Lexington really is trying to be just like Louisville. Complete with exploding manhole covers and everything! [FOX41] Kentucky has the second highest rate in the nation of children living with relatives or close family friends instead of biological parents, according to a report from a national foundation released Wednesday. [H-L] Yep, just what Louisville needs, [...]

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Maybe people wouldn’t be freaking out about two tiny parking spots if Louisville were more pedestrian-friendly and more people walked to alleviate their fat problem? [C-J/AKN] A University of Louisville professor doesn’t believe rallies will end violence. Because guess what? They won’t. [FOX41] The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is not backing down on its promise [...]

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On Sunday, Local 619M of GCC/IBT (the union the C-J press people belong to) unanimously rejected the contract offered by Gannett and unanimously voted to seek a strike sanction. [Deep Kentucky Newspaper Thoughts] Louisville makes this list of the most religious cities in America. Northern Kentucky also makes the list, kinda. [HuffPo] Metro police are [...]

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For decades America has underinvested in infrastructure—even though poor roads, delayed flights, crumbling bridges and inefficient buildings are an expensive burden. Deficiencies in roads, bridges and transport systems alone cost households and businesses nearly $130 billion in 2010, mostly because of higher running costs and travel delays. [The Economist] The 25 cities with the cleanest [...]

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It’s always nice to see Kentucky artists getting lots of national recognition. So take a look at these ten Kentucky bands you should listen to now. [Paste Magazine] Yesterday, LG&E announced the retirement of Chip Keeling as Vice President of Communications. His replacement will be Chris Whelan. Guess that little incident turned out to be [...]

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People like Keith Hall, Bob Damron, Jim Gooch, Ancel Smith, Richard Henderson and Larry Clark spend their entire lives fighting against what they perceive to be a demon – the gays – because it’s impossible to wrap their little minds around anything that doesn’t involve locking women away in the kitchen and forcing others to [...]

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Remember Bluegrass Boardwalk? The Koch Family secured a fifty year lease from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. But they still haven’t disclosed details of their secretive financing, don’t have ride vendors and the state has to sign the lease and give them “financial incentives.” [WHAS11] If you’re a blogger and you receive equipment, food, products and [...]

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We’re not going to shut up about you giving to the Red Cross for tornado relief efforts. This will take a long time. [Click Here To Give] Greg Fischer can’t even get basketball quotes right. It’s like he wants everyone across the Commonwealth to think he’s as disconnected as he really is. [KSR] There’s a [...]

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We’re not going to shut up about you giving to the Red Cross for tornado relief efforts. This will take a long time. [Click Here To Give] Here comes the second wave of negative press for the Beshear-Fischer folks as Jim Host and crew look foolish over the Grease Bucket’s poor performance. [H-L] Now the [...]

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We’re not going to shut up about you giving to the Red Cross for tornado relief efforts. This will take a long time. [Click Here To Give] Take a look at what Miranda Lambert is doing with proceeds from her concert. You should consider doing something similar if you’ve got gobs of cash. [WLKY] In [...]

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