As the top elected Republican in the nation, McConnell will have to decide whether to support a Senate vote to convict Trump on charges that he incited an insurrection.
At Murray State University’s virtual MLK Jr. Day celebration, multiple university administrators spoke about how the message of the civil rights leader relates to the university community.
Lawmakers usually pass a budget every two years, but they only passed a one-year budget last year amid financial uncertainty at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic.
One bill would allow local control of tobacco policies that were taken away in 1996 when cigarette manufacturers lobbied to pre-empt local control as a way to overturn existing local laws and prevent future community measures to reduce tobacco use.
The legislature, which waived rules normally allowing the public to review and comment on bills, gave final passage to a bill that would limit Beshear’s emergency orders to 30 days unless the legislature votes to extend them.