Today, President Barack Obama kicks off the third day since his State of the Union address in Ann Arbor, Michigan. There, he’s focusing on keeping college affordable and within reach of all Americans. His key issue of the effort? Reforming student aid to promote affordability and value: To keep tuition from spiraling too high and [...]

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Making the Metro Sewer District, Louisville Water Company and Public Works a single company is a nightmare waiting to happen for Louisville. Greg Fischer believes that if he can make it happen, it’ll be his legacy. [WLKY] The U.S. Conference of Mayors quietly led efforts to coordinate responses to protests. Oh, what? You’re shocked that [...]

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Jefferson County School Board member Steve Imhoff (District 2) is retiring at the end of his term but isn’t keen on telling anyone about it. The plan? For him to slink away at the last minute before the filing deadline. That opens his seat up for Mary Ellen Wiederwohl to run, making it super-difficult for [...]

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Kentucky should expect more from Frankfort. Obviously. But the editorial board can’t act like it doesn’t carry some of the blame because it’s partially responsible for those folks getting elected. [C-J/AKN] Frankfort has turned into a literal cesspool. Now everyone is peeing all over everybody else when it comes to Congressional redistricting. [H-L] Steve Beshear [...]

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Does Louisville really need a “director of performance improvement” to be hired by Greg Fischer? At the tune of $112,000 per year? She’s supposed to “bring the best of private sector accountability, transparency and efficiency to metro government.” This story reads like a straight-up press release. [C-J/AKN] Here’s Jim Ramsey complaining about budget cuts. He [...]

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Maybe the University of Louisville Foundation’s investments are more messy than those of the Kentucky Retirement Systems. [Page One] Everyone we speak to on Metro Council and in Metro Government says Greg Fischer is talking out of his butt about cuts being necessary to balance the budget. What’s necessary is to stop flushing money down [...]

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The Kentucky Retirement Systems and Greg Fischer’s very own Tommy Elliott have some serious problems on their hands. Check out this massive CYA acid trip. [Page One] Greg Fischer will announce just how large the city’s deficit is today. Massive cuts will take place. Meanwhile, he’s still hiring friends at $100,000 a pop and doling [...]

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The University of Louisville says Steve Beshear’s rejection of a hospital merger plan will lead to cuts in indigent care. Which means it’s time for Steve Beshear to finally grow a set of balls, fire Jim Ramsey, empty out the board of trustees, nix the foundation board and get some folks hired who can solve [...]

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This week brought terrific news from Owsley Brown Frazier in the form a $25 million gift to the University of Louisville. This should in no way overshadow that. However… you’ve gotta hear the gossip rolling from some very powerful folks. After the news crews rushed back to their stations to file the story about Owsley’s [...]

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If the person committing the campaign finance violations/crimes Greg Fischer and his team are responsible for with the bait-and-switch they pulled with funds from people like Bruce Lunsford and Ed Hart had been a Republican? The editorial board would have already firebombed their house. With Greg Fischer, it’s completely ignored and swept under the rug. [...]

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