refugee Resettlement
Despite the large number of governors — mostly Republicans — opposing the resettlement of Syrian refugees in their states following attacks in Paris, city leaders around the U.S. are voicing their...
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Poll: 1 In 5 Americans Trusts The Government
Only 19 percent of Americans — about 1 in 5 — say they trust the government “always or most of the time,” according to a study released by the Pew Research Center on Monday. Yet clear majorities also...
View ArticleLouisville Restaurant To Welcome Refugees For Thanksgiving Meal
In the days following the attacks in Paris, Vanessa Cantley’s Facebook feed was irking her. She found a flood of status updates on the topic of allowing refugees into the country — many of them...
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WATCH: Obama Says Trump ‘Exploiting’ Anger, Fear Among ‘Blue-Collar Men’
Donald Trump has gained traction in the Republican primary, according to President Obama, because the boisterous billionaire has found a way to play off American anxieties, especially among...
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8 Things Congress Actually Did This Year
When Republicans took over both chambers of Congress in January, party leaders vowed they would prove to the country that Republicans could govern. They promised to stop with the self-made crises, such...
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In Live Address, Obama Takes His Plan For Gun Control To The Public
Saying that America faces a “gun violence epidemic,” President Obama is taking “a series of commonsense executive actions” to reduce gun violence Tuesday, the White House says. First among the...
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5 Things To Watch For In Obama’s Final State Of The Union
On Tuesday night, President Barack Obama will give his final State of the Union address. It’s the last big speech many Americans will watch him deliver, and he wants to leave a good impression. So here...
View ArticleFew Candidates Challenging Kentucky Congressmen And Paul So Far
Update 10:32 a.m.: Lexington Mayor Jim Gray has entered the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate. Here’s more. Earlier: Kentuckians seeking to run for Congress or Senate as a Democrat or Republican have...
View ArticleRogers Proposes $1 Billion For Coal Country
U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers on Wednesday announced a bi-partisan initiative to send $1 billion to coalfields communities. The RECLAIM Act (which stands for Revitalizing the Economy of Coal Communities by...
View ArticleMarlow Cook, Moderate Kentucky Republican Leader, Dies
Former U.S. Sen. Marlow Cook of Kentucky, a moderate Republican and the second member of congress to call for the resignation of President Nixon, has died at age 89. Cook was part of a Republican...
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Remembering Marlow Cook, A Bygone Kind Of Kentucky Republican
Marlow W. Cook first flashed across the horizon of Louisville and Jefferson County a little more than a half-century ago, full of ideas, enthusiasm and youthful energy. He brought something that our...
View ArticleObama’s Budget Proposal Includes More Money For Struggling Coalfields
President Barack Obama is asking for more money for economic and community development in Appalachia in his fiscal year 2017 budget request to Congress. The proposal, released Tuesday, includes $70...
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Justice Scalia Will Lie In Repose At The Supreme Court On Friday
The late Justice Antonin Scalia will lie in repose at the Supreme Court on Friday. The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in...
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Obama Says Guantanamo Prison Doesn’t Help U.S. Security — ‘It Undermines It’
U.S. operation of the Guantanamo Bay military detention center in Cuba is “contrary to our values” and is seen as “a stain on our broader record” of upholding the highest rules of law, President Obama...
View ArticleKentucky Republicans File Brief Against EPA’s Carbon Plan
Nearly all of Kentucky’s federal representatives have formally filed a document in support of a lawsuit challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s carbon dioxide regulations. The EPA finalized...
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Former Congressman Ben Chandler On Coal, Climate Change, Cap-and-Trade
Former U.S. Rep. Ben Chandler has been in the news this month after publishing an op-ed in The Courier-Journal advocating for a switch away from coal and toward renewable energy. Chandler, a Democrat,...
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Piecing Together America’s Patchwork Quilt Of Body Cam Laws
It’s increasingly likely that the next time you have an encounter with a police officer, he or she will be wearing a body camera. And depending on how things go, you may be left wondering: “Can I get a...
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100 Years Ago, Louisville’s Brandeis Joined The Supreme Court
Brandeis University archive Brandeis in 1915 Senate Republican leaders continue their refusal to consider any nominees from President Obama to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death last...
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Demanding Action On Gun Control, House Democrats Stage Sit-In
Updated 3:20 a.m. ET: House approves $1.1 billion in Zika funding and adjourns Defying a sit-in by House Democrats that has lasted 15 hours, Republicans passed a funding measure for Zika and left for...
View ArticleU.S. House Passes $131 Million Bill To Combat Heroin, Opioid Addiction
The House on Friday passed sweeping legislation — endorsed by Democrats and Republicans — that would flood states with money for opioid and heroin addiction treatment programs. The White House earlier...
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