The rate of suicide among Kentucky veterans is nearly twice that of all Kentuckians, according to a statement from Rep. Walker Thomas, a Hopkinsville Republican.
The Beshear campaign and the Democratic Party originally accepted the donations as legal within contribution limits made by numerous relatives of London Mayor Randall Weddle or employees of a company he co-founded.
Of special interest is what political scientist Stephen Voss calls the “Comer hook,” extending the 1st Congressional District from the Mississippi River to Frankfort.
The Kentucky Supreme Court issued a pair of rulings Thursday related to two former state prosecutors who were subject to impeachment charges, suspending one for five years and lifting the suspension of another.