Kentuckiana politicians respond to President's State of the Union address – WAVE 3
Kentuckiana politicians respond to President's State of the Union addressWAVE 3And in order to accomplish things over the last two years of the Obama Administration, he needs to work with the Republican Congress. Much of what he did tonight, you know, new taxes, new spending is sort of the …. The future of our country will be …
Why I'm quitting journalism (depthreporting)
Today's my last day in journalism. On Monday I begin a new career as a Foreign Service Officer for the U.S. State Department.
That will surprise some because just six months ago I quit The Courier-Journal after more than two decades there to work for the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting.
My seemingly sudden departure from KyCIR isn’t because I’m unhappy with the center, a nonprofit startup that's part of the public radio stations in Louisville. The truth is, I feel guilty because the center has been good to me and I’m abandoning it before it’s fully up and running.
The roots of my decision go way back. I first thought about the Foreign Service in college, but put the idea aside and became a reporter instead after spending a good part of my 20s backpacking around the world. I had vague hopes of one day becoming a foreign correspondent, but marriage and family took precedence and I stayed in Kentucky, where my wife is from and my children were born.
I began thinking about the Foreign Service again five years ago, long before KyCIR had been conceived, after reading an anonymous comment on the Gannett Blog …
Fortune 500 firm to create 750 jobs in Louisville
When the economy plunged for the worse in 2007, Kentucky's unemployment also plunged to 11 percent at the recession's height. On Jan. 14, Governor Steve Beshear and Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer announced the creation of 750 new jobs and another step in moving Kentucky into a new year.
Summer jobs program gets national award – Evanston Now
Summer jobs program gets national awardEvanston NowEvanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl and the City of Evanston today received first place for small cities in the U.S. Conference of Mayors second annual National Summer Youth Jobs Challenge. … Included the city's Community Development Block Grant …and more »