Government

A Kentucky Office of Medical Cannabis official said there were 4,075 applications for dispensary licenses. In all, 48 licenses have been awarded.

Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers on Saturday said continuing to reduce the individual income tax rate — this time from  4% to 3.5% — remains the Republican supermajority’s No. 1 priority in the upcoming legislative session.

A 35-year-old woman who has an IQ of 67 literally falls between the bureaucratic cracks,” Franklin Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd said.

Sen. Elect Craig Richardson, R-Hopkinsville, will serve as vice chair of Health Services.

GOP leaders said tax reform at the local level would be a tall order because it would require amending Kentucky’s Constitution.

The audit was the system's final step in addressing recommendations made last year by then-state Auditor Mike Harmon following a special examination.