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By Dan Klepal

The investigation into why gasoline prices are higher in Louisville than in other parts of Kentucky and the region took a leap forward yesterday when state Attorney General Jack Conway announced that he has issued nine subpoenas to refiners and suppliers.

By Trey Pollard

U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Louisville) voiced his support for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama's selection of Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) as his running mate.

By Maggie Shiels

The US Congress has given the go-ahead for a new centre to explore ways advanced computer and communications technologies can improve learning.

The National Center for Research in Advanced Information and Digital Technologies will focus on "bringing education into the 21st century."

By Bill Wolfe

Think doing business with Uncle Sam means fat contracts with wide profit margins and lax oversight?

Think again. Federal government contracts typically offer slim margins and require strict compliance to rules and procedures, speakers said yesterday at a forum presented in Louisville by U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth, D-3rd District.

Representative John Yarmuth, D-Kentucky
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What we love Passionate about issues involving working families and students, he sought and received appointment to the Committee on Education and Labor.

C-J Editorial

The U.S. Department for Housing and Urban Development and its Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives have some explaining to do. So do a former officeholder, city officials and church folks. Here's why:

By J.D. Williams

Anna Wakefield didn't know how to register to vote in November's election.

Yesterday she sat in her living room, braiding the hair of her 6-year-old daughter, Ageona, when U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth, D-3rd District, knocked on the door of her Garland Avenue home.

By Trey Pollard

LOUISVILLE -- Wednesday marked the anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. For the campaign of U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth, the day was marked by an event conscious of both history and politics, as Yarmuth and a collection of volunteers, staffers, and elected officials held a voter registration canvass in west Louisville.

By Charles Kavanaugh, Home Builders Association of Louisville, 40223

Over the past several months Congress has debated creating a Housing Stimulus bill to address many of the ills within our national housing industry. Over that time period, Rep. John Yarmuth represented Louisville well by always staying focused on what was best for Louisville as well as the nation as a whole.

By James R. Carroll

Congress last week passed a higher education bill that contains several amendments drafted by Rep. John Yarmuth, D-3rd District.

The bill had broad bipartisan support in the House and Senate and now awaits President Bush's signature.