Kentucky’s oath of office for public officials has an antiquated part that usually draws a few snickers when it is read. It bars dueling.
“I, being a citizen of this state, have not fought a duel with deadly weapons within this state nor out of it, nor have I sent or accepted a challenge to fight [...]

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Kentucky’s Lt. Governor Daniel Mongiardo is running for the Senate seat Senator Jim Bunning is vacating in 2010. He narrowly lost in 2004 to Bunning. Governor Steve Beshear followed up by choosing Mongiardo as his running mate for the 2007 gubernatorial election. Listen to this video, and you will see what Mongiardo thinks of Beshear now. [...]

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What could be more patriotic than religion … and firearms? That’s right. A church in Louisville, Ky., is inviting “responsible handgun owners” to bring their guns there to celebrate the Fourth of July and the Second Amendment.
New Bethel Church is welcoming congregation members and visitors to wear their firearms inside the church on June 27, [...]

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Voter fraud in modern America is usually more deception than outright vote altering. It usually involves illegal registrations, intimidation or harassment of voters at the polls.
However, Clay County in Kentucky makes these election concerns look like the work of amateurs.
The startribune.com reported the following about an election-rigging scheme in Clay County.
The U.S. Attorney’s office said charges include [...]

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A couple of weeks ago there was an underreported court ruling in Kentucky regarding the internet that bears mention. The problem, as Kentucky sees it, is that online gambling is morally wrong. Nevermind, that the state has its own lottery and wagered horseraceing. Afterall, it is always much more fun to point at someone else’s sins than [...]

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Two years ago, Kentucky state Representative Tom Riner put an amendment into a homeland security bill ordering the state Office of Homeland Security declare its initial duty as “stressing the dependence on Almighty God as being vital to the security of the Commonwealth.”
The Lexington Herald-Leader spelled out the requirements of the bill:
Specifically, Homeland Security is [...]

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After months of campaigning, many voters still do not think Barack Obama is a Christian. This is an amazing statistic because widespread information and news properly identifies Obama as a Christian with overwhelming evidence.
In a Kentucky survey, Obama was identified by 61% of the people as a Christian, 14% picked Muslim, 1% said he was [...]

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Otis “Bullman” Hensley, Jr., a former candidate for Governor of Kentucky, is out of jail after facing sex charges for complimenting two girls. Hensley offered to trade “a good fattening hog” to the aunt of a 13-year-old girl and her 11-year-old sister.
In response, the girls’ father initiated charges of first-degree attempted unlawful transaction with a minor. [...]

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It is probably safe to assume that Republican John Albers is pro-gun. He is a candidate for Kentucky’s District 35 state Senate seat currently held by Democrat Denise Angel. Albers revealed his pro-gun stance when he got into an argument with a neighbor. Albers accused the neighbor of taking Albers’ belongings. Albers grabbed his neighbor by the [...]

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A Franklin County judge has ruled that the Kentucky Legislature’s practice of stopping the clock so that bills could be considered past the April 15 deadline is unconstitutional. 
The Kentucky constitution requires that the legislature present bills to the Governor by April 15. In the past, both houses of the Kentucky legislature have engaged in the [...]

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