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Voters with a "reasonable impediment" to obtaining a photo ID would still be able to use ID without a photo.

City officials estimate that required pension payments will result in a deficit of more than $5 million to the city's budget by 2024-25 if the council doesn't implement tax increases and/or spending cuts.

The mayor and his executive secretary are both leaving for new jobs at the end of January.

The council has a month from Hendricks' vacancy to name an interim mayor, who will serve through the end of 2020.

Steven Rudy will serve temporarily in the post while Rep. John Carney recovers from pancreatitis.

The measure will save about $10.5 million per election cycle and should increase voter participation, supporters say.

One of the bill's sponsors said it won't solve all of the state's fiscal problems, but he called it a "good first step."

Council members serve a two-year term. Voters will cast ballots within the wards in the May primary and citywide in the November general election.

Hopkinsville City Council has until March 5 to appoint someone to serve as mayor through the end of this year. Then a special election in November will determine who serves the last two years of Hendricks' term.

Post cards explaining the safety program are going out to Hopkinsville residents in the next week.

Hendricks has three years remaining in his second term of office.

Bevin issued the great majority of his pardons during his final days in office and the public didn’t become aware of the actions until he left office at midnight on Dec. 10.