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New Poll: Kentuckians Support Immigration Reform

June 13th, 2013 · No Comments

Harper Polling spent a couple days in Kentucky with a new survey showing huge support for immigration reform. The poll was conducted by a group on the left, one on the right and one in the center: the Partnership for a New American Economy, Alliance for Citizenship and Republicans for Immigration Reform. Highlights: 63% said [...]

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Tags: Immigration · Polls

President Obama’s Weekly Video Address

June 10th, 2013 · No Comments

This week President Barack Obama discusses immigration reform:

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Tags: Immigration · Politics · Video

John Yarmuth Is Optimistic About Some Things

May 9th, 2013 · No Comments

If you missed it, John Yarmuth was on the teevee telling folks why he’s optimistic about immigration reform and gun safety legislation:

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Tags: Guns · Immigration · John Yarmuth · Video

President Obama’s Weekly Video Address

May 6th, 2013 · No Comments

This week President Barack Obama discussed solving the immigration problem and expanding trade in Latin America:

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Tags: Economy · Immigration · Politics · Video

Kentucky Really Dodged A Holiday World Bullet

April 15th, 2013 · No Comments

In the great words of Dubya, “Is our students learning?” A Jefferson County Public Schools teacher has been arrested after police say she sexually abused a student. [WDRB] After his horse Java’s War won the Toyota Blue Grass Stakes on Saturday at Keeneland, trainer Kenny McPeek, the old Tates Creek High School graduate, was asked [...]

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Tags: Bad Behavior · Derby Festival · Dogs · Education · Guns · Horse Industry · Immigration · Indiana · JCPS · Mitch McConnell · Ohio River Bridges · Scandal · Transparency · University of Louisville

Why Do We Need Real Immigration Reform?

April 11th, 2013 · 1 Comment

This is why we need comprehensive immigration reform. Watch this: Nima is a Louisville-based immigration attorney with the firm Indus. She’s a member of the Greater Louisville International Professionals and is an advocate for immigration reform.

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Tags: Immigration · Video · WAVE

There’s Some Doggy Drama Afoot In Jeffersonville

April 5th, 2013 · 1 Comment

The director of the J.B. Ogle Animal Shelter in Jeffersonville, Ind. has resigned, according to a press release from the city’s mayor. [WDRB] Wanna dig in to Kentucky’s immigration chart and basic immigration concepts? It’s a 75-page PDF file, so have at it. [Click the Clicky] Another day, another pedestrian hit and killed in Louisville. [...]

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Tags: Business · Charity · Death · Dogs · Greg Fischer · Immigration · Indiana · Oops · Poverty · Sports · University of Louisville

Surprise: Barbara Shanklin Throwing Major Shade

March 29th, 2013 · No Comments

They are children, experiencing a kind of violence and hate that most of us could never imagine: “It was complicated, very complicated,” says Ozine Byolmwngu, who immigrated from the Congo. [WDRB] Hundreds of demonstrators, along with the Chicago Teachers Union, marched through the city today demanding that City Hall walk back its plan to close [...]

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Tags: Bad Behavior · Business · Charity · Death · Economy · Ethics · Greg Fischer · Homeless · Immigration · Indiana · Metro Council · Ohio River Bridges · Youth

Beshear Is Probably Terrified To Veto That Mess

March 20th, 2013 · 2 Comments

Woo, let’s tear everything in Louisville down for a couple unnecessary bridges! In the Shadow Wood Subdivision, houses have already have been torn down to makes way for the approach to the East End Bridge. [WDRB] Kentucky expects to have estimates next month on how much money may be generated by tolls on new Ohio [...]

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Tags: Death · Gays · Greater Louisville Inc. · Greg Fischer · Guns · Health Care · Immigration · Indiana · Ohio River Bridges

Maybe Andrew Compton Will Finally See Justice

February 27th, 2013 · 1 Comment

Kentucky’s public university presidents say they’d like to see the state’s U.S. senators help overhaul the country’s immigration system. [WDRB] The University of Louisville is considering offering buyouts to longtime faculty and staff in an effort to save $2.5 million as the state’s financial support dwindles. [C-J/AKN] There’s all kinds of important stuff to cover [...]

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Tags: Death · Education · Hype · Immigration · Indiana · State Government · Thunder · University of Louisville

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