LIBERAL PAC HAS LITTLE CASH, INFLUENCE IN KENTUCKY
By BEN FINLEY FILE – In this Aug. 13, 2007 file photo, Senate Republican Mitch McConnell talks with his wife, U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao, during the Fraternal…
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TEXAS RETHINKING ITS TESTING, CURRICULUM STANDARDS
By WILL WEISSERT Socar Chatmon-Thomas, center, stands with her daughters Isabella, left, and Guinevere, right, outside their school in Austin, Texas on Monday, April 8, 2013. Texas has been a…
SWEEPING ANTI-ABORTION BILL GOES TO KANSAS GOV.
By JOHN HANNA Kansas House Speaker Ray Merrick, right, a Stilwell Republican, watches the chamber’s electronic tally board as it approves a sweeping anti-abortion bill, Friday, April 5, 2013, at…
NY STATE SEN. ARRESTED IN ALLEGED MAYOR RACE PLOT
FILE – In this Dec. 8, 2008 file photo, New York state Sen. Malcolm Smith, D-Queens, speaks with reporters at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. The FBI says Smith and…
FLA. BREWERS PUSH TO LEGALIZE 64-OUNCE BEER JUGS
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON In this Friday, March 29, 2013 photo, a 32-ounce bottle, known among beer enthusiasts as a growler, is filled at the Swamp Head Brewery in Gainesville, Fla.…
ACTRESS ASHLEY JUDD WON’T RUN FOR US SENATE
By ROGER ALFORD FILE – In this Nov. 1, 2008 file photo, actress Ashley Judd, a Kentucky native, speaks at a Democratic get-out-the-vote rally in Louisville, Ky. Judd announced Wednesday…
ND LAWMAKERS DEFINE LIFE AS STARTING AT CONCEPTION
By JAMES MacPHERSON North Dakota Republican Sen. Margaret Sitte poses for a picture at the state Capitol in Bismarck, N.D., on Friday, March 22, 2013. The Bismarck Republican is the…
GA. LAWMAKERS OK CRACKDOWN ON SO-CALLED PILL MILLS
By KATE BRUMBACK FILE – In this June 14, 2012 file photo, a suspect is loaded into a DeKalb police prisoner transport van during a “pill mill” raid by dozens…