Regional & State

KBA is an agency of the Kentucky Supreme Court, which has delegated to the association responsibilities for regulating the practice of law, including lawyer discipline and continuing education.

Bill sponsor Sen. Stephen Meredith, R-Leitchfield, said he wants to protect KET's integrity. The current board is "leaning very partisan," he said.

Classified employees include support staff such as secretaries, custodians, cafeteria workers and other employees who are not certified as teachers or administrators.

The governor said he would have preferred a cut to the state sales tax but that the bill would help Kentuckians struggling with higher prices.

The ruling means the commonwealth’s six-week abortion ban will remain intact as the case is litigated.

Some Kentucky Republican officials spoke out against the bill after it was filed on Tuesday.