Joe Sonka

A video was played Tuesday in a probable cause hearing that showed former Letcher County Sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines repeatedly shooting Letcher County District Judge Kevin Mullins.

A bill passed by the Kentucky General Assembly this year placed the referendum on the ballot, in which voters will be asked whether the state constitution should be amended to “provide financial support for the education of students outside the system of common schools,” meaning public K-12 schools.

Beshear blasted the former governor for taking state aircraft to campaign fundraisers and not fully disclosing the purpose of flights, but has not met some of his own promises.

Nearly all of Kentucky’s 59 delegates, including automatic delegates, and four alternate delegates said they would back Vice President Kamala Harris for the top of the Democratic ticket at the convention in August

Known as the “Godfather of Grass,” Boone was a leader of what was dubbed the “Cornbread Mafia,” which federal prosecutors in 1989 called “the largest domestic marijuana-producing organization in the history of the United States.''

Rep. Killian Timoney lost by a wide margin in his Lexington district, despite supportive PACs spending heavily to keep the moderate Republican in office.

The Kentucky Court of Appeals had ruled that Rep. Nima Kulkarni of Louisville was disqualified as a candidate in the Democratic primary, but Kentucky Supreme Court Chief Justice VanMeter ordered the election can proceed with her on the ballot until the high court can review the case.

The judge ruled against the petition seeking to disqualify Kulkarni as a candidate over an error on her filing with the secretary of state’s office, but the petitioner will appeal.

The new law would allow Kentucky to issue medical cannabis licenses to businesses as early as this summer, increasing the odds that cannabis will be available for patients at dispensaries beginning 2025.

The GOP-controlled Kentucky legislature overrode nearly all of Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s vetoes on Friday, the second to last day of the session.