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Photo By Kelly MackeyBen Chandler talks to Elkhorn Elementary School fifth-grade students in the library.

Former Democratic National Chairman Howard Dean said Thursday that he was "deeply disappointed" in U.S. Rep.

Main Category: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Article Date: 12 Nov 2009 - 5:00 PST Politico reports that votes on a health care bill are subjecting some Democrats to fierce attacks - from other Democrats.

Ours is the only industrialized nation that doesn't insure all its people, yet our health care costs are the world's highest by far.

A former staffer of Gov. Ernie Fletcher announced Tuesday that he will seek the Republican nomination for the 6th Congressional District seat.

Ben Chandler. Barr made the announcement on Tuesday. The Lexington lawyer said he wants to help stop "the out of control spending" in Washington.

WASHINGTON - A last-minute phone call from President Obama couldn't persuade U.S. Rep.

Andy Barr , a potential Republican challenger to Rep. Ben Chandler in Kentucky's Sixth Congressional District, proved he has the ability to raise money and pose a serious challenge to the incumbent.

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Rep. Ben Chandler, D-Versailles, who faced sharp pushback from conservatives over his failure to hold health care reform town halls during the August recess, was one of 39 Democrats to vote Saturday evening against the historic health care overhaul at the top of the Obama administration's domestic agenda.

Kentucky lawmakers are at the center of a political feud over how to best derail the so-called "pain-pill pipeline" from Florida to the Bluegrass State, a multi-state trafficking scheme that has contributed heavily to the state's crippling prescription drug addiction epidemic.

The U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed a sweeping health care reform bill late Saturday night, 220-215. Third District Congressman John Yarmuth was the only Kentucky representative who voted for the bill.

If Kentucky had a law on its books to allow judges to order electronic monitoring devices for the most dangerous domestic violence offenders, Amanda Ross would have had a chance to protect herself, House Speaker Greg Stumbo said Friday.

Opponents of opening Cuba to American tourists are touting a letter signed by 53 Democrats in the House of Representatives, saying it shows that they have the votes to derail an effort to lift the ban on travel to the island.The letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., urges the House leadership to maintain the current U.S. policy on Cuba, ...

NOLA SIZEMORE/ Daily Enterprise A rally to support coal was held at the Harlan Center on Thursday.

WASHINGTON - The homeland security spending bill signed this week by President Barack Obama includes more than $15 million for Kentucky.

The bill passed the Senate last Thursday with a 68-29 vote in favor of the bill; both Kentucky Senators Bunning and McConnell voted against the measure.

After reading about an interracial couple being denied a marriage license in Louisiana; I was reminded of what Vladimir Nabokov wrote in the intro to Lolita .. Nabokov wrote something to the effect of "I could either write about interracial marriage in America or pedophilia, and I choose the easier of the two." A very sad statement on things! ...

The loudest roar against Republicans uttered at the state Democratic festival Saturday in Lexington came from the party's lion, former U.S. Sen.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Kentucky Democrats came together Saturday to rejuvenate themselves as national polls suggest uncertainty about the party's policies on health care and the economy.