Kenny Imes

KY 5th District State House Member Kenny Imes Discusses the 2013 Session

Shelly Baskin — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:48:50 +0000

Kentucky’s 5^th District State Representative Kenny Imes spent four terms as representative in the 70’s. Now Imes has returned to Frankfort again in 2013 to represent the residents of Calloway and Trigg counties. Imes recently spoke with Shelly Baskin about his plan to ensure state’s rights are respected by the federal government, as well as his thoughts on the most important parts of this session’s legislative agenda.

KY Lawmakers Meet With Public to Discuss Pension Problems

John Walker — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 23:37:43 +0000

Lawmakers and citizens met this weekend in Murray State’s Wrather Auditorium to discuss Kentucky’s ongoing pension crises. Cameron Smith of the Alabama Policy Institute gave a presentation explaining Kentucky’s current pension problems while lawmakers answered questions. Smith said it’s important for the state to keep its promises.

Local Legislators Come to MSU for Pension Forum

Shelly Baskin — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 18:04:09 +0000

Local state legislators join a pension expert for a roundtable discussion at Murray State University this Saturday. Keynote speaker Cameron Smith is the policy director for the Alabama Policy Institutes and co-authored the Alabama study on pensions.

Imes Wins Fifth District Ky. House Seat

Angela Hatton — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 05:18:42 +0000

Republican Kenny Imes beat out Democrat Hal Kemp for Kentucky’s fifth district state House of Representatives seat. Unofficial results showed Imes with 55.9 percent of the vote, and Kemp with 45.1. The Murray Republican won Calloway County by about nine percent. He gained a near 30 point victory in Trigg County. Imes says though the job is a part-time commitment, he plans to put full-time effort into it.

Afternoon Round-Up 8/14/12

Rose Krzton-Presson — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 20:39:03 +0000

Today on NPR: When Brown took the reins at Cosmopolitan magazine in 1965, it was a foundering monthly known for fiction. Without any editing experience, she turned it into the wildly popular, sexy, women-focused, hugely profitable glossy we know today. She died Monday in New York.

KY House Candidate Imes: a Constitutional Republican

Rose Krzton-Presson — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 16:57:44 +0000

5th District Candidate for Kentucky's House of Representatives Kenny Imes spoke last night at the opening of the Calloway County Republican Party headquarters. Imes previously served 4 terms as a state representative from 1972 to 79- during which time he switched parties to join the GOP. He says that the switch was due to a change in the parties’ platforms, and that he has always held a strong constitutional stance when it comes to establishing his platform.