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FRANKFORT – A legislative panel approved a measure today that would amend Kentucky’ dog-fighting law to also make it illegal to promote the practice.

Graves County facility provides production space, proximity to customers and suppliers

Chief Justice Minton testifies before legislative committee
about impact of proposed budget cuts to state court system

Whitfield Leads 34 Senators, 171 Representatives in Filing Amicus Brief, Urging Circuit Court to Block EPA Attempt to Transform the Nation’s Electricity Sector

ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (AP) — A former Democratic state House candidate has been found guilty of failing to report child abuse in a case involving students at an education program run by the Kentucky National Guard.

McConnell: ‘He is, in my view, in league with Oliver Wendell Holmes, Louis Brandeis, and John Marshall Harlan as perhaps the most significant associate justices ever… Justice Scalia was an articulate champion of the Constitution, he was a personality unto himself, and his passing is a significant loss for the court and for our country.’

Louisville, Ky. – A Louisville man appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Dave Whalin today, charged by Criminal Complaint with the assault of a United States Postal Carrier (while engaged in the performance of his official duties) and with the discharge of a firearm during the commission of a violent offense.

HARLAN, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Coal Academy is planning an event next month to mark the opening of its new Mine Training Facility in southeastern Kentucky.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A retired Colonel in the Kentucky National Guard and the former Director of Bluegrass Challenge Academy was found guilty last week in U.S. Magistrate Court of failing to report child abuse, announced United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Fayette County Judge-Executive John Roberts has asked Kentucky lawmakers to put a measure on the statewide ballot to abolish his job. A House panel has taken the first step toward doing that.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Two conferences in Bowling Green this week will attract dairy experts from around the country.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s automotive industry produced more vehicles and increased its employment in 2015.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky State Majority Leader Damon Thayer’s ex-fiancee has alleged in a lawsuit that he threatened to use his political power against her.

(FRANKFORT, Ky.) – The leader of the premiere law enforcement agency in Kentucky is retiring February 29, 2016 after 34 years of service to the agency.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Activists wanting Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to allow a vote on President Barack Obama’s eventual Supreme Court nominee have delivered boxes of petition signatures to the Kentucky Republican’s office in Louisville.