In the news: What you missed while you were in class
By Simon Isham and Maggie Cunningham– Supreme Court hears same-sex marriage case Edie Windsor married Thea Spyer in Canada after a 40-year romantic partnership. After Spyer’s death in 2009, Windsor was faced with $363,000 in federal estate taxes, since same-sex marriages were not recognized in their homestate of New York at the time of Spyer’s [...]
By Sean Southard– Her grandmother described her as a “Hollywood liberal.” She nominated President Obama at the Democratic National Convention. Her name is Ashley Judd and she is considering a Senate run to unseat the Commonwealth’s senior Senator and the Senate’s Republican Leader, Mitch McConnell. Judd, an actress and Kentucky Wildcat basketball fan, has met [...]
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By Simon Isham, Maggie Cunningham, Wes Kerrick– Bill Clinton meets with U of L mens’ basketball team after win against Villanova The U of L mens’ basketball team received a locker room visit after their victory over Villanova in the Big East tournament quarterfinals. Coach Rick Pitino and Clinton have known each other since [...]
Continue reading …Kentucky export numbers reach all-time high: mapping a record-breaking year in state shipping
February 27, 2013 No Comment
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Continue reading …The view from the Capitol: U of L construction, alcohol consumption and student protests
February 27, 2013 No Comment
By Rae Hodge– Universities took action this week in the state Capitol. President Eli Capilouto of the University of Kentucky acted as spokesman on behalf of six of the state’s public universities, while students chanted in halls and knocked on the doors of legislators in a grassroots citizen lobbying effort. New concerns about alcohol arose [...]
Continue reading …Jim James delivers home-grown EP: The famous Louisvillian keeps it local with his new solo record
February 19, 2013 No Comment
By Aaron Williams– Singer-songwriter Jim James is a man of many different styles. His previous artistic endeavors have included an EP of George Harrison covers under the pseudonym Yim Yames, and most popularly, he is frontman to Louisville’s alternative rock collective, My Morning Jacket. With James’s latest project, “Regions of Light And Sound of God” [...]
Continue reading …Watered-down whiskey: Makers Mark thinks about changing their popular recipe
February 19, 2013 No Comment
By Anna Meany– Maker’s Mark Distilleries has now recanted its decision to change their famous bourbon’s alcohol content, and relieved Maker’s customers from their panic. The company had previously said they would change their recipe. According to the Courier Journal, the announcement came through emails last weekend to “ambassadors” of the brand, which attributed the [...]
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Meteor explodes over Russia A meteorite originally about the size of a house exploded over Russia Friday morning, causing hundreds of people to be injured by the resulting broken glass. Over western Siberia a 10-ton meteor known as a bolide streaked across the sky before exploding and raining fragments down over the Russian district of [...]
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By Wesley Kerrick– The Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education recently re-elected its chair and vice chair, keeping them at the helm of an agency that plays a vital role in U of L’s key decisions. At its Feb. 8 meeting in Frankfort, the council granted a second term as chair to Pam Miller, a former [...]
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By Rae Hodge– After sailing through the Kentucky Senate Agriculture Committee, and passing out of the State Senate in a 31-6 vote, a bill supporting industrial hemp now faces an uncertain fate in the state House of Representatives. Senate Bill 50 would create oversight for Kentucky farmers who want to grow industrial hemp, should hemp [...]
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