Failed presidential candidate and the creator of Obamacare — Mittens Romney — is coming to Kentucky to campaign for Mitch McConnell. [Sam Youngman]
Michael Brown Sr. spoke briefly at a gathering here on Sunday night to call for peace ahead of the Monday funeral for his son. [HuffPo]
After months of back and forth and haggling, it finally looks as though there will be a live, televised debate in this year’s U.S. Senate Race. [C-J/AKN]
Broadcasters are threatening to stand in the way of next year’s highly anticipated airwave auction, putting one the Obama administration’s top priorities at risk. [The Hill]
Residents of Greenup County, Ky., may be barred from buying federal flood insurance starting next month because local officials haven’t met the program’s requirements, the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced Monday. [WDRB]
Could a newly released audio provide more clues on what led up to Michael Brown’s shooting death? The FBI has questioned a man who says he recorded audio of gunfire at the time Brown was shot by Ferguson police on August 9, the man’s attorney told CNN. [CNN]
A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers acted appropriately when it granted a permit for surface coal mining in West Virginia, and some are using the ruling to champion legislation introduced by Kentucky Congressman John Yarmuth. [WFPL]
California is the nation’s largest state economy and agricultural producer, and so the state’s well-being affects the entire country. [ProPublica]
In case you missed it, Alison Daddy’s Name Grimes is promoting the endorsement of the woman who ignored Rwandan genocide. She’s done nothing but make excuses about it the past two decades. And some how we’re supposed to trust that she has a fucking clue about anything in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. [Deep Failure]
Remember John Deasy, of Robert Felner infamy? He’s turned up in YET ANOTHER scandal involving his school district in Los Angeles. [Reuters]
Some have written in to ask why there’s been so much focus on Montgomery County Schools. The long answer is complex as hell but let’s try to break it down into a few digestible parts. [Page One]
The World Health Organization says there should be regulations preventing the use of electronic cigarettes indoors in public and work places. [BBC]
Here’s hoping the Laurel County Sheriff’s Department had a warrant to look through that phone. Otherwise they’ve probably got a little problem on their hands. [H-L]
The U.S. has begun surveillance flights over Syria after President Barack Obama gave the OK, U.S. officials said, a move that could pave the way for airstrikes against Islamic State militant targets there. [HuffPo]
