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FORT THOMAS - Lots of politicians and elected officials always turn out for the Fort Thomas Fourth of July parade.

From Manufacturing & Technology : The cap-and-trade based system, pushed by the Obama administration and passed by the U.S. House, could cause energy costs to skyrocket and fuel more unemployment Critics of the Waxman-Markey climate change legislation that narrowly passed the U.S. House of Representatives say energy costs will skyrocket if the bill ...

A Puerto Rican civil rights organization advised by Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor campaigned against seating conservative Robert Bork on the high court in the late 1980s, according to new documents that shed light on the group that's become a key focus of Republicans questioning Sotomayor's fitness to be a justice.

Shame on Mitch McConnell and Charles Krauthammer and all other Republicans who are portraying President Obama as 'weak with Iran' and letting the government 'decide our health care issues.' What exactly would you have us do in Iran? Send in troops? Drop a bomb? Would you feel better if Dick Cheney were calling the shots? On the subject of health ...

America loves a good comeback story, and so do I. We're watching several of them take shape these days, from Anchorage to Albany, and their outcomes could have a major impact on the political landscape in 2010 and beyond.

Madisonville, KY The 2009 Governor Ruby Laffoon Governor Steve Beshear Democratic Dinner was held Friday night at the New Hopkins County Fair and Expo Center.

Bowling Green Republican Dr. Rand Paul is trying to raise $100,000 by the end of the month for his potential candidacy for U.S. Senate.

On Monday afternoon, the Senate Republicans Conference held a hearing on climate-change.A The eight speakers gave brief presentations on the energy crisis, the Democrats' proposed national cap-and-trade energy tax, and the damaging effects it would have on our economy.A Their unanimous conclusion:A nuclear energy is the solution.

In the Rockies today, Utah is at the center of the debate over nuclear energy. In Washington, D.C. Monday, Sen.

Facing skeptics from both political parties in Congress about his plan to expand the powers of the Federal Reserve , President Barack Obama is assuming the mantle of the nation's salesman-in-chief. It won't be an easy sell.

As part of a statewide exploratory fundraising effort for a U.S. Senate campaign, Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson shook hands and talked politics during a special event in downtown Corbin Monday - the first of eight he will attend in the next month stretching from Lexington to Paducah.

Lawmakers picked apart virtually every element of the Obama administration's regulatory reform plan during a hearing Thursday, but there was one question that dominated: Would it really prevent another financial crisis? "If we have institutions that are 'too big to fail,' have we not failed already, since they create a systemic risk?" asked Sen.

CRESCENT SPRINGS - Rand Paul told a group of Northern Kentucky conservatives Saturday that he is a different kind of Republican.

President Barack Obama's plan to increase the authority of the Federal Reserve is emerging as a major stumbling block to congressional approval of his overhaul of financial industry regulations.

President Obama 's plan to overhaul the regulatory structure of the nation's financial system faces formidable obstacles on Capitol Hill, if the reception accorded Timothy F. Geithner , the Treasury secretary, on Thursday was any indication.

U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning has barred The Courier-Journal's political writer from weekly telephone briefings with Kentucky reporters.

WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Ky., has barred The Courier-Journal's political reporter from his weekly conference calls with Kentucky reporters.

Kentucky burley tobacco farmers and the state's congressional delegation are seeing smoke over a plan by the Canadian government to ban fruit and bubblegum flavors and other similar additives to cigarettes and cigarillos.

Kentucky Senate President David Williams says he's not running for the U.S. Senate in 2010.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell may have a tepid relationship with fellow Kentucky Republican Sen.