Read this story about pending University of Louisville hiring freezes and budget cuts: U of L Enacts Hiring Freeze, Anticipates Budget Cuts The University of Louisville has implemented a hiring freeze in anticipation of statewide cuts to education. University Provost Shirley Willihnganz sent a letter to faculty this week saying U of L is planning [...]

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More people get their news from the internets than the newspaper. Imagine that reality. [Mashable] The horsey set at the Paulick Report are hosting a fancy NCAA bracket pool to give back to those impacted in Japan. You should get on this thing ASAP. 3rd Place wins a Japan Racing Association 50th Anniversary medallion from [...]

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Please. PLEASE. Can we please stop hearing about this Karen Sypher – Rick Pitino sexytime scandal? It’s flipping gross. I can’t even walk by Porcini without making the Ricky Gervais gag face these days. And that is my most favorite place to carboload. That’s what a travesty this is. No, we apparently cannot stop hearing [...]

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We’re half way through the Second Annual Golden Poo Awards nomination process. So you should probably drop a few, you know, nominations. [Page One] The latest WHAS/A Kentucky Newspaper Bluegrass/Survey USA Poll has Rand Up up EIGHT POINTS over Jack Conway. Eight. This is the most accurate poll in Kentucky. So 8 it is. 51 [...]

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The rumor was right. Ed Martin filed to run for congress in the 3rd district as a Libertarian. [SoS] Yesterday was awesome in Crescent Hill, in case you didn’t know. [WHAS11] Our investigative work found its way to the Colbert Report. Woopsiedaisy. [Page One] Jurors in the Karen Sypher-Rick Pitino extortion trial had to tell [...]

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And it is damning. All 212 pages of it. All 69 findings (what was that, Courier-Journal, about 30 findings? WFPL?). This could be the beginning of the end of Jerry Abramson’s political career. No amount of spinning can cause the audit train to jump its tracks at this point. The document we’re about to digest [...]

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Jefferson County Public Schools enrollment is down a bit. [Toni Konz] IBEW Local 369 along with IBEW Local 2100 endorsed Greg Fischer yesterday. [Press Release] Louisville music festivals could be missing the point. [Loueyville & More Loueyville via WFPL] Wow: who would have thought opera was sung there? [Broken Sidewalk] Buy a bike for someone [...]

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UPDATE: Thanks to Francene for having me on the show to discuss this brewing scandal. If you missed the program, I’ll publish a podcast by tomorrow. UPDATE 2: Bennett – former GCCS supe and current head of public education in Indiana – just went on record with Francene saying he will take the appropriate steps [...]

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Note: Posting this on both Page One and here because of its level of importance. What is it with the University of Louisville, president Jim Ramsey and money? Apparently the Robert Felner scandal wasn’t enough. Here’s what the Herald-Leader editorial board had to say about the matter: University of Louisville officials should provide a better [...]

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Cordish Companies guy a Jack Abramoff associate? Indicted for tax evasion? How did we miss this level of corruption? It’s time for this city to wake up. [Check It Out] Did you see the video of protesters outside Humana last week? Calling out Mitch McConnell’s allegiance to private health insurers. [LEO's Fat Lip] I really [...]

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