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Kentucky Sports Radio host Matt Jones used his radio show Monday to wade into the controversy over LEX18’s decision to fire him last week, saying the campaign of Democratic Senate candidate Amy McGrath got him pulled from his television show last month. “I knew they had done it,” Jones said Monday morning, adding that he was reluctant to say anything publicly because he didn’t want to appear whiny. He stopped short of directly blaming McGrath for his ultimate firing on Friday, unlike an article published Sunday by online publication The Intercept that cited anonymous sources who said McGrath campaign manager...

Lexington Herald Leader Logo‘Authenticity problems.’ Matt Jones slams Amy McGrath as he’s courted to challenge her. | Lexington Herald Leader POLITICS & GOVERNMENT ‘Authenticity problems.’ Matt Jones slams Amy McGrath as he’s courted to challenge her. BY DANIEL DESROCHERS JULY 11, 2019 06:53 PM Louisville Kentucky Sports Radio host Matt Jones, had harsh criticisms Thursday for the roll-out of former Marine Corps pilot Amy McGrath’s campaign to challenge U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. The popular sports radio host, who started his time on stage at a Kentucky Chamber of Commerce business summit by saying he still hasn’t decided whether...

WASHINGTON Emily’s List is naming Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell and Rep. Andy Barr as two of its top targets for 2020. The Senate Majority Leader and Barr, a Lexington Republican, are among the first round of candidates the Democratic group that backs women running for office is putting “On Notice” as part of its opposition program targeting 43 House Republicans and six Senate Republicans. Kentucky may be tough for Democrats, who unsuccessfully challenged Barr in 2018, but Stephanie Schriock, president of Emily’s List, said “after flipping the House with Democratic women in 2018, we’re ready to send more Republicans packing...

LEXINGTON — The New Kentucky Project held the first of what could be many “ideas conferences” on Saturday as co-founders Adam Edelen and Matt Jones laid out their vision for the group that wants to develop the next generation of Kentucky leaders. Edelen, a former Democratic state auditor who lost his re-election bid in 2015, and Jones, an unabashed Democrat who has hosted politicians from both parties on his Kentucky Sports Radio show and “Hey Kentucky!” television program, said more than 600 registered for the event, far surpassing their initial expectation of around 150. They say the 501(c )(4) will...

People are outraged after the Herald Leader published political cartoonist Joel Pett's recent cartoon about Governor Elect Matt Bevin. The cartoon has been viewed by many as an attack on Bevin's adopted children. The Governor Elect is calling Pett a racist and some people are demanding that the paper fire Pett and the entire editorial staff at the Herald Leader. The cartoon, published Thursday, shows Bevin under his desk, shivering with fear. The caption reads, "Sir, they're not terrorists...they're your own adopted kids!" The children referenced in this cartoon are the four Ethiopian children the Governor Elect and his wife...

Kentucky Sports Radio host Matt Jones has been selected to emcee the annual Fancy Farm picnic’s political speeches when candidates, officeholders and thousands of visitors descend on the small town in far western Kentucky Aug. 1, the event’s organizer announced in a news release Wednesday. Mark Wilson, chairman of the Graves County picnic’s political speaking program, said in a news release that Jones will bring a new audience to the 135th event benefiting St. Jerome Catholic Church. “While many Kentuckians know about our famous picnic, we think having someone with the reach of Matt’s radio program and website will bring...