What would you do if your home, place of employment and entire community were wiped off the face of the earth by a tornado? Recovery in Eastern Kentucky will take a long time and only the Red Cross remains on the ground supporting the people who most need it. [Click Here To Give] You know [...]

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You can afford to read this site at this moment so you can afford to give something to the Red Cross. Watch these videos to see why your help is needed. [Page One] And then head over to the Red Cross site and make a donation marked for disaster relief. [Red Cross] Kentucky Emergency Management [...]

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Today at 11:00 A.M., John Yarmuth will join Louisville Failor Greg Fischer and Ford officials to unveil the 2013 Ford Escape. [Press Release] If you missed First Lady Michelle Obama’s visit, go read Joe Gerth’s article about what she had to say. [C-J/AKN] Yes, animal abuse laws in Kentucky need more bite. But this is [...]

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Greg Fischer is one of those people who wrongly believe hiring innovation consultants doesn’t kill innovation. [Fast Company] Louisville’s Metro Sewer District has severed ties with its board attorney, Larry Zielke, after hundreds of millions of years. Only because of a scandalous audit. And everything will continue getting swept under the rug. [C-J/AKN] One of [...]

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Everybody and their mother is emailing us about ear X-tacy’s abrupt closure or whatever went down. It sucks when a local business fails, for sure. But it’s nearly 2012 and you can’t expect a business to survive if it cannot adapt to the market. [Sometimes Things Suck] Now that Robert White’s been shown the door, [...]

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Failure in 3, 2… Call us Negative Nancy(s) but this is causing people all across the metro to roll their eyes. You can’t “innovate” if you’re just recycling your old, rich friends. [WFPL] Gigantic pee alert! HAHAHAHAHA. Wow. You’ve got to see this. [C-J/AKN] Matthew Barzun is once again making it rain for President Barack [...]

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Some of those jobs Steve Beshear boasts about creating just do not exist. But you already knew that. Seriously – just read the second paragraph and laugh: Hundreds of specific jobs that the Democratic governor identifies on his campaign Web site actually have not been created since the initial press releases went out, or they [...]

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Yesterday marked the 118th day Republican Party of Kentucky Chairman Steve Robertson questioned Jack Conway over his involvement in his brother’s drug scandal: “If justice is supposed to be blind, why is our Attorney General using his prosecutorial powers to punish his political opponents and spare his friends and family?” said Robertson. “You expect this [...]

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You should definitely be taking part in the Third Annual Golden Poo Awards. We’re on Day 5! So make your nominations now. [Page One] While MSD isn’t formally part of Metro Government, it most certainly can be sued like it is and it has to abide by open records laws. [C-J/AKN] If you owe child [...]

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Yesterday marked the 65th day Republican Party of Kentucky Chairman Steve Robertson has questioned zip-lipped Jack Conway: “Jack Conway has been on thin ice with Kentucky voters since the first day he refused to divulge all the information about his involvement in this case,” said Robertson. “Kentuckians don’t want an Attorney General who just protects [...]

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