C-J’s Bluegrass Poll: Beshear approval rating at 60 percent

The Courier-Journal’s Bluegrass Poll has found that 60 percent of Kentuckians approve of the job Gov. Steve Beshear is doing in his first year in office. 
Stephenie Steitzer with the C-J is reporting that in the poll of 800 state residents conducted last week – the paper’s first during Beshear’s term – the Democratic governor’s approval rating [...]

Beshear to make economic development announcement

Beshear will hold a press conference this morning on the back terrace of the state Capitol about his trip to Japan earlier this year to recruit businesses to the state. 
The press conference is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. EST. I’ll provide an update as soon as there’s more information.
Update…
Beshear announced that Fuel Total Systems, a Japanese-owned [...]

Boswell, Guthrie take aim at each other in Elizabethtown debate

Finding common ground on policy issues like domestic energy production and opposition to the $700 billion financial industry bailout, the two men competing to represent Kentucky’s 2nd Congressional District took aim at each other’s legislative histories and political party ties during a debate in Elizabethtown Monday night. 
It was the first chance for Democrat David Boswell [...]

Louisville station begins re-airing DCCC ad with “slight tweak”

A Louisville television station that pulled a controversial ad by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in Kentucky’s 2nd Congressional District race has begun airing a revised version. 
According to Kyra Jennings with the DCCC, WAVE-TV put the revised ad into the rotation on Friday. 
The ad drops a portion of a claim regarding Republican Brett Guthrie’s family [...]

Boswell, Guthrie to debate Monday in Elizabethtown

The two men vying for Kentucky’s 2nd District seat in Congress will participate Monday in a debate in Elizabethtown hosted by the News-Enterprise and the League of Women Voters of Hardin County. 
The debate, which begins at 6 p.m. EST in the Science Building at Elizabethtown Community and Technical College, will be the third time Democrat [...]

SurveyUSA poll finds Guthrie up by 6 in 2nd District race

The latest public poll in Kentucky’s 2nd District has Republican Brett Guthrie up by 6 points over his Democratic opponent David Boswell.
The poll conducted by SurveyUSA for WHAS-TV in Louisville and released today shows those surveyed favor Guthrie, a state senator from Bowling Green, to Boswell, a Sorgho state senator, by a margin of 49 to [...]

Hebert: Beshear hasn’t submitted disaster declaration request to D.C.

Mark Hebert with WHAS-TV in Louisville is reporting that Gov. Steve Beshear has yet to submit a disaster declaration request to the White House following the Sept. 14 windstorm that blew through the state. 
As Hebert notes, that’s curious news given Beshear’s press conference and a following release last week in which Beshear claimed he was requesting [...]

Richards, Yonts pre-file bill to reverse LRC director’s pay raise

PolWatchers is reporting that House Speaker Jody Richards of Bowling Green has pre-filed a bill with Rep. Brent Yonts of Greenville to reverse a 47 precent pay raise for Legislative Research Commission Director Bobby Sherman. 
A majority of legislative leaders voted in a closed-door meeting this week for the increase that would boost Sherman’s pay from $132,840 [...]

Bits and pieces from the I-69 sign unveiling

Just a few sights and sounds from Gov. Steve Beshear’s visit to Owensboro this afternoon to unveil the sign designating the Audubon Parkway as a future Interstate 69 spur - 

While in town, Beshear said he would be attending a fundraiser for the Kentucky Democratic Party tonight at the Stone Creek Park home of Dr. Don [...]

Owensboro gets mention on the presidential campaign trail

Although it might not be enough to generate a campaign visit, Sen. Joe Biden’s ties to Daviess County prompted a mention of Owensboro today as the Democratic vice presidential hopeful campaigned in Indiana. 
According to PolWatchers, Biden told a crowd in Jeffersonville that “the best thing to come out of Kentucky was my sister-in-law from Owensboro.”
Biden [...]