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On Tuesday, industry leaders reassembled with a bipartisan group of Kentucky leaders to toast the bourbon sector's record growth. Kentucky's bourbon industry pumps $9 billion into the Bluegrass State's economy each year, creating more jobs and attracting more tourists than ever before, according to a study released Tuesday. Kentucky distillers produce 95% of the global bourbon supply, according to the Kentucky Distillers' Association. Producers had a record inventory of 12.6 million bourbon barrels aging in warehouses at the start of 2023, it said. Bourbon tourism has flourished, with attendance surpassing 2.5 million visitors last year along the Kentucky Bourbon Trail and the Kentucky Bourbon Trail Craft Tour, which showcases smaller distilleries.
Persons: Andy Beshear, Bill Samuels Jr, Maker's Mark, Samuels, , , David Osborne, Eric Gregory, ” Samuels Organizations: Kentucky Capitol, Democratic, Kentucky distillers, Kentucky Distillers ' Association, Maker's, statehouse, distillers, Producers, Bourbon, Kentucky Bourbon Trail, Distillers, Republican, Bluegrass State, Capitol, Ivy League Locations: FRANKFORT, Ky, Kentucky
The 2023 elections show Republicans still don't know how to talk about abortion. (Never mind the fact that abortion rights advocates have now won seven times when abortion has explicitly been on the ballot.) "If pro-life Republicans want to actually save lives, they have to learn to LISTEN TO WOMEN and talk about abortion AND contraception." As Vance described, many Republicans abandoned their decades-long commitment to traditional exceptions to abortion bans in the cases of rape, incest, or the mother's health. "As much as I'm pro-life, I don't judge anyone for being pro-choice, and I don't want them to judge me for being pro-life," Haley said.
Persons: GOP hasn't, , Glenn Youngkin's, Nancy Mace, Sen, J.D, Vance, Republican Sen, Rick Santorum, Joe Biden, Andy Beshear, you've, Ron DeSantis, You've, they've, DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Haley Organizations: GOP, Service, Virginia Gov, Republican, Republicans, Ohio Republicans, Kentucky Gov, Politico, UN, Senate, America Locations: Ohio, Ohio , Michigan , Kansas, Kentucky, Carolina, Idaho, Arizona and Missouri, Florida, Iowa
Abortion was dominant; suburban voters outside Ohio’s biggest cities voted overwhelmingly to establish the right to an abortion in the state’s constitution. Kentucky’s incumbent Democratic governor, Andy Beshear, who ran hard on abortion rights and kitchen-table issues like infrastructure spending, won not only Jefferson County, home to Louisville, and Fayette County, home to Lexington. He also beat his Republican challenger, Daniel Cameron, in Kenton and Campbell Counties, once reliably Republican redoubts across the Ohio River from Cincinnati. “The Republican Party has to modernize its message on this issue if we’re going to convince Democrats and independents to cross over and vote Republican. This time, she said, some of the same parents recoiled from Republican efforts to ban books with L.G.B.T.Q.
Persons: Andy Beshear, Daniel Cameron, Glenn Youngkin’s, Danica Roem, , , John Whitbeck, Roe, Wade, Heather Williams, recoiled Organizations: Democratic, Republican, Campbell Counties, Democrat, Virginia General, State Senate, Democrats, Republican Party of Virginia, Republican Party, Democratic Legislative, Committee Locations: Ohio’s, Jefferson County, Louisville, Fayette County, Lexington, Kenton, Campbell, Ohio, Cincinnati, Virginia, Loudoun County, Washington,
CNN —Why should you care about Tuesday’s elections in Ohio, Kentucky, Mississippi and Virginia? The storylines to watch include abortion, disinformation, dirty money and a test of that elusive but essential creature known as the red state Democrat. John Avlon CNNLet’s start with the Buckeye State, where abortion rights are on the ballot. Beshear is also the rare red state Democrat who can connect with rural voters — something Democrats desperately need more of. Meanwhile in Mississippi, there’s another governor’s race that The Washington Post is calling the most competitive in 20 years.
Persons: John Avlon, , there’s, Dobbs, There’s, Andy Beshear, Daniel Cameron, Mitch McConnell, Sen, Rand Paul, Beshear, James Carville, Cameron, McConnell, Tate Reeves hasn’t, Haley Barbour, Reeves, ” That’s, Elvis Presley —, Brandon Presley, Presley, Harry Enten, bode, , Glenn Younkin, Ron DeSantis ’ Organizations: CNN, John Avlon CNN, Buckeye State, Republican, Ohio Senate, Buckeye, GOP, Democratic, Washington, Republicans, Mississippi Today, don’t, Virginia Legislature, Twitter, Facebook Republican, Florida Gov, Virginia GOP Locations: “ Lincoln, Ohio , Kentucky , Mississippi, Virginia, Montana , Kansas, Kentucky, Ohio, Mississippi, Florida
ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — A horse set to run in this weekend’s Breeders’ Cup died Tuesday at Santa Anita, and a short time later, Belmont Stakes winner Arcangelo dropped out of the $6 million Classic. Practical Move was returning from a morning gallop when he experienced a suspected cardiac event, according to a statement from Breeders’ Cup officials. Practical Move won the San Felipe and Santa Anita Derby on his home track before a fever forced him to miss the Kentucky Derby in May. He then took six months off and returned to win a race on Oct. 6 at Santa Anita. Another Breeders' Cup contender who was injured near the end of a workout last Saturday at Santa Anita is not recovering as well as his owner had hoped.
Persons: Arcangelo, Jena Antonucci, Arcangelo's, “ He's, , TVG, we've, ” Arcangelo, Mage, wasn’t, Santa Anita Derby, Tim Yakteen, Richard Mandella, ___ Organizations: Breeders ’, . Kentucky Derby, California Horse Racing Board, Racing, Breeders, San, Santa, Kentucky Derby, Equine Medical Hospital, of Fame Locations: ARCADIA, Calif, Santa, San Felipe, Santa Anita, Chino
21 Tennessee and Kentucky really need a lift right now. “We’ve all got to be a little bit better in the second half,” Volunteers coach John Heupel said this week. Kentucky has yielded 479 yards on 54 flags (68.4 per game), Tennessee 470 on 56 (67.1). Under coordinator Tim Banks, Tennessee also ranks third in the league and 17th in the FBS, giving up just 310.9 yards a game. The Vols' challenge is cracking a Kentucky run defense ranked second in the SEC, allowing 95.71 yards a game.
Persons: , John Heupel, We’ve, We’re, that’s, Mark Stoops, we’ve, ” Stoops, Tim Banks, Ray Davis, Missouri's Cory Schrader, Maxwell Hairston, D'Eryk Jackson, Hairston, Teresa M, Walker Organizations: SEC Eastern Division, The Volunteers, Wildcats, Bulldogs, ” Volunteers, Kentucky, Missouri, UCF, Tennessee, Vols, Alabama, SEC, FBS, WHO, AP Locations: LEXINGTON, Ky, Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, Alabama, Missouri, Tim Banks , Tennessee, Ray
NEW YORK (AP) — Tens of thousands of books are being banned or restricted by U.S. prisons, according to a new report from PEN America. In its report, PEN found parallels between the frequency of prison bans and book bannings in schools and libraries. Texas, another frequent site of library bannings, had more than 10,000 prison book bans, second only to Florida. "Prison book programs have mostly tried to raise awareness locally when prisons implement new censorship restrictions for communities they serve," the report reads. In Idaho, Amazon and Barnes & Noble are not among the nine approved sellers, which include Books a Million and the Women's Prison Book Project.
Persons: Elmore Leonard, , Moira Marquis, Marquis, Michigan's, Frederick Forsyth's “, Charles de Gaulle, Amy Schumer’s, ” Barrington Barber's, Robert Greene's, Greene, ” Marquis, Noble, , Organizations: PEN America, PEN, Michigan Department of Corrections, , Power, Barnes, Idaho Department of Correction, AP, Marshall Locations: Cuba, Spanish, Florida, Texas, Kentucky, New Mexico, Maine , Michigan, Idaho, Amazon, United States, State
Andy Beshear defended his sweeping COVID-19 pandemic restrictions as he faced an onslaught of criticism from Republican challenger Daniel Cameron in a high-stakes debate Monday night, coming about two weeks before Kentucky's closely watched gubernatorial election. The bitter rivals sparred over the economy, education policies, abortion and transgender issues during the hourlong debate shown statewide on Kentucky Educational Television. Democrats say that was a strategic omission meant to mask his support for school choice measures they say would weaken public education. Each candidate touted his plan for public education during the debate. Beshear has proposed an 11% pay raise for teachers and other public school personnel, including bus drivers, janitors and cafeteria staff.
Persons: Andy Beshear, Daniel Cameron, Kentucky's, Cameron, sparred, Beshear, ” Cameron, overreach, Donald Trump’s coronavirus, haven't, , ” Beshear Organizations: Republican, Kentucky Educational Television, GOP, Beshear, ” Education, Bills, Kentucky, splintering Republican Locations: Kentucky
GM will report third-quarter results Oct. 24, with Ford following on Oct. 26. The strikes have costing GM and Ford more than $500 million, JP Morgan analyst Ryan Brinkman estimated in a note Monday. Ford is now losing $44 million a day, while GM is losing $21 million a day, Brinkman estimated. GM and Ford shares have fallen sharply since July as the standoff with the UAW has intensified. GM has set up a new, $6 billion credit line as insurance against an expanded UAW strike.
Persons: Rebecca Cook, Morgan Stanley, Adam Jonas, Morgan, Ryan Brinkman, Ford, Brinkman, Shawn Fain, Fain, Mich, Farley, Tim Piechowski, Joe White, David Evans Organizations: Rouge Electric Vehicle, REUTERS, Rights, General Motors, Ford, United Auto Workers, GM, Ford's, Kentucky, Detroit, EV, UAW, Capital Research, Investments, Thomson Locations: Dearborn , Michigan, U.S, Ford's Kentucky, Marshall
1 pick in the AP Top 25 preseason men's basketball poll released Monday, earning 46 of 63 first-place votes to easily outdistance No. 2 in Jon Scheyer's second season, and Purdue got three first-place nods as they try to avenge a stunning end to last season. Defending national champion UConn was sixth with two first-place votes after losing standouts Adam Sanogo and Jordan Hawkins. Also on the outside were Xavier and Kansas State, both of whom were in the top 15 entering last year's NCAA Tournament. 2 Duke will play fourth-ranked Michigan State and top-ranked Kansas will face No.
Persons: Bill Self, Duke, It's, , Kevin McCullar Jr, DaJuan Harris Jr, KJ Adams, Elmarko Jackson, Hunter Dickinson, Kevin, ” Duke, Jon Scheyer's, Zach Edey, Fairleigh Dickinson, , Matt Painter, Shaka Smart, Tyler Kolek, standouts Adam Sanogo, Jordan Hawkins, Dusty May, ” Gonzaga, Saint Organizations: Jayhawks, Purdue, Kansas, Texas, Big, NCAA, Boilermakers, Fairleigh, ” Purdue, Michigan State, Golden Eagles, Warriors, UConn, Huskies, Houston, Owls, Conference USA, American Athletic Conference, Kentucky, San Diego State, Baylor, CONFERENCE, SEC, Big East, Creighton, The ACC, UCLA, Bruins, Kansas State, AP Locations: Kansas, Lawrence, Arkansas, McCullar, Michigan, Caribbean, Marquette, Creighton , Tennessee, Florida, Arizona, Miami , Arkansas, Texas, North Carolina, Southern California, Villanova, Saint Mary's , Alabama, Illinois, Tennessee, Wisconsin, Colorado, Xavier, Chicago, Kentucky
Around 8,700 Ford workers Wednesday evening walked off the job at the automaker's Kentucky truck plant — its largest and most profitable globally — after the UAW said Ford refused further concessions in contract bargaining. "It's time for a fair contract at Ford and the rest of the Big Three," he added. Ford was apparently caught off guard by the strike at its Kentucky plant, which generates $25 billion in annual revenue, roughly a sixth of the company's global automotive revenue. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. Factory workers and UAW union members form a picket line outside the Ford Motor Co. Kentucky Truck Plant in the early morning hours on October 12, 2023 in Louisville, Kentucky.
Persons: Ford, Jim Cramer, Fain, Jim, BofA, Wells, Jim Cramer's, Luke Sharrett Organizations: United Auto Workers, Ford, Big Three Detroit, UAW, Chrysler, General Motors, Big Three, Duty, Ford Expedition, Lincoln, Bank of America, Detroit, CNBC, Factory, Ford Motor Co, Plant, Getty Locations: Kentucky, Wells Fargo, Louisville , Kentucky
CNN —Millions of American homeowners could see insurance rates surge in the coming years in part due to worsening climate disasters, new data shows. It’s another alarming sign for the future of America’s homeowners’ insurance market. “We’re still kind of at the forefront of the insurance industry pricing in climate risk into the real estate market,” Porter told CNN. Premiums are at risk of surging to a lesser extent in cities across the country, First Street data shows. “I know where the places are where people are dropping their insurance — it’s Florida, Louisiana, California and Colorado,” Bach told CNN.
Persons: , David Jones, Jeremy Porter, , ” Porter, Hurricane Ian, Matias J, Jones, ” Jones, Amy Bach, Bach, ” Bach, Kyle Grillot, Reuters Jones, Porter, ‘ I’m, it’s Organizations: CNN, Foundation, UC Berkeley’s Center for Law, Energy, Hurricane, Miami Herald, Tribune, Service, Los, National Flood Insurance, FEMA, United, Residents, Reuters Locations: California , Florida, Louisiana, California, Matlacha , Florida, Florida, Texas, Vermont, Montpelier . Kentucky, West Virginia, Miami, Jacksonville, New Orleans, East Coast, Atlantic City , New Jersey, Virginia Beach, Norfolk , Virginia, Wilmington , North Carolina, Charleston , South Carolina, Savannah , Georgia, New York City, Phoenix, Chicago , Pittsburgh, Louisville, Cincinnati, West Coast, Riverside , California, Los Angeles, Gulf Coast, Plaquemines Parish , Louisiana, Collier County , Florida, Colorado, Wrightwood , California
Good Luck, an Ikea copycat, joins the ranks of rebranded dupes of many western chains in Russia. And now, a store called Good Luck has opened in Moscow as an Ikea copycat. "The departure of Ikea is not a reason to abandon the usual interior design," Good Luck writes on its website. There are no suppliers for bathroom and kitchen items yet, employees at the store told the Moscow Times. Vlad Karkov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesConvincing Ikea dupe or not, Good Luck already has ambitious plans for expansion, it says.
Persons: Vladimir Putin's, McD's, Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr, , it's, Good Luck, couldn't, McDonald's, ALEXANDER NEMENOV, Luck, Vlad Karkov Organizations: Ikea, Moscow Times, Service, McDonalds, Kentucky Fried, McDonald's, KFC, Starbucks, Getty, Swed, IKEA Locations: Russia, Wall, Silicon, Kentucky, Moscow, McDonalds, Zara, Ukraine, Swedish, Russian, Belarusian, AFP, Soviet
In Connecticut, households need to earn an annual income of $952,902 or more to be part of the top 1% of earners. While residents in more urban states tend to earn more, they also generally have a higher cost of living, which somewhat offsets those larger incomes. ConnecticutTop 1% income threshold: $952,9022. MassachusettsTop 1% income threshold: $903,4013. West VirginiaTop 1% income threshold: $367,582DON'T MISS: Want to be smarter and more successful with your money, work & life?
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Baffert's National Treasure wins Preakness Stakes
  + stars: | 2023-05-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
[1/2] May 20, 2023; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; National Treasure with John R. Velazquez up (1) defeats Blazing Sevens with Irad Ortiz, Jr. up (7) to win the 148th running of the Preakness Stakes at... Read moreMay 20 (Reuters) - National Treasure won the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore on Saturday, giving Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert a record-breaking eighth win in the middle jewel of U.S. thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown. With John Velazquez aboard, National Treasure held off a late charge from Blazing Sevens. Kentucky Derby winner Mage finished third, meaning the chestnut colt will not have a shot at becoming U.S. thoroughbred racing's 13th Triple Crown winner. "Losing that horse today really hurt but I am happy for Johnny, he got the win," Baffert said fighting back tears, referring to the jockey. Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto; Editing by Richard ChangOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
War of the Hats: Coronation vs. Kentucky Derby
  + stars: | 2023-05-06 | by ( The Styles Desk | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: 1 min
Thousands of guests converged for the coronation of King Charles III in London today, with millions more watching from around the world. Here in America, the Kentucky Derby is known for its attendees wearing their own flamboyant head gear. Fans watched Mage win the 149th Derby, followed by Two Phil’s and Angel of Empire, rounding out the top three. Not known for subtlety, Derby hats this year offered a range of colors and fabrics, from elegant to loud, floral to plumed and everything in between. Take our quiz to see if you can tell which side of the pond each of these hats came from.
In this articleVehicles wait in line at the drive through lane of a Yum! Brands Inc. Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) and Taco Bell restaurant in Lockport, Illinois. Yum Brands on Wednesday reported quarterly earnings and revenue that topped analysts' expectations, fueled by strong same-store sales growth at Taco Bell. Excluding items, the company earned $1.31 cents per share. Read the full Yum Brands earnings report here.
Package theft is a staple of the e-commerce age, and is more common in some states than others. And even if they had logged the theft with police, the crime of package theft is filed and charged differently depending on the location. Oklahoma — Package theft can be charged as a felony if the perpetrator is convicted of three instances within 60 days. There isn't much of a correlation between the states cracking down on package theft and the places that experience it. Only one of the top 10 metro areas experiencing the most package theft is in a state where porch piracy is a felony.
The Music City Bowl’s pairing of Kentucky and Iowa, a pair of 7-5 teams that coincidentally also met in a bowl game last season, was hardly cause for college football fans to set a calendar reminder for its New Year’s Eve kickoff. But what has happened since the matchup was announced earlier this month might be cause to simply delete the game from their schedule altogether. Kentucky’s quarterback and top running back are sitting out to prepare for the NFL draft. Iowa is so gutted by injuries and transfers that its offense will be run by a third-string quarterback who has yet to play a down in two college seasons.
Because while some of last week’s election results are still being tabulated, one thing is certain: Abortion was a clear winner. Across the country, many voters named abortion as their top or second most important issue in exit polls. Of course ensuring everyone has legal, affordable access to abortion care in our communities is front of mind. White nationalists use abortion as an issue to divide white Christian voters and oppress people of color seeking reproductive freedom and health care. We’ve had pro-choice majorities before, but pro-choice leaders placed abortion on the back burner, believing it wasn’t in jeopardy.
In 2022, there are five ballot measures addressing abortion—the most on record for a single year, according to Ballotpedia. In California, Michigan and Vermont, voters are deciding if the right to an abortion should be codified into law. Kentucky voters will choose if the state’s constitution should be amended to declare that it doesn’t protect the right to an abortion. Montana is asking voters whether to require medical care and treatment for infants born alive after an attempted abortion. In August, Kansas voters rejected a proposed state constitutional amendment that would have ended protections for abortion.
Explore more race results below. Sen. Rand Paul is running against Democrat Charles Booker to represent Kentucky in the US Senate. Booker is the first Black person to be a major party nominee for US Senate in Kentucky. Kentucky's Senate race candidatesElected to the US Senate in 2010, Paul is vying for his 3rd term to represent Kentucky. Prior to his election to the Senate, Paul worked as an ophthalmologist in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Michigan is poised to become a safe haven of constitutionally protected abortion rights in the Midwest, where access is shrinking. Democrats have made abortion rights central to their campaign to maintain control of Congress and expand their majorities in the midterms. This means reinstating abortion rights at the federal level is unlikely in the near term. Kansas, which is also a very conservative state, resoundingly rejected a ballot measure in August that would have stripped abortion rights from its state constitution. MichiganIn Michigan, voters will decide whether to amend the state constitution to protect not just abortion but reproductive rights broadly.
Republicans, who have largely embraced former President Donald Trump's false claims of fraud in the 2020 election, say the measures are necessary to ensure election integrity. Some states' laws restricted mail-in voting one way while easing it other ways. Proponents of limiting mail-in voting say it adds to the cost of running elections and creates more opportunities for ballots to be intercepted by unintended recipients who might fraudulently cast them. Advocates of expanding mail-in voting say limiting it hinders voters who cannot go to a polling place. Advocates of the laws say they are necessary for ensuring only eligible voters are kept on the list, whereas opponents say the laws make it harder for voters to know they have been removed or remedy wrongful removals.
Where voting has become more difficult
  + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +6 min
Where voting has become more difficult U.S. states have enacted more than 30 new voting restrictions since 2020. Graphic of the United States showing where restrictive voting laws have been enacted between January 1st, 2021, and October 1st, 2022. From voter ID requirements to limits on mail-in voting, new laws are fueling tensions between Republicans and Democrats ahead of the U.S. midterms. Some states' laws restricted mail-in voting one way while easing it other ways. Advocates of expanding mail-in voting say limiting it hinders voters who cannot go to a polling place.
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