Here’s how the paper in Lexington started out about West End murders yesterday: A woman was charged Monday with murder in one shooting death and police are seeking information into the unrelated deaths of two other people who were shot the same day just a block away in a crime-riddled west Louisville neighborhood. [H-L] The [...]

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We’ve been thinking about the many reasons Sarah Lynn Cunningham will lose. Nope, it’s not just because Morgan McGarvey is the establishment pick and not because Amy Shoemaker ignorantly decided to run in a race she had no business jumping into (articulate, sure, though still mostly unaware of her district). It’s not because A Kentucky [...]

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This week the Transportation Lady discusses Kentucky-built automobiles that are featured on the cover of the 2012 Official Kentucky Highway Map, which is apparently a thing:

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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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This week the Transportation Lady discusses prom/graduation season ghost outs:

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The Commonwealth of Kentucky’s April General Fund receipts fell and its Road Fund receipts rose slightly. [Page One] Quick, everybody freak out! The teevee did a story about toxic mold in Louisville buildings and that means we’re all gonna die. But let’s get real: Greg Fischer and his staff need to comment on this immediately. [...]

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Jeffersonville’s City Council and Clarksville’s Town Council approved resolutions at separate meetings Monday night urging federal transportation officials to expedite construction of the easter(sic) bridge and postpone the downtown bridge construction until there are alternatives to charging tolls on that span. [C-J/AKN] Maybe Downtown Louisville wouldn’t be in such a sorry state if all of [...]

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Always late to the party, here’s Governor Steve Beshear discussing the special session: Taking lots of credit for things, you know, he’s had next to nothing to do with.

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The Transportation Lady was abandoned yet again so the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet could push another one of those awful faux “Roaring 20s” videos about the KYTC’s centennial celebration:

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As if you needed another reason to think your elected officials were out-of-touch with reality, Steve Beshear just sent out a weird press release tying the Ohio River Bridges Debacle to the Kentucky Derby. Have a look: Riders Up! Kentucky Issues Request for Proposals to Build Downtown Crossing of Ohio River Bridges Project Three finalist [...]

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