Newport’s mayor and city manager want to consider a formal stance on the minimum wage issue, they said Monday. If they vow to support an increase in the federal $7.25 minimum wage, they would be in the company of Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes, who’s running for the US Senate seat held by […]
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Paul, Massie Oppose DC Budget Deal
A budget deal negotiated by US Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and US Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) is panned by Kentucky Senator Rand Paul (R) and Northern Kentucky Congressman Thomas Massie (R). “There is a recurring theme in Washington budget negotiations,” Paul said in a statement. “It’s, I”ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today.” […]
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Paul, Massie Oppose DC Budget Deal
A budget deal negotiated by US Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and US Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) is panned by Kentucky Senator Rand Paul (R) and Northern Kentucky Congressman Thomas Massie (R). “There is a recurring theme in Washington budget negotiations,” Paul said in a statement. “It’s, I”ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today.” […]
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Are You a Democrat? A Republican? Other? NKY Forum Looks at Why
Why are you a Democrat, a Republican, or neither? With ninety percent of Northern Kentucky voters registered to either of the two major political parties, the Northern Kentucky Forum will take a look at what makes some of the Party members choose the one they did. On Tuesday at the NKU METS Center […]
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Are You a Democrat? A Republican? Other? NKY Forum Looks at Why
Why are you a Democrat, a Republican, or neither? With ninety percent of Northern Kentucky voters registered to either of the two major political parties, the Northern Kentucky Forum will take a look at what makes some of the Party members choose the one they did. On Tuesday at the NKU METS Center […]
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Caution About Ballots on Election Day
Image via Wikipedia A reader has alerted me to the fact that there could be some problems on voting day. The mechanics of voting in Kentucky seem to change every year. During the 2000 election with all the talk of hanging chads I proudly proclaimed to my Ohio co-workers that Kentucky had been doing electronic […]
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Fort Thomas News – Week of August 9th
There are a few items of note for Fort Thomas that may not require their own posts but should be mentioned so here we go…. 1. Hearing on Noise Ordinance on Wednesday – I know I mentioned this last week but Council has determined to hear the ordinance in Committee on 6:15 on Wednesday the 11th […]