Ed Whitfield

Three congressmen are proposing legislation on the eve of the Kentucky Derby that would crack down on doping in horse racing. The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act is sponsored by U.S. Sen. Tom Udall, a Democrat from New Mexico, and Republican...

* In Washington, barge industry courts lawmakers from river states * Critics question plan to boost already large subsidies for waterway traffic * Shipping industry has a history of support in Congress By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON, May 6 (Reuters) - As...

WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney swept the Kentucky and Arkansas Republican presidential primaries Tuesday, inching closer to the GOP nomination he is certain to win. With no serious opposition left, the former Massachusetts governor easily won both...

A federal investigation of fraud in the renewable fuels industry in Baltimore and Texas has drawn congressional interest, with Republican leaders of a House panel expressing concern that the Environmental Protection Agency's handling of the cases could...

By Michael Broihier The Kentucky House of Representative’s voted Tuesday on almost purely party lines on a redistricting plan that would put all of Lincoln County in the 2nd Congressional District represented by Republican Steven Brett Guthrie, a...

In the past few months, life has gotten a lot busier for Anne Arundel County Councilman Derek Fink. As he was tasked with considering dozens of land rezoning applications in his Pasadena district, the Republican legislator opened a new restaurant,...

FRANKFORT — A plan for congressional redistricting approved in a House committee Thursday would shift several local counties into a district that stretches as far as Bowling Green. The redistricting proposal unveiled Thursday by House Speaker...

Organized labor spent $1 billion to get President Obama and other leftists elected in the last election. But it’s politicians claiming conservatism who recently cast deciding votes to implement labor policies on military construction projects that...

A favorite, but unproven, argument of union bosses is that government regulations favoring them result in higher-quality buildings and safer working conditions. Such claims are being echoed — again, without proof — by Kentucky congressman Ed...

++++++++++++++++++++ || Officials representing four top donors to Gov. Bob McDonnell's upcoming energy conference are among a select group of speakers guaranteed an audience before a group of southern lawmakers, government officials and business...

FRANKFORT — Two proposals for reorganizing Kentucky’s six U.S. congressional districts after the 2010 Census would shake things up in big ways for several local counties. Both proposals — one from Speaker of the House Greg Stumbo and...

FRANKFORT — To hear Kentucky politicians of both parties tell it, the Environmental Protection Agency should be renamed the Economic Destruction Agency. But their recent rhetoric has gone far beyond reality and obscured it. At issue are the EPA&...