This week the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet released another one of those hideous “centennial” videos that everybody hates. It’s about the Kentucky Turnpike, the first modern toll road in the Commonwealth: The least they could do is have the Transportation Lady handle the voiceover.

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How do you make poor Kentuckians even more poor? Tax their food. Which is what the Steve Beshear-Jerry Abramson “tax reform” folks want to do. [AP] Who will get hired to build the new Ohio River Bridges Debacle? Federal rules prevent guaranteeing bridge jobs will go to local workers. [C-J/AKN] Another day, another shooting in [...]

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The Kentuckiana Regional Planning and Development Agency and the Clark County Board of Commissioners are asking residents to share their ideas about proposed alternatives for improving transportation over the next 20 years. [C-J/AKN] A southern Indiana town has been named one of the coolest small towns in the country. [WDRB] Another day, another KRS manager [...]

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This week the Transportation Lady returns to discuss some stuff about Kentucky being one of 19 states using High Friction Surface Treatment to improve traction in areas with high numbers of skidding or sliding crashes:

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It’s been over a month but Papaw Beshear decided to release another video. It’s all about his fancy trip to Asia:

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This week the Transportation Lady discusses the Milton-Madison Bridge project:

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Check out what happened to this deaf guy when flying through Louisville: While I was going through the TSA, some of them started laughing in my direction. I thought it might’ve been someone behind me, but I found out otherwise. They went through my bag (for no reason), and found a couple bags of candy [...]

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Don’t hold your breath too long. A consulting firm says a high-speed passenger rail line that connects Louisville with Nashville, Atlanta and Jacksonville, Florida could be feasible. [WFPL] The mother of three of the victims involved in last week’s fatal day care van crash spoke out Thursday. [WLKY] This city can’t trust Metro Animal Services [...]

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Louisville apparently has a huge case of the stupids because idiot parents are continuing to leave their children alone in hot cars. [FOX41] Lexington craft brewery West Sixth Brewing will expand into the Louisville market starting Friday. [H-L] Another day, another chemical spill in Rubbertown, nothing to see here, move along, puppies and rainbows. [WAVE3] [...]

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If you live in Louisville or Shelby, Franklin, Anderson or Mercer Counties? Then take note. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet says a massive industrial dryer standing more than 20 feet tall (weighing more than 275,000 pounds) will be moved from the Buddeke Dock in Louisville to a paper plant in Harrodsburg. From a release: Movement of [...]

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