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VanMeter was elected to the Supreme Court in 2016, serving the 5th Appellate Court District, which includes eight counties in central Kentucky: Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Franklin, Jessamine, Madison, Scott and Woodford counties.

Kentucky is creating an electronic search warrant system that allows police to request and judges to approve or deny warrants online.The e-warrant system…

Tennessee’s Supreme Court says it wants to eliminate racial discrimination in the state’s judicial system. A new initiative follows the recent groundswell…

The Kentucky Supreme Court has unanimously ruled against “Marsy’s Law,” a proposal that would have enshrined a new list of rights for crime victims in the…

Kentucky Chief Justice John Minton Jr. says the number of expungement requests have doubled since a new law went into effect allowing some convicted…

A new poll shows Kentuckians overwhelmingly support prison time over capital punishment for people convicted of first-degree murder.Findings from a recent…

You are Letcher County, Kentucky. You are rural, mountainous, and in the heart of the central Appalachian coalfields. Your economy is not in good shape.…