Kentucky Progress (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
Clinging bitterly to his job as Speaker of the House, Jody Richards thinks he is going to avoid accountability for his failures in office by silencing the voices of a precinct full of voters in this latest election. At issue is a vote scanner that failed mid-day on November 4 at the Pine Valley precinct in Elizabethtown. Precinct workers, in order to continue allowing voters to vote,...
FourthAmendment.com (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
... on the basis of facts not presented to it, and Blue Bird did not renew her motion in light of Jody Richards' testimony. Even if Blue Bird had presented Jody Richards' testimony at the motion to suppress, Richards' testimony was contradicted by the trial testimony of Officer Harrison, who said the containers were not opened until the next day at the evidence facility....
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 17/11/2008
... a majority in the Senate.Financially, however, the picture has grown bleaker, and House Speaker Jody Richards agreed that could be the impetus for lawmakers to look for ways to increase revenues.A revised financial forecast shows the state could lose more than $1.2 billion in revenue over the next two years.Richards, D-Bowling Green, said a cigarette tax hike would be tops...
Pol Watchers (Free subscription) | 02/11/2008
HAZARD -- During her introductory remarks in Hazard Saturday, New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton complimented the brigade of state lawmakers who attended the rally, including state Rep. Greg Stumbo of Prestonsburg who is challenging Speaker Jody Richards for the highest post in the state House. And when she got to Stumbo, Clinton mentioned that he is a former attorney general, is back...
Pol Watchers (Free subscription) | 31/10/2008
House Speaker Jody Richards wouldn't guess at how many seats Democrats may have after the Nov. 4 election, but said he does expect to pick up "a little.""I'm not willing to predict a number. I think we will hold and gain a little," Richards said in a lengthy conference call with reporters. Democrats, coming off the May 20 primary, were slated to have 64 seats compared to 36 that...
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 31/10/2008
... tax from 25 cents to 30 cents a pack, but the Senate did not take up that bill.House Speaker Jody Richards, D-Bowling Green, in a statement, said, "We will monitor the budget in the months ahead and will be prepared to work with the governor and the Senate to tackle this issue during the 2009 regular session."But Rep. Mary Lou Marzian, the Louisville Democrat who has unsuccessfully...
