Mitch McConnell: Fueled by tobacco and whiskey

By Josh Israel, Aaron Mehta and Caitlin Ginley

Mitch McConnell

Excerpts from this story referencing "Kentucky":

"… e Senate Republican leader’s top five individual donors have ties to the Kentucky-based maker of Jack Daniel’s whiskey.Those are among the results of the …"

"… onal aide and Department of Justice staffer, was elected Jefferson County, Kentucky judge-executive in 1977 and again in 1981. In 1984, McConnell narrowly def …"

"… the Center for Responsive Politics. That’s hardly a surprise, though, as Kentucky is the nation’s second-largest tobacco producer, and is tops in the prod …"

"… rimary hub is at Louisville International Airport, has a long history with Kentucky’s senior senator. When UPS applied for permits in 1999 to fly …"

Fact Watch: Playing politics with gasoline prices; both parties make questionable claims

By FactCheck.Org

Democrats and Republicans both demagogue the gasoline price issue

Excerpts from this story referencing "United States":

"… for every gallon of gasoline and other products we refined and sold in the United States, we earned about 7 cents.We called ExxonMobil and asked how Cohen arrived …"

Persistent black lung, old scourge of coal, found in autopsies of most Massey miners

By Chris Hamby

Persistent black lung, scourge of coal, found in autopsies of Massey miners

Excerpts from this story referencing "Kentucky":

"… ia, which encompasses southern West Virginia, western Virginia and eastern Kentucky, NIOSH found.Among possible explanations, according to NIOSH: Many of the …"

"… as a medic in the Army, Compton went to work in the coal mines of eastern Kentucky starting in 1974. He was among the first into a new section of the mine, m …"

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Campaign cash: The independent fundraising gold rush since 'Citizens United' ruling

By Peter H. Stone

For many powerful GOP operatives and allied fundraisers, the luncheon last April felt like one part reunion and one part strategy summit for

Excerpts from this story referencing "Kentucky":

"… roads that’s focused on eight key states including Colorado, Florida and Kentucky will be conducted in tandem with several other conservative groups and the …"

Some anti-spending candidates’ businesses have government contracts, tax breaks in their past

By Kimberly Leonard and Aaron Mehta

In his quest for West Virginia’s Senate seat, Republican John Raese frequently attacks “professional politicians’ out-of-control spending sp

Excerpts from this story referencing "Kentucky":

"… lashpoint in elections around the country.Stimulus in Wisconsin, Missouri, KentuckyAppleton, Wis., Republican House candidate Reid Ribble bashed the stimulus …"

"… y has also beset Democrat Ben Chandler, who represents the 6th district of Kentucky.Chandler came under fire last year when it was revealed that the state hir …"

"… salary paying nearly $80,000 a year, to help administer stimulus funds for Kentucky transportation projects. Now in a tough re-election race, Ben Chandler’s …"

GOP deficit-cutters eye health IT stimulus funds as Obama’s point man leaves

By Kimberly Leonard

Billions of unspent stimulus dollars slated for electronic health records are now a target for lawmakers searching the federal budget for cu

Excerpts from this story referencing "Kentucky":

"… 0.4 million has been spent, said a CMS press officer. Only four states — Kentucky, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Iowa — have begun to coordinate Medicaid incent …"

"… d Iowa — have begun to coordinate Medicaid incentive checks to providers.Kentucky was the first state to begin administering those Medicaid payments. It is …"

"… lways fear of losing the funds,” said Jeff Brady, executive director for Kentucky’s Office of Electronic Health Information. “You hang a $27 billion pie …"

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Fact Check: Rep. Ryan's budget spin

By FactCheck.Org

GOP budget chairman throws some curves while 'setting the record straight'

Excerpts from this story referencing "Kentucky":

"… to Prosperity.” Some conservative Republicans, such as Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, don’t think it goes far enough to cut spending and balance the budget. …"

Is Congress failing on Homeland Security oversight?

By Sarah Laskow

Boston Marathon bombing raises new questions.

Excerpts from this story referencing "Kentucky":

"… 9/11 Commission report, Senator Harry Reid and Senator Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, the two parties’ whips, were given two months to negotiate w …"

The climate change lobby explosion

By Marianne Lavelle

Will thousands of lobbyists imperil action on global warming?

Excerpts from this story referencing "Kentucky":

"… e group’s president, Steven Miller, a one-time aide to former Democratic Kentucky Gov. Brereton Jones, and vice president Joe Lucas, who was an aide to form …"

The ‘clean coal’ lobbying blitz

By Marianne Lavelle

They’ve brought coal above ground. They’ve put the black rock on billboards in the swing states, and they’ve splashed it on full-page ads i

Excerpts from this story referencing "Kentucky":

"… roots that go back at least five years to a strategy hatched by two genial Kentucky natives with ties to moderate Democrats. One of them, Steve Miller, had be …"

"… e of them, Steve Miller, had been a campaign manager for former Democratic Kentucky Governor Brereton Jones, before taking the helm of an earlier coal industr …"

"… ter for Energy and Economic Development. The other, Joe Lucas, worked at a Kentucky state mining agency and the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration, …"

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