In case you were wondering how the Kentucky General Assembly has handled being smacked down by the Supreme Court in the matter of Judge Goodman, I think we have enough evidence to suggest they didn't like it one bit. (We've embedded the resolutions in these stories since they're not online yet.)

The Kentucky General Assembly overrode Beshear’s vetoes on multiple bills, including election law changes and increased Medicaid oversight.

NEW: Kentucky’s largest drug rehab center touts a Christian message and a selfless commitment to helping others. But internally, the organization prioritized money over the well-being of its clients and staff, interviews show. W/ @kentucky.com www.propublica.org/article/kent...

ICYMI: @aacquisto.bsky.social was on @wbur.org's Here & Now to talk about her reporting with @taylorsixhl.bsky.social on Kentucky-based Addiction Recovery Care's alleged widespread Medicaid billing fraud. www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...

Kentucky’s largest drug rehab center touts a Christian message and a selfless commitment to helping others. But internally, the organization prioritized money over the well-being of its clients and staff, interviews show. New, with @propublica.org: www.kentucky.com/news/state/a...

President Robert Stivers' first public statement on the recent state Supreme Court ruling in the Judge Julie Goodman impeachment matter was released with a full schedule for a Senate trial.

A Franklin Circuit Court judge on Tuesday voided the impeachment of Fayette Circuit Judge Julie Muth Goodman, saying she committed no offenses or misconduct that rose to the level of impeachment. We've got the order embedded for those of you who want to see it. 👇

With a last-minute shell bill, lawmakers want to bring major cuts to Kentucky State University, the only public HBCU in the state. The advancing bill would reduce the school to 10 majors and limit enrollment, which would likely reduce faculty and staff.

Editorial: Goodman’s conviction for controversial decisions, not crimes, would send a chilling message to every judge in Kentucky.

But Kentucky’s Constitution guarantees access to courts and right to jury trial. Will ‘immunity bills’ conflict with constitutional rights?

There are a lot of rabbit holes one could go down with the Kentucky House's impeachment of Fayette Circuit Judge Julie Goodman. And so I went down several. How we got here. What key players have said. Some of the cases in question. Judicial discipline. Past Kentucky impeachments. Where we go next.

The House is wasting no time and is taking up the articles of impeachment resolution right now.

Monday’s event was the first time Nate Morris, Daniel Cameron and Andy Barr shared a debate stage.

A proposal to restrict state regulators to federal minimums has stalled, prompting a debate over forever chemicals.

New: KY Gov. Andy Beshear has vetoed HB1, the largely GOP-backed bill authorizing federal tax credits for private school scholarships. “I am standing up for my conviction that... the answer is not diverting students and dollars from public education." www.kentucky.com/news/politic...

More on Daniel Cameron embracing allies of Rep. Thomas Massie, a DC controversy centering around a Kentucky native and Andy Barr’s poll.

Former correctional officers charged with drug trafficking, other offenses for alleged scheme at Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex.

The big anti-crime bill of this legislative session would “result in significant long-term increases in operational costs,” eventually adding hundreds of millions of dollars in expenses for a state that already spends more than $830M a year on its Dept. of Corrections, according to a new analysis.

A University of Kentucky coach made several female athletes uncomfortable with late-night visits, overly physical hugs, personal comments about their bodies, frequent texts and direct messages, gifts and conversations about sex, according to a Nov. 21, 2025, investigative report the school produced.

The judge said the impeachment petition, filed by a former state lawmaker, lacked an affidavit, making it null.

Kentucky lawmakers are moving a bill to strip power from the state and local human rights commissions that enforce civil rights law for the public, instead directing aggrieved people to hire lawyers and file lawsuits.

A Lexington council candidate who was recently charged with felony assault may not live in the council district he has filed to run in, according to court records.

Federal law prohibits conversion devices that allow guns to be fired more rapidly, but local police chiefs say a sate ban is also necessary.

Rep. Nancy Tate, R-Brandenburg, filed a bill in the state House that would ban commercial surrogacy in Kentucky.

Under a bill passed Monday by the Kentucky House of Representatives, artificial intelligence would be banned from providing therapeutic treatment plans.

After meeting in closed session for nearly two hours on Monday night, the Fayette County schools board set another special meeting for next week but would not say why. Monday’s private discussion and the announcement of a special meeting come amid discussion about the superintendent's performance.

Sen. Mitch McConnell, who turns 84 this month, has been hospitalized with “flu-like symptoms,” according to a spokesperson from the senator’s office.

Yesterday's report about the KY DJJ: Nearly all of Kentucky’s eight state-run juvenile detention centers struggled through 2025 without enough staff, a problem that has undermined the correctional facilities for years, according to public records obtained by the Herald-Leader.

The long saga between Rep. Daniel Grossberg and the Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission came to a quiet end on Monday when the Louisville Democrat and his attorney agreed to a settlement and reprimand just before a public hearing into his conduct was set to take place.

They're out of executive session. Grossberg is waiving the adjudicatory hearing and accepting a settlement with the commission. No public hearing. Public reprimand coming.

A former KY state rep. filed a petition Wednesday to impeach Fayette Circuit Judge Julie Goodman over her handling of six different cases in Lexington. Killian Timoney announced the impeachment petition via Facebook post. @austin-horn.bsky.social Read more at: www.kentucky.com/news/politic...

The big school district financial transparency bill gets bipartisan support in the KY legislature. It's posted for a vote on the Senate floor Monday. www.kentucky.com/news/politic...

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear’s office is asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the Herald-Leader in an effort to access his calendar. The administration argues the 30-year-old appellate court case used to withhold calendars is the "practical, workable, reasoned & only approach.”

Under a bill advancing in the Senate, Kentuckians convicted of certain nonviolent felonies could avoid prison if judges decide it would be better for them to remain in the community on probation while they continue to care for their dependent children.

An outstanding, must-read column by @lblackford.bsky.social. www.kentucky.com/opinion/op-e...

Beshear responds: “Sorry for missing this earlier... Been busy leading my state’s emergency response all day. From Kentucky.”

Attorney General Russell Coleman’s office sent subpoenas to six gas stations in Western Kentucky counties — Christian, Logan and Simpson — that had advertisements for abortion medication, according to a Jan. 23 news release from his office.

A familiar face with deep ties to Kentucky is coming back to the Herald-Leader:

🚨 There's a new John Cheves investigation out today. 🚨

Chuck Meade will remain chair while the attorney’s generals office reviews Kentucky’s hunting- and fishing-license exemption.

GOP State Rep. TJ Roberts filed legislation that would require Kentucky to participate in the federal tax credit scholarship program.

OpEd: We have a responsibility to reignite and re-fuel the American Dream. In Kentucky, we are showing the way forward.

Last person left at city hall turn the lights out... From @adrianpbryant.bsky.social:

The prosecutor who charged a Kentucky woman with fetal homicide for taking abortion medication says she sought office with "the intention of being a pro-life prosecutor." But, the prosecutor admitted, state law prohibits prosecuting a pregnant woman in such a case. www.kentucky.com/news/local/c...

Robert Stivers just became the longest-serving senate president in the history of Kentucky & is one of its most powerful people. An inside look into how he's already shaped the state, what he wants to do next & some lingering questions about his role. www.kentucky.com/news/politic...

A Kentucky woman was indicted by a grand jury today for first-degree fetal homicide after taking abortion medication without a doctor’s advisement. She was also indicted for concealing the birth of an infant, abuse of a corpse & tampering with physical evidence, according to court records.

More than 20 open records appeals related to state universities were filed with the attorney general’s office in 2025.

Congrats, Jon!

GOP Sen. Steve Rawlings filed a bill on the first day of #kyga26 to memorialize right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk in Kentucky. It would designate Oct. 14, which is Kirk’s birthday, of every year as “Charlie Kirk Day” to “honor his legacy as a martyr for truth and liberty,” according to the bill.