Tim Hazlette, a guy indicted amid the Ernie Fletcher hiring scandal, has been put back on the Beshear payroll as a non-merit. Some Beshear staffers have expressed concern and others have turned a blind eye. Talk about a major rift in the governor’s office. [Page One]

Aww, how sad. Corrupt Joe Prather has to be replaced on the Louisville-Southern Indiana Bridges Authority. [C-J]

Burrell must’ve been drunk again? He got mad, cursed and walked out of a mayoral forum. [FOX41]

On Thursday – Earth Day – Greg Fischer will hold a press conference to unveil energy and environmental services plans. 10:00 A.M. On the lawn of Riverside, the Farnsley-Moreman Landing. The Sierra Club and others will join him. [Media Advisory]

Everybody is all excited that the Courier-Journal endorsed Jack Conway instead of Daniel Mongiardo. [WFPL]

Abraham Lincoln was enslaved in chain link fencing for Thunder Over Louisville. [Fat Lip]

Can you believe Goldman Sachs is giving its staff more than $5 billion in pay and bonuses in the wake of government fraud charges? [HuffPo]

Jerry Abramson is still pretending that he has no idea if LG&E will be put up for sale. [C-J]

Lexington’s Leland Conway and a bunch of teabaggers are throwing a party to deny global warming. They’re tired of the “greenies.”  The Lexington teabaggers don’t realize it’s just a Clear Channel publicity stunt. [Facebook Link]

Will Hoge will open for James McMurty at the WFPK Derby Festival Wednesday Evening Concert on April 28. 7:00 P.M. Great Lawn. Free admission if you’ve got a Pegasus Pin. [Press Release]