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Beware of Matt Bevin and the ‘Three Gs’ con job

By BERRY CRAIG When newspapers report political poll results, a lot of readers focus on the percentages. This old reporter likes to read the comments from some of the people who were polled. They can...

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With Matt Bevin or Jamie Comer, it’s lose-lose for unions

By BERRY CRAIG Right now — will all precincts reporting in the Republican primary election–Louisville business owner Matt Bevin leads Agriculture Commissioner Jamie Comer of Tompkinsville by 83 votes...

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General Motors To Expand Unionized Plant In KY

By BERRY CRAIG To hear some local politicians and business leaders tell it, a slew of companies has expressed interest in coming to Bowling Green and its environs since the county fiscal court approved...

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Mitch McConnell Matt Bevin “Games Politicians Play.”

By BERRY CRAIG “Mudsling Mitch” and “Bailout Bevin” were supposed to break bread together at the Elizabethtown Rotary Club Tuesday. Matt Bevin bailed. He told the AP he had a “scheduling conflict,” the...

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Saluting union volunteers in Paducah

By BERRY CRAIG Unions seldom make the news except during strikes, which the media commonly calls “labor disputes.” The implication, even if unintentional, is that strikes are the union’s fault. At the...

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Protect My Check pretzel twisters

By BERRY CRAIG The way they twist themselves, the folks at Protect My Check ought to start a pretzel factory. PMC is the Florida-based anti-union group that is helping push county “right to work...

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A question for Matt Bevin and Rand Paul

By BERRY CRAIG AFT Local 1360 Why would a white supremacist give you money? “Add Kentucky gubernatorial candidate Matt Bevin’s name to the list of Republicans who have received campaign donations from...

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Kentucky governor’s race in a nutshell for union members: Jack Conway is for...

By BERRY CRAIG “Why vote? There’s no difference between Republicans and Democrats.” We’ve all heard that just about every time there’s an election. Okay, sometimes it is hard to tell Republicans from...

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Paducah’s 10th annual Alben Barkley Dinner Paducah, KY

By BERRY CRAIG Attorney Gen. Jack Conway and all but one union-endorsed Democratic candidate for office this year are expected to break bread at Paducah’s 10th annual Alben Barkley Dinner Thursday July...

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Matt Bevin’s mouth matches his politics

By BERRY CRAIG AFT Local 1360 I guess Republican gubernatorial hopeful Matt Bevin has never heard the old admonition against arguing with folks who buy their ink in barrels. The same might be said for...

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Western Kentucky Bernie Sanders Grassroots Digital Meetup Party

By BERRY CRAIG “I’ve been looking for a ‘Bernie-ite’ for 30 years,” said a grinning Charles Tubbs, who packs an IBEW card. “Now I’ve found one.” Tubbs, who belongs to Paducah-based IBEW Local 816, was...

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Be proud to pack a union card

By BERRY CRAIG I cast my first presidential ballot in 1968. Hubert Humphrey got my vote. He didn’t win, but the late Democratic Minnesota senator and vice president is one of my all-time favorite...

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Matt Bevin bit the Democrats’ bait

By BERRY CRAIG Bait goes for naught if the fish won’t bite. The same is true for politicians. The other day, Matt Bevin, the GOP gubernatorial hopeful, bit on the Kentucky Democratic Party’s bait,...

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Kim Davis is no William Jennings Bryan

By BERRY CRAIG I suspect Matt Bevin, the Republican candidate for governor of Kentucky, sees Kim Davis as a twofer. That’s ditto for state Sen. Whitney Westerfield, the GOP’s attorney general nominee....

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Paducah, Ky. Labor Day and Bernie Sanders

The biggest political contingent in Paducah’s Labor Day parade was for Bernie Sanders.   By BERRY CRAIG Eight-year-old Megan Tapp of Paducah cut to the chase when asked why she’s for Sen. Bernie...

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Protect My Check pretzel twisters

By BERRY CRAIG The way they twist themselves, the folks at Protect My Check ought to start a pretzel factory. PMC is the Florida-based anti-union group that is helping push county “right to work...

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A question for Matt Bevin and Rand Paul

By BERRY CRAIG AFT Local 1360 Why would a white supremacist give you money? “Add Kentucky gubernatorial candidate Matt Bevin’s name to the list of Republicans who have received campaign donations from...

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Kentucky governor’s race in a nutshell for union members: Jack Conway is for...

By BERRY CRAIG “Why vote? There’s no difference between Republicans and Democrats.” We’ve all heard that just about every time there’s an election. Okay, sometimes it is hard to tell Republicans from...

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Paducah’s 10th annual Alben Barkley Dinner Paducah, KY

By BERRY CRAIG Attorney Gen. Jack Conway and all but one union-endorsed Democratic candidate for office this year are expected to break bread at Paducah’s 10th annual Alben Barkley Dinner Thursday July...

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Matt Bevin’s mouth matches his politics

By BERRY CRAIG AFT Local 1360 I guess Republican gubernatorial hopeful Matt Bevin has never heard the old admonition against arguing with folks who buy their ink in barrels. The same might be said for...

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