After meeting for two and a half hours behind closed doors, the committee emerged to say that one of the four citizens who filed the petition wanted to be removed from it.
Rudd has helped organize dozens of programs in her career, including the Christmas parade, the old Little River Days, Pennyrile Senior Games and summer camps for children.
Citizen impeachment petitions usually aren’t publicized, but this year House Republican leaders created a special committee to review a petition that alleged Beshear should be removed from office for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Republican Party of Kentucky voted down a resolution calling on Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to oppose impeachment charges against former President Donald Trump.
The grand jurors have remained anonymous, though the petition was filed by Louisville attorney Kevin Glogower on their behalf. The citizen impeachment petition is the third filed this month against Kentucky officials.
Hopkinsville City Council tentatively agreed to pay for an interior renovation of the bank building. In another matter, they delayed hearing a report on finances of the James E. Bruce Convention Center.
Gov. Andy Beshear has vetoed a bill that attempts to change the venue for lawsuits that challenge the constitutionality of a law, executive order or state agency action.
The National Governors Association named Beshear as a co-chair of its Economic Recovery and Revitalization task force, along with South Carolina Republican Gov. Henry McMaster.
