A restaurant in Todd County announced it would not follow the state mandate for eateries to close to indoor dining. The local health director said her agency is in the process of enforcing the order.
1st District Congressman James Comer has called for a congressional investigation into the election amid what he called “troubling reports of irregularities and improprieties.”
Kentucky courts must hold remote hearings for all proceedings, except emergency cases, require grand jury proceedings to either be conducted remotely or suspended and limit entry to court facilities.
Elridge will take over the party after historic losses for Democrats across Kentucky. Democrats now hold just 25 seats in the 100-member state House of Representatives and 8 seats in the 38-member Senate, a low-water mark for the party.
Several business owners filed the lawsuit, and Attorney General Daniel Cameron joined a a plaintiff. Justice Lisabeth Hughes wrote on behalf of the court, saying that the governor did have the power to issue emergency executive orders.
The attorney general has not responded to questions about whether he thought Kentucky mail-in ballots received after Election Day should be thrown out.
A big drop in third-party candidate votes gave both the Democratic and Republican candidates get a larger share of the total vote than they did in 2016.
The senator's response is in sharp contrast to last year, when he publicly urged then-Gov. Matt Bevin to move on after the election despite Bevin’s unfounded claims of voter fraud.
