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Pickerel, a native of Glasgow, has worked for RPK for more than three years as Finance Director and, most recently, Deputy Executive Director. Pickerel graduated from the University of Kentucky in 2012 as a dual major in Political Science and Broadcast Journalism.
Republican U.S. Rep. Andy Barr has held regular "Coffee with your Congressman" events in local shops across his central Kentucky district for the few dozen people willing to hear an update from Washington. Monday night, Barr will host his 70th cup of coffee since ousting a Democratic incumbent in 2012.
U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts is scheduled to speak to the University of Kentucky College of Law one day after President Donald Trump announced Neil Gorsuch as his nominee for the high court. Roberts is scheduled to make a presentation and have a conversation with James C. Duff, director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.
Whatever President Obama had planned for life after the presidency, the election of Donald Trump will likely change those plans. Instead of building on his legacy, he'll be defending it.
John Baer has written about politics and government for the Daily News since 1987. Neither subject ever fails to provide him with stories of policies and politicians walking on or skirting by paths to perdition.
Bernie Sanders may be far behind Hillary Clinton in delegates, but there's one unlikely place he's outpacing her: coal country. Sanders has been outspoken in his support for policies to address climate change, including moving away from fossil fuels.