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From Kentucky Public Radio's Tony McVeighKentuckians who want to change their political party affiliation before next year’s May primary election must do…

After serving on the Daviess County Republican Party's leadership team for almost three years, Owensboro native Barbara Knott had enough. She resigned...

From Kentucky Public Radio's Tony McVeighKentucky Gov. Steve Beshear is moving some of his top aides around, as he prepares to enter the second half of…

Louisvillians have a chance this weekend to say goodbye to the Executive Inn hotel. It’s owners, the Schneider family, have decided to close the facility and tear it down by the end of the year.

The Tea Party appears stronger than ever with Republican primary victories for Senate in Missouri, Texas and Indiana most recently.It is a movement that has been successful in defeating establishment incumbents, pulling GOP leaders further to the right and gaining a seat at the table. This week it was announced that Tea Party favorite Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., has a keynote speech at the Republican National Convention.But Tea Party groups and activists have been criticized for their views and blamed for the current gridlock in Congress.I spoke with Louisville Tea Party President Sarah Durand about compromise, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell and what it’s like leading such a forceful—and controversial—group.The Louisville Paper is a publication that reports “positive” neighborhood news, and it’s proud to have survived a year in business.It has been a rough time for print media with budget cuts and staff layoffs, and even daily newspaper cutting their publishing dates. Earlier this year, the New Orleans daily newspaper The Times-Picayune announced it was going from daily to three days a week.And the bad news is spreading.From the Willamette Week:The Oregonian as a daily newspaper is facing a final deadline.The 162-year-old newspaper—once considered one of the nation’s best—is losing readers and advertisers in a state where it dominated the media landscape for decades.Soon, the newspaper may no longer be publishing every day of the week.The newspaper’s New Jersey-based owner, Advance Publications Inc., has declared it is moving to a Web-based model and publishing schedules are likely to change at many of its newspapers. I talked with the Louisvlle Paper’s founder Matt Dobson and editor Stephanie Brothers, along with LEO Weekly editor Sarah Kelley, about the future of print.

The Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team easily beat the Colorado State Rams on Saturday to advance in the NCAA Tournament. The top-seeded Cardinals

Actors Theatre of Louisville will open the doors to its costume shop Saturday for a cocktail party hosted by the GO Board, a group of young professionals who raise money and awareness on behalf of the theater. Costumes and Cocktails is the GO Board’s main recruitment event for the year. The GO Board offers networking and exclusive inside-the-production events for the under-45 theatergoing crowd."We all kind of have a joint love for the theater and appreciate supporting the theater," says board co-president Emily Lamb.The theme for the party is Through the Decades, so attendees are encouraged to come dressed in clothing from their favorite decade, or they can grab a costume or accessory from the costume shop when they arrive.“Kristopher Castle, our costume director, will be on hand to give tours to people and explain to them what all goes into designing costumes for all the different shows that come through the season,” says Lamb. Lamb loved going to plays and wanted to meet other young professionals who were serious about supporting the theater. Now she’s co-president of the GO Board, planning fundraisers for the apprentice company and hosting behind-the-scenes events.“I grew up in Louisville, and I was really fortunate growing up to come from a family that had a strong appreciation for the arts. So I was always kind of in that environment," says Lamb. "I feel like Actors Theatre is one of the real local treasures we have here, and the quality of productions we can get locally aren’t available in similar sized cities.”The group hosts several exclusive behind-the-scenes events each season, in addition to public events like Costumes and Cocktails and fundraisers like the Loose Tie party that helps kick off the Humana Festival of New American Plays. Many of the board's events benefit Actors Theatre's apprentice/intern company. "During certain shows throughout the season, the board will get together for informal meetings, usually in the form of a dinner or happy hour before the show. We try to bring in someone associated with the theater, whether it is the director for the particular production, somebody from the costume department, somebody from casting, to explain their role in that particular show or in the theater in general," says Lamb. Admission to Costumes and Cocktails is $10, and the price can be applied to an annual GO Board membership. The event is held in the theater’s costume shop on Market Street, in the same building as FedEx Kinko’s, and the party starts at 7 p.m.

Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear has taken steps to apply for federal education grants from the Race to the Top program.The commonwealth is eligible for a…

Kentucky will once again compete for federal Race to the Top dollars for education.The money is part of an effort to funnel $500 million in early learning…

Five college basketball players with Kentucky connections were selected in yesterday’s National Basketball Association draft.UK’s Enes Kanter was taken…

The chairman of the Libertarian Party of Kentucky says his members could be persuaded to vote for Ashley Judd over Senate Republican Leader Mitch

Appearing on MSNBC Wednesday, Kentucky Congressman John Yarmuth says fellow Democrat Alan Grayson of Florida should apologize for likening the Tea Party