The new legislation follows a 2022 Tennessee case in which a nurse was convicted of criminally negligent homicide after a patient died from a medical error.
When Hopkinsville was in the path of totality during the 2017 eclipse, the Christian County town had spectators from 47 states and 25 countries, including Russia and Tanzania.
Starting in 2025, Kentucky doctors can legally prescribe medical cannabis to patients with one of seven qualifying conditions, including cancer. But Beshear wants to expand the list to 21 to include ailments.