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We are entering the home-stretch of the 2012 General Assembly with the attendant rush of bills as legislators feel the urgency of the dwindling days. The Senate had a very full week with legislation, committee meetings, and we received the budget proposal from the House as well as the state's road plan. Visits from groups ranging from home-schoolers to the AARP to 4H also came to the capitol to see their legislator and press for their causes.

Most legislation that the General Assembly passes each year falls in one of two categories: It either protects, or it promotes.

That was especially evident this past week in the Kentucky House of Representatives, which voted for bills that range from further limiting abuse of our youngest and oldest citizens to helping moreQUEENS, N.Y. -
St. John's senior guard Dwight Hardy was named BIG EAST Player of the Week for the second time this season, as announced by the conference on Monday.

Hardy led St. John's to wins over then-No. 10/9 Connecticut and an important road victory in the league at Cincinnati. He averaged 25.5 points on 17-of-32 shooting, good for 53.1 percent from the field. He also drilled 9-of-15 attempts from 3-point range (60 percent) and fired at a perfect 8-of-8 from the charity stripe. Hardy grabbed eight rebounds, the most among Red Storm guards, and dished four assists.

The Bronx, N.Y., native set a new career high with his 33 points, including a career-high-tying five three-pointers, in an 89-72 win over UConn at Madison Square Garden on Thursday night. Hardy scored