Kentucky: Jerry Abramson

Impressive. Very impressive.
Conway Raises More Than $1.325 Million for Senate Campaign

"Kentuckians are ready for new leadership," says Jack Conway

Record Breaking: No other Democratic U.S. Senate candidate in Kentucky history has raised more money in a quarter.

(Louisville , KY) In an eye-popping effort, Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway, candidate for the United States Senate, will report raising more than $1.325 million for the June 30 Federal Election report in his bid to replace incumbent United States Senator Jim Bunning. This is Conway's first quarter of fundraising and represents about 60 days of active fundraising. He held his first large fundraiser on May 30.

Gov. Steve Beshear provided details Wednesday of how Kentucky plans to spend about $3 billion in stimulus funding from the federal government over the next 28 months.

The state’s plan to spend the money, called “Kentucky at Work,” will provide a much-needed, one-time infusion of dollars to maintain jobs and quality of life through investments in education, health care and public safety, Beshear said at a news conference in Louisville with Louisville Mayor Jerry Abramson.

Why “ice tsunami”? When sheets of ice slide off of your house, it kinda sounds like a huge wave crashing.
The Governor is visiting Lexington (1:00 P.M. presser with Jim Newberry, Urban County Govt Center) and Louisville (4:00 P.M. presser with Jerry Abramson, old Federal Reserve Building) to assess storm damage this afternoon.
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Gov. Steve Beshear (D-Lexington) and U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Louisville) joined a host of auto industry leaders and government officials today at Ford's Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville for a concerted call in favor of a loan package for the ailing domestic auto industry. Many of those who spoke at the news conference in front of an array of gathered media, and about a hundred plant workers, appealed to Kentucky's two U.S. Senators to support what they termed a "bridge loan."