Thousands of Kentuckians might face a penalty this tax season for failing to sign up for health insurance during 2014, as required under the Affordable Care Act. [H-L]
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said American’s won’t need “a large adjustment” if the high court rules that gay marriage is a constitutional right. [HuffPo]
Three former lottery store clerks indicted on charges of lottery fraud pleaded guilty in Jefferson Circuit Court, the Kentucky Lottery said Tuesday. [C-J/AKN]
Louis Brandeis was wrong. The lawyer and Supreme Court justice famously declared that sunlight is the best disinfectant, and we have unquestioningly embraced that advice ever since. [ProPublica]
Mike Compton and his wife, Sherri, were having lunch Tuesday at El Mazatlan, a Mexican restaurant in Glasgow, when he began to choke. [Glasgow Daily Times]
Students who were bilked into taking abusive high-interest student loans out from a leading for-profit college company will get some significant relief, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced Tuesday. A total of $480 million in debt will ultimately be forgiven under the arrangement and 40 percent of the amount will be forgiven immediately for people who took out private loans from Corinthian Colleges’ so-called “Genesis” program. [Think Progress]
The Harlan City Council welcomed a new member to the ranks on Monday. Mayor Danny Howard swore in Annie Fox prior to calling the council’s regular meeting to order. [Harlan Daily Enterprise]
In the high-stakes world of American education, Pearson makes money even when its results don’t measure up. [Politico]
If you missed it yesterday, a Circuit Court judge entered the most remarkable eff you Order of Recusal we’ve ever seen. And it was in the Joshua Powell case in Montgomery County! [Page One]
The US House of Representatives has given its final approval to a bill – already passed by the Senate – backing the Keystone XL pipeline, in defiance of the president’s wishes. [BBC]
Joshua Powell may be one of the worst school superintendents in Kentucky history but Jefferson County has YET ANOTHER horrible supe. Third one in a row. [The 'Ville Voice]
How much of the federal budget goes to foreign aid? What’s your best guess? 10 percent? 20 percent? 1 percent? If you’re like most Americans, you probably guessed wrong. [NPR]
With the potential looming for a jump in high-volume hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to drill for oil and gas in Kentucky, state lawmakers will consider a bill that includes stronger reclamation standards and more protection for water sources near wells. [H-L]
If Americans utilized the outrage over American Sniper, the Brian Williams saga, and Kanye West rushing the stage at the Grammys, and aimed this vitriol at President Obama’s request for a new war, we could possibly avert yet another colossal mistake. [HuffPo]
