Brad Yost

The Tea Party, No Child Left Behind and financial deregulation are just a few of many concepts that have roots in Texas.

A new book by New York Times national columnist Gail Collins, entitled, As Texas Goes… looks into how much of this country’s political agenda, and anti-Washington sentiment, was shaped in the Lone Star State.

Last year, Kentucky state officials approved plans to bring on more regional Managed Care Operators, MCOs, to administer the state’s Medicaid program, which has been facing significant budget shortfalls.

Here's the rundown of today's installment of Byline:

0:00 - Devin Katayama & Ed Hart on the future of Kentucky Kingdom now that the Koch family has backed out from developing the site.

13:00 - Kentucky Public Radio's Kenny Colston weighs in on the ongoing problems with Medicaid Operator Coventry in Kentucky.

Author and former GQ editor Thomas Mallon brings the Watergate-era Washington back to life in his latest historical novel.   Watergate-- a Novel, takes the reader though the scandal from the perspectives of seven lesser-known players.

 Thomas Mallon will discuss his book at the Louisville Free Public Library Monday, June 18, at 7pm.   He speaks here with WFPL’s Rick Howlett from his office in the nation’s capital.
 

Friday on Byline we took a broad look at a number of stories pertaining to the KFC Yum!

Here's a rundown of what's in this edition of WFPL's Byline:

0:00 - A review of the recent uptick in crime in Louisville, with WFPL's Phillip Bailey and David James from the Metro Council, including an interview with Dr. J. Blaine Hudson of Mayor Fischer's violence prevention work group.

Over the past two years, the EPA has filed specific objections to 36 surface mining permits previously approved by the state of Kentucky to mining companies that wanted to dump waste into streams in Eastern Kentucky. This week, there were public hearings on the EPA's objection to the permits in both Frankfort and Pikeville, and the EPA is accepting written comments until June 21.

Here's a rundown of topics and stories covered today on our journalist roundtable show, Byline.

Today at 1pm there was a press conference at Belmont Park where the tendon injury of I'll Have Another was discussed, and the decision to remove him from the running in the Belmont Stakes was explained.

The 2011-12 school year at JCPS just concluded, and the Board is currently evaluating the performance of new superintendent Donna Hargens, in private. 

On Byline Friday afternoon, WFPL reporter Devin Katayama spent some time looking back at the past year, including ongoing controversies over the student assignment plan, possible changes to that plan, and changes to the JCPS administrative hierarchy.