A key witness was absent from proceedings in the judicial misconduct hearing of Judge Dawn Gentry, who is accused of campaign violations and having sex at work, but several others have provided significant and sometimes salacious details to the Kentucky Judicial Conduct Commission throughout the week.
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A Kentucky family court judge accused of having sex in her chambers and asking an attorney to participate in a threesome admitted she violated campaign finance laws but denied several other allegations during the first day of disciplinary proceedings against her.
Read moreLouisville, the Jefferson County Metro Government and its police forces and officers are the latest government institutions to face a federal class action accusing them of constitutional violations and assault and battery against people protesting the police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor.
Read moreKentucky is accusing hedge-fund sellers and retirement-fund overseers of sinking its public employees and retirees into a financial quagmire that will require an extra annual $1 billion “indefinitely” to remedy.
Read moreIn the face of rising Covid-19 cases, Democratic Governor Andy Beshear is asking a court to declare that he did have the authority to issue an executive order that requires most Kentucky residents to wear face coverings when in public.
Read moreThe Greater Cincinnati Northern Kentucky Apartment Association sued the governor of Kentucky and four court clerks in federal court, challenging executive orders suspending evictions during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Frontrunner Amy McGrath held off a late surge by Louisville native Charles Booker to win the Kentucky Democratic nomination for Senate on Tuesday, setting up a showdown with incumbent Mitch McConnell in November.
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The Republican head of Kentucky’s Department of Agriculture sued Democratic Governor Andy Beshear on Monday, claiming executive orders he issued during the Covid-19 pandemic are unconstitutional and have damaged the state’s agritourism industry.
Read moreRestrictions on mass gatherings put in place by Governor Andy Beshear in response to the Covid-19 pandemic are unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday.
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The Louisville Metro police department has fired one of the police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor, more than three months after the 26-year-old black woman was killed in her home.
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Voters rebuffed President Trump and nominated two Republicans he opposed to House seats from North Carolina and Kentucky on Tuesday. Calls in higher-profile races in Kentucky and New York faced days of delay as swamped officials count mountains of mail-in ballots.
Read moreA federal court in Kentucky granted a preliminary injunction to the Online Merchant’s Guild to halt investigations into alleged price-gouging by Amazon retailers. The state attorney general’s investigations and threats of enforcement have an “impermissible extraterritorial effect on interstate commerce.”
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Grim forecasts of hours-long waits for Kentucky voters in the 2020 primary proved to be almost totally unfounded as the state’s foray into vote-by-mail was widely considered a success.
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Overwhelmed Kentucky and New York officials faced a deluge of mail-in votes likely to delay results for days after high-profile primaries Tuesday, contests testing if establishment incumbent Democratic congressional candidates can withstand challengers fueled by voter fury over racism.
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One of the three police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor after the execution of a no-knock warrant has been fired from the Louisville Metro Police Department.
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Money isn’t everything, even in politics, and Amy McGrath, the Democrats’ handpicked candidate seen as the best chance to oust Senator Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, may learn that lesson the hard way.
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In the face of firm opposition from Democrats and with less than a year of experience on the bench, Judge Justin Walker landed a seat on the second highest court in the land Thursday after the GOP-controlled Senate confirmed his nomination to the D.C. Circuit with a 51-42 vote.
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The owners of Maximum Security, the horse that crossed the finish line first but was later disqualified from the 2019 Kentucky Derby, argued before a Sixth Circuit panel Tuesday to revive their due process case against the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission.
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A man was shot Monday night as protesters in Albuquerque tried to tear down a bronze statue of a Spanish conquistador outside the Albuquerque Museum.
Read moreA federal court in Kentucky dismissed a due process suit against Governor Andy Beshear brought by seven former members of the state’s Board of Education, who claimed the governor unconstitutionally fired them without cause minutes after taking office. The governor is permitted by statute to “abolish and reconstruct” education boards in the state.
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