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*Kentucky Editor Tipoffs Newsletter for 2025-03-12 ( 7 items )  
Cortez Masto, McConnell Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Support Families of Retired Fallen Law Enforcement Officers (10)
WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Cortez Masto, McConnell Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Support Families of Retired Fallen Law Enforcement Officers Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) introduced the Chief Herbert D. Proffitt Act, which would ensure the families of retired law enforcement officers who were killed as a result of their service are not unjust more PR

EEOC Sues Taco Bell Franchisees for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation (10)
WASHINGTON, March 11 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * EEOC Sues Taco Bell Franchisees for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Federal Agency Alleges Fast Food Companies Created Hostile Work Environment for Female Workers, Including Teens, and Fired Manager When She Reported Misconduct DETROIT - Six related entities operating Taco Bell restaurants in Michigan violated federal law when they allowed a senior area manager to sexually harass f more PR

Federal Grand Jury Indicts Louisville Felon for Illegally Possessing a Firearm and Distributing Heroin and Methamphetamine (10)
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, March 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky issued the following news release: * * * Federal Grand Jury Indicts Louisville Felon for Illegally Possessing a Firearm and Distributing Heroin and Methamphetamine Louisville, KY - A federal grand jury in Louisville returned an indictment on October 16, 2024, charging a local man with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession with intent to distribute heroin and methampheta more PR

McConnell Comments on Chavez-DeRemer Nomination (10)
WASHINGTON, March 10 (Sen.) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: * * * McConnell Comments on Chavez-DeRemer Nomination Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) issued the following statement today on the nomination of Lori Chavez-DeRemer to serve as U.S. Secretary of Labor: "The American people demand and deserve change after four years of economic heartache under the 'most pro-union administration in American history.' Unfo more PR

McConnell: America Cannot Afford To Get Played By Russia (10)
WASHINGTON, March 11 (Sen.) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: * * * McConnell: America Cannot Afford To Get Played By Russia Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the war in Ukraine: "My views on America's interest in Ukraine are well-known. I spent the better part of the past three years  more PR

Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee Chair Paul Issues Opening Statement at Hearing on Foreign Aid (10)
WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, chair of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following opening statement from a Feb. 13, 2025, hearing entitled "Eliminating Waste by the Foreign Aid Bureaucracy": * * * Today, we are going to dive into the reckless and wasteful spending of our federal government--particularly when it comes to foreign aid. The United States should not be the sugar daddy for the entire world, especially not for countri more PR

Senator McConnell Introduces Bill to Protect American Farmlands (10)
WASHINGTON, March 11 (Sen.) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: * * * Senator McConnell Introduces Bill to Protect American Farmlands 'American farmers, especially those in Kentucky, are grappling with a steady decline in available farmland. Now more than ever, we must preserve our agricultural land and keep it in production for the next generation of producers' WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) introduced The Protec more PR