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State Sen. Whitney Westerfield, who opposes Court of Appeals Judge Christopher Shea Nickell, said he thinks his speech has been in line with the code for state judicial candidates.
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The survey was conducted first by online and mail-in surveys, which received more than 2,000 responses.
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Hundreds of farmers across the Ohio Valley are finally getting to harvest thousands of acres of hemp, the first large crop since the federal government legalized hemp cultivation last December.
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Louisville resident Joseph Jackson filed the lawsuit last month, arguing that the two years Cameron spent as a clerk for a federal judge should not count as years spent as a practicing attorney.
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As of August, the state had 3,259,257 registered voters, according to data from the Secretary of State's Office. Democrats had 1,597,244 registered voters. Republicans had 1,382,874.
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Since 1996, the red wolf has been on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's list of critically endangered species.
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The Court invoked the seminal 1803 U.S. Supreme Court opinion, Marbury v. Madison, in expounding on the proper role of the courts in interpreting laws enacted by the General Assembly.
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In his ruling, Chief Justice John Minton wrote that the case “should serve as a cautionary tale to all Kentucky judges who use social media.”
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Several advertisements are funded by independent political groups that are either trying to support their candidate of choice or knock down an opponent.
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Farmers who want to sell electricity to utilities generally lease land to power companies to build the panels.
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The protest drew international attention, helped win miners a portion of their back pay, and highlighted the state’s failure to collect bond payments from companies like Blackjewel, as the law requires.
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Kentuckians who are currently 17 years old but will turn 18 by Election Day are among those eligible to register to vote.
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