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Most Americans believe that the federal government stands absolutely supreme. Nobody can question its dictates. Nobody can refuse its edicts. Nobody can resist its commands. This is simply not true. Laws passed in pursuance of the Constitution do stand as the supreme law of the land. But that doesn’t in any way imply the federal government lords over everything and everybody in America.

Wednesday, Matt Bevin called on Mitch McConnell to oppose the ‘Ryan-Murray’ budget deal. Bevin criticized the deal shortly after learning it grew government and increased spending with false hopes of cuts to come later: “Again, Mitch McConnell is missing in action when our nation most needs leadership. Instead of leading, he is dodging a major issue while waiting to see which way the political winds are blowing. This deal is bad for America because it raises spending in the short-term for long-term cuts that everyone knows will never happen. McConnell should lead Republicans in demanding a deal that, at a...

With just days to go before Nevada Republicans head to the polls to choose who they want to take on President Obama in November, reality show host Donald Trump is injecting himself into the race and endorsing Newt Gingrich. Trump's office announced Wednesday that he would make a major announcement Thursday morning in Las Vegas, without providing details of what he would say. Two sources confirmed to CBS News that the publicity savvy businessman plans to endorse the former House speaker in his bid for the Republican presidential nomination. Nevada holds its caucus Saturday.

PIKEVILLE — Appalachian News-Express Editor Jerry Boggs said he will not press assault charges against Pikeville Mayor Frank Justice II. "It was a pretty minor thing. I realize the gravity of it given our positions," Boggs told the Herald-Leader Thursday afternoon. Boggs and the mayor met Wednesday. Boggs said the mayor apologized and he accepted Justice's apology.

Up on the WKYT Website now: Who will you support in the 2010 U.S. Senate race in Kentucky?

State Kentucky Lieutenant Governor Daniel Mongiardo (D-KY) Kentucky State Sen. Gerald Neal (D-Louisville) Kentucky State Sen. Ernesto Scorsone (D-Fayette) Fmr. Kentucky State Sen. Nicholas Kafoglis (D-Warren) Fmr. Kentucky State Sen. David Karem (D-Jefferson) Fmr. Kentucky State Sen. Michael Maloney (D-Fayette) Fmr. Kentucky State Sen. Danny Meyer (D-Oldham) Fmr. Kentucky State Sen. Georgia Powers (D-Jefferson) Fmr. Kentucky State Sen. Tim Shaughnessy (D-Jefferson) Kentucky State Rep. Leslie Combs (D-Pike) Kentucky State Rep. Jim Glenn (D-Daviess) Kentucky State Rep. Dennis Keene (D-Campbell) Kentucky State Rep. Reginald Meeks (D-Louisville) Kentucky State Rep. Darryl Owens (D-Jefferson) Kentucky State Rep. Ruth Ann Palumbo (D-Fayette) Kentucky State...

In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin's name was Mary. The angel went to her and said, "Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you." Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. But the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God. You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you...

Promoters of liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) ignore two large issues when seeking to incorporate LNG into the energy security mix. According to many energy and national security experts, LNG will actually increase dependency from the very countries which the United States seeks to reduce dependency—countries such as Russia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Iran.

Support Coal, Now! America's Future Depends on it. Watch the downfall of Obama Socialism from real Americans in Kentucky.

PIKEVILLE — Touting Pike County as a leader in not only coal but greener energy technology, businessmen and local officials made presentations to the General Assembly's joint committee on energy Wednesday. The county seeks state money to develop an ethanol plant on its landfill site, county leaders have attended national meetings about wind power, and officials pushed to ensure the courthouse being built in Pikeville will be the state's first to meet Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design standards, Judge-Executive Wayne T. Rutherford said.

We have an emergency on the horizon and your participation is IMPERATIVE! The US Army Corps of Engineers is holding six public hearings October 13 and 15 to receive public comments on the two proposals related to Nationwide Permit 21 in the nation’s Appalachian Region. NWP 21 authorizes discharges of dredged or fill material into waters of the United States for surface coal mining activities. The effort is underway to apply regulations that will allow the regulation of water from the head of the watershed. The first proposal is to modify NWP 21 to prohibit its use in the Appalachian...

(Frankfort - September 24, 2009) State Auditor Crit Luallen today released the 2008 Pike County Fiscal Court audit, which refers an issue concerning a county employee to the US Attorney’s Office, Kentucky Attorney General’s Office, Kentucky Retirement Systems and county attorney. The audit found that the county’s financial statements, in all material respects, fairly present the county’s assets, liabilities, and equity arising from cash transactions and revenues received and expenditures paid in conformity with the modified cash basis of accounting. As part of the audit process, the Auditor must comment on non-compliance with laws, regulations, contracts and grants. The Auditor...

"Hello. This is Congressman Hal Rogers. "As we head into September I wanted to bring yourattention to an important issue that will be facing the Congress in theupcoming months. "Cap and Trade" is a bill that passed the House inJune without my support and is now up for debate in the U.S. Senate. Though the bill claims to protect our environment, in reality it isnothing more than a $646 billion "carbon tax" paid by every American, rich or poor and every business, small or large. Every time you turn onyour lights, the tax would begin. "I don't need to remind...

In a continuing series of one-on-one interviews with opinionmakers, Kentucky Energy Forum recently had the opportunity to pose "10 Questions on Energy" to Governor Steve Beshear. In this exclusive interview, Kentucky Energy Forum presents Governor Beshear's detailed response to our questions. Kentucky Energy Forum: In 2007, Kentucky passed landmark legislation to provide energy incentives for businesses looking to locate in Kentucky. While there have been some amendments to this law, in what ways would you propose, during the 2010 legislative session, to refine/to improve the legislation and to attract new industry to Kentucky?

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During the 2004 U.S. Senate race in Illinois, candidate Barack Obama, in a quiet, reflective moment, pondered his emerging place in history. But his campaign manager, Jim Cauley of Pikeville, was thinking of something else, trying to keep Obama focused on the battle at hand. "We were together in the old State Capitol in Springfield, in the office of Abraham Lincoln, where Lincoln had been a lawmaker for the state of Illinois," said Cauley, "and Barack, an introspective guy, looked around for a few minutes without saying anything and then asked me, 'Jimmy, do you ever wonder what Lincoln would...

FRENCHBURG — Menifee County was never part of the boom, but it is surely part of the bust. It's a county that stands out by several measures. With fewer than 6,800 people Menifee is sparsely populated and rural, sometimes even remote, heavily white — and full of Obama voters waiting for their world to change after the new president is inaugurated on Tuesday. Menifee's Obama vote sets it apart in Kentucky, which was a McCain stronghold in the 2008 presidential election.

WASHINGTON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - U.S. economic and political clout will decline over the next two decades and the world will be more dangerous, with food and water scarce and advanced weapons plentiful, U.S. spy agencies projected on Thursday.

The search continues for the numinous or hieroglyphic significance of the date September 11. Believers in propaganda by deed, like Gavrilo Princip and Timothy McVeigh, usually choose to invest themselves with portentousness by selecting an anniversary that will freight their murder with meaning. Often, it is a date that only meant something to a very limited or arcane circle until its true value was unveiled to a stunned world. Thus Princip chose the date of Serbia's 14th century defeat in Kosovo and McVeigh chose the anniversary of Janet Reno's bloodbath at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas. I've also...