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Gov. Steve Beshear has not reappointed a cousin of Senate President David Williams as an administrative law judge though Tom Davis of Tompkinsville was selected by a nominating committee for another four-year term.
Although Gov. Steve Beshear vetoed a bill last month that contained a state highway construction plan for the next two years, another approved bill containing the state's biennial budget "clearly establishes" a two-year road plan for the state, contends Senate President David Williams.
The case of a man accused of leaving the scene of an accident in which a University of Kentucky student was killed April 13 has been sent to a grand jury. Shannon D. Houser, 36, who has pleaded not guilty to leaving the scene of an accident and tampering with physical evidence, appeared in court Thursday morning. UK freshman Connie Blount, 18, was crossing South Broadway at West Maxwell against the traffic signal about 2:30 a.m. when she was hit by a truck going south on South Broadway. Blount died...
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A squabble among state Supreme Court justices over a key appointment spilled into public view Monday as members of the state's highest court jockey for the title of chief justice.
It's put-up-or-shut-up time for the towns around Lexington that have talked for years about sharing in a regional water system. At a Bluegrass Water Supply Commission meeting Thursday, a June 2 deadline was agreed on to decide whether the commission -- acting on behalf of some of its members -- will buy into Kentucky American Water's newly approved treatment plant and pipeline.
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When the Public Service Commission ruled last week that Kentucky American Water could build a new treatment plant and pipeline, the agency said it hoped it was bringing a 20- year controversy to an end. But people who live along the pipeline route are not ready to give up their fight.
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In a town where dull meetings loom like an unremitting pestilence, a hearing on proposed tuition rates Wednesday at the state Council on Postsecondary Education stood out for its clash of words, numbers and egos.
Records are gathered from the county clerk and district court offices and from the Fayette County health department and area hospitals. Contact Risa Richardson at (859) 231-3201 or rrichardson@herald-leader.com if you have questions about these listings.
Gov. Steve Beshear's demand for a new search to select a leader for Kentucky's higher education system went unanswered Friday. John Turner, chairman of the state Council on Postsecondary Education, said it would be "premature" to say how the council will react to Beshear.
The Kentucky Supreme Court has ruled that a man who fathers a child during an affair with a married woman has no legal rights to fatherhood. The vote was divided at 4-3, but the ruling upheld the presumption that a child born to a married woman living with her husband is a child of the marriage. Justice Bill Cunningham wrote in the ruling that married couples have a right to be left alone from the claims of "interloper adulterers." The court sided with a Louisville couple, Julia and Jonathan Ricketts...
Uncertainty reigned over the state court system Friday. Questions surfaced about the status of the court's administrative director only a day after Chief Justice Joseph E. Lambert announced he will retire June 27.
Gov. Steve Beshear is planning to split one of the most diverse agencies in Kentucky state government -- the Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet, which regulates pollution, banks, utility rates, coal mines, horse racing and most everything else.
Saying "there comes a time to move on," Kentucky Supreme Court Chief Justice Joseph E. Lambert stunned the state's legal and political community Thursday by announcing he will resign June 27 to join a corps of semi-retired judges.
One of the most prominent lawsuits connected to a state hiring investigation that marred former Gov. Ernie Fletcher's administration has been settled at taxpayers' expense for $500,000.
A prisoner apparently tampered with a state computer and assigned extra money to the commissary accounts of 21 inmates, state Auditor Crit Luallen said Tuesday.
