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Three Kentucky signatories on pro-drilling letter to Pelosi

Three of Kentucky's four Republican U.S. Reps joined sixty-seven of their colleagues by signing a letter to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) asking her to work to allow floor votes in the Democratically-controlled U.S. House on legislation they say would lower gas prices. (PolitickerKY.com, Trey Pollard)

Link: http://www.politickerky.com/treypollard/1099/three-kentucky-signatories-...

Boyd county settles with former clerk

CATLETTSBURG — The BoydCounty Fiscal Court has approved settling a lawsuit with former Clerk Doris Stephens Hollan by forgiving funds owed to the county.

The dispute, which has been ongoing for months, centered on an audit of Hollan’s office released last December that determined she had underpaid the county more than $60,000 in excess fees. (Daily Independent, Carrie Kirschner)

Link: http://www.dailyindependent.com/local/local_story_204233059.html

Beshear arrives by car at Somerset town meeting

SOMERSET-- Gov. Steve Beshear, stung by criticism surrounding travel expenses, arrived in Somerset in an automobile -- not an airplane -- on Monday for the latest in a series of town hall meetings. (Courier Journal, AP)

Link: http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080723/NEWS0...

Rasche may be moving to Education Department

Rep. Frank Rasche, chairman of the House Education Committee, has applied for the job of legislative liaison for the state Department of Education. And he thinks he's got a good shot at getting it. (Courier Journal, Staff)

Link: http://www.courier-journal.com/blogs/politics/2008/07/rasch-may-be-movin...

Bunning says Freddie, Fannie bailout "smacks of socialism"

KY U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning, a Southgate Republican, again condemned a support package for troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, saying the plan backed by the Bush administration "smacks of socialism." (Kentucky Enquirer, Patrick Crowley)

Link: http://nky.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=blog11&plckCont...

Ky.’s Jobless Rate Up

Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary unemployment rate for June 2008 rose to 6.3 percent from May 2008’s revised 6.2 percent, according to the Office of Employment and Training (OET), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. June 2007’s jobless rate was 5.5 percent. (KYPost.com, Jessica Knoll)

Link: http://www.kypost.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=8ad28900-17b6-432...

Lawsuit Filed Against State For Illegal Immigrants Services

LEXINGTON - A federal lawsuit alleges Lexington's
government and a Kentucky agency are breaking the law by providing certain services to illegal immigrants. (WKYT)

Link: http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/25758604.html

Lunsford camp rounds up criticism of McConnell's ad

Declaring that "the reviews are in," the campaign of Democratic Senate nominee Bruce Lunsford continued to respond to its opponent's recent television ad by circulating negative editorial responses to the spot. (PolitickerKY.com, Trey Pollard)

Link: http://www.politickerky.com/treypollard/1098/lunsford-camp-rounds-critic...