A Bowling Green state representative announced his candidacy for governor yesterday morning at the Warren County courthouse.

House Speaker Jody Richards, D-Bowling Green, said he’ll run for the state’s top executive spot.

Bardstown junior Amber Roberts can barely pay her cell phone bill. She can’t spend money at the mall. She can’t buy books until she gets her next paycheck. Roberts is working for $5.15 an hour as a circulation assistant at Cravens Graduate Center and Library.

Gov. Ernie Fletcher said Western might get the projects back that he vetoed last year. Fletcher called a “town hall” meeting at the Carroll Knicely Conference Center Wednesday to discuss what to do with Kentucky’s projected $279 million budget surplus. President Gary Ransdell and other leaders want the surplus to help fund the projects Fletcher vetoed last session.

A Bowling Green state representative announced his candidacy for governor this morning at the Warren County courthouse. House Speaker Jody Richards, D-Bowling Green, said he would run for the state’s top executive spot.