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By Joe Gerth and Jim Carroll

About 30 members of the Kentucky delegation took advantage of Humana's Freewheelin' program that offers free use of bicycles. The company took 1,000 bikes to Denver this week and will have 1,000 in St. Paul, Minn., for the Republican Convention next week.

By Lawrence K. Grossman, Newton N. Minow & Anne G. Murphy

In the new knowledge-based global economy, America's prosperity and, indeed, its economic future depend more than ever on the skills, ideas and knowledge of all its citizens. Business and government leaders have come to recognize that the people's access to learning and training across a lifetime must move to the top of the nation's priorities. Our people must be equipped with the skills to compete in the 21st century.

Reported by Joseph Gerth and James R. Carroll  

During his address to the Kentucky delegation, U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth of Louisville spent most of his time urging his listeners to get behind Obama because, he said, the country can't stand another four years of President Bush's policies.

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.

Gov. Steve Beshear, Attorney General Jack Conway, Rep. John Yarmuth and Mayor Jerry Abramson will announce findings of the preliminary investigation into Louisville gas prices and discuss next steps in the investigation.

They will hold a press conference at 1:30 p.m. Friday in the mayor's gallery at the old Fiscal County Courthouse on Sixth and Jefferson streets.

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: