Story by Mari-Alice Jasper, News Editor Alison Lundergan Grimes, Kentucky secretary of state, greeted and shook hands with more than 40 members of the Young Professionals of Murray group as they trickled into the wood-paneled back room at The Big Apple Cafe. Brittany Marchetti, Murray State alumna and co-chair of the Young Professionals of Murray, said Read More
Kentucky’s U.S. Senate race, which was decided early Tuesday night, elicited mixed reactions from Murray State students. U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell won his sixth term in resounding fashion with 56 percent of the vote, compared to less than 44 percent for Democratic challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes and 3 percent for Libertarian David Patterson. Tuesday, voting Read More
Student loan debt is an issue Alison Lundergan Grimes plans to face head on if she is voted as the new U.S Senator for Kentucky in next week’s election. Murray State graduates averaged nearly $21,000 in debt in 2012, according to the Project on Student Debt. Grimes met with approximately 50 people Tuesday at the Read More
With the heated Nov. 4 Senate election two weeks away, Democratic Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes brought former President Bill Clinton to western Kentucky to a crowd of 1,750 Tuesday. Clinton reinforced many of the themes Grimes highlighted during her challenge to U.S. Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell, including bringing more jobs to Kentucky, raising Read More
Murray State is hosting a roundtable discussion with Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes. Grimes recently kicked off the inaugural Civic Health Initiative, a statewide series of roundtable discussions at Kentucky’s universities and colleges to improve Kentucky’s overall civic health. Grimes kicks off her University visit at 11 a.m. on Jan. 31, in the Read More