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Lexington Leaders to Visit Pittsburgh

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For the first time, Commerce Lexington and Greater Louisville Inc., are teaming up this year for their annual leadership visit to another city. More than 320 business, educational and government leaders will head to Pittsburgh on Monday for the three-day leadership conference. But even though the trip has expanded, the number of Lexington attendees is [...]

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Value Added Tax: It Can Work if Used Correctly, but Would Not Close U.S. Deficit

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Along with federal budget deficits and state budgetary problems, we hear more and more in the news about tax reform. This was discussed, though not enacted, by Kentucky's General Assembly this winter and there is now talk at the federal level of changes in taxation to include a value added tax, or VAT. The discussion, [...]

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Kentucky Poll: Many Democrats Undecided on Tea Party Movement

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The Tea Party movement enjoys widespread support among Kentucky Republican voters, but many Democrats still aren't sure what to make of the small-government crusaders, according to a new Kentucky Poll. More than one third of likely voters 39 percent say they have a favorable view of the movement, compared to 27 percent who have an [...]

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CHFS Names General Counsel; Ryan Keith of Public Protection Cabinet Appointed to Post

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Cabinet for Health and Family Services Secretary (CHFS) Janie Miller announced today that F. Ryan Keith, general counsel of the Kentucky Public Protection Cabinet since March 2008, has been named as the cabinet’s general counsel. Keith replaces Kerry Harvey, who has been appointed U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky. View full Kentucky post [...]

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Toyota Says US Sales Up as Incentives Spur Demand

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Toyota says its U.S. sales rose 24 percent in April from a year earlier as incentives continued to spur demand, although the paced slowed from a strong March. The Japanese automaker said Monday it sold 157,439 vehicles last month, propelled by surging demand of previously recalled vehicles like the Corolla, the Prius and the RAV4. [...]

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Collective Bargaining Legislation Moving in Congress

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Helpful Links • Download a sample resolution your city can pass and forward to your members of the Kentucky congressional delegation. • Find out how much this legislation is projected to cost Kentucky cities. • Download some of the summary points and raw data that can be used in emails, resolutions, phone calls, speeches and [...]

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U.S. Economy Grew Briskly in First Quarter, Government Says

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The Great Recession is over all but officially, as the U.S. economy grew at a solid 3.2 percent annual rate in the first three months of this year, the third consecutive quarter of growth, the Commerce Department reported Friday. Spending by both consumers and business powered the growth. Consumption rose 3.6 percent from January through [...]

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Kentucky Utilities Parent Reportedly Sold to Pa. Corporation

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The German power company E.ON AG is nearing an agreement to sell its Louisville-based U.S. unit, which owns Kentucky Utilities and Louisville Gas and Electric, to PPL Corp., according to a person with knowledge of the matter. The deal is valued at about $7.5 billion including debt, the person said. E.ON, based in Dusseldorf, Germany, [...]

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New Circle Cigarette Billboard Is Relic of Past

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For people driving daily along New Circle Road in north Lexington, it might seem at one particular point as if they're traveling back in time. That's because as you ride on an overpass between Georgetown and Leestown roads, you're greeted by a billboard advertising Carlton cigarettes, proclaiming a U.S. government test method confirms it has [...]

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