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Associated Press Takeshi Uchiyamada, vice chairman of Toyota Motor Corp., kneels next to a Prius at its headquarters in Tokyo on Wednesday. Toyota's global sales of gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles have surpassed 5 million in a milestone for a technology that was initially greeted with skepticism. The Japanese automaker, which said Wednesday it had sold 5.125 million hybrid vehicles as of the end of March, started selling the Prius, the world's first mass produced hybrid passenger car, in 1997.
Toyota expands state plant
FRANKFORT — Toyota is about to start making a Lexus model in Kentucky, a move that will create 750 jobs at its massive plant in Georgetown that already employs more than 6,000 workers. Governmen...
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Attorney: Grand jury meets Friday about Richie Farmer
FRANKFORT — Richie Farmer, a Kentucky basketball icon turned politician, will be the subject of a federal grand jury probe, his attorney said Wednesday. Farmer, a former Agriculture Commissioner...
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Paul considers presidential bid
WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, popular with conservatives and libertarians in the GOP, said Wednesday he is considering a presidential campaign in 2016 but will not make a deci...
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High court takes up governor’s moves
FRANKFORT — Kentucky lawmakers took $700,000 in excess funds from the agency that oversees charitable gaming in 2008 and to help pay off a $265 million shortfall in the budget. Should the state hav...
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Associated Press Gov. Steve Beshear (left) talks with Chamber of Commerce President Dave Adkisson at the Capitol in Frankfort after a news conference held on Monday. Beshear told reporters that he supports awarding grants to school districts that prohibit anyone under 18 from dropping out of school.
Education fund launches with $3 million in grants
FRANKFORT — A non-profit foundation that will support innovative teaching approaches in Kentucky’s public schools will launch this week using nearly $3 million in grants from the Bill and Melinda G...
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McConnell fundraising nears $13 million
FRANKFORT — U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell has banked nearly $13 million for his re-election campaign, including more than $1.8 million since January, according to a financial report filed with the Fede...
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Associated Press Senate Republican Mitch McConnell talks with his wife, then-U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao, during a Fraternal Order of Police convention in Louisville In August 2007. McConnell has asked the FBI to investigate how a recording of himself and aides talking strategy, tied to liberal group Progress Kentucky, was made. In March, the same group tweeted that Chao, who was born in Taiwan, may be the reason U.S. jobs are going to China. The group later removed the tweets and apologized.
Liberal PAC has little cash, influence
FRANKFORT — The liberal super PAC from Kentucky that incurred the wrath of one of the country’s most powerful Republicans is an organization of outsiders that has barely raised any funds toward its...
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Popular mud runs come to Ashland
ASHLAND — Races that include obstacle courses and plenty of mud are making their way to Boyd County. The Independent reports Mountain Rush Mud Run is holding four events at the Boyd County Fairg...
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Trial begins for three charged in fatal attack
PINEVILLE — The trial has begun for three people charged with fatally attacking a 91-year-old man in southeastern Kentucky. The Middlesboro Daily News and WYMT-TV report testimony began Friday f...
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State charge remains on Tennessee man’s record
LOUISVILLE — A Tennessee man is fighting to clear his name of a felony drug charge in Kentucky. Louisville police arrested 24-year-old Jerry Jones of Cookeville, Tenn., in 2011 on a marijuana ch...
Apr 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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