Obviously Mendy needs submitting!

Kentucky House keeps open impeachment petition to remove Supreme Court justice The impeachment petition to remove Kentucky Supreme Court Justice Pamela Goodwine remains open despite the legislative session ending, as the House referred it to an investigative committee.

Mere moments before the Kentucky House adjourned their 2026 session late Wednesday night, they referred the open impeachment petitions of Supreme Court Justice Pamela Goodwine and FCPS chairman Tyler Murphy to an oversight committee that can act on them in the interim. #kyga26

Kentucky Democratic state legislator on the failure of a data center regulation bill this session. #kyga26

Yes, we are a much more fashionable group now

Kentucky lawmakers close out 2026 session. Here’s what they did in the final 2 days The final two days of the Kentucky General Assembly’s 2026 session involved the GOP supermajority mowing down nearly all of the governor vetoes and making pointed rebukes of the Supreme Court.

The final two days of the Kentucky General Assembly’s 2026 session involved the GOP supermajority mowing down nearly all of the governor vetoes and making pointed rebukes of the Supreme Court.

KPR reporters @sylviaruthg.lpm.org & @joesonka.lpm.org discussed what went down. #kyga26

In the process of acquiring fries. My work here is done! (For now)

Please god I just want a French fry

And yes, I am still here on the Senate floor at 10:47pm, with @joesonka.lpm.org in the House

Omnibus GOP housing bill fails as Kentucky legislative session concludes The GOP housing bill that combined numerous pieces of legislation failed to pass the finish line on the last day of the Kentucky General Assembly session.

The GOP housing bill that combined numerous pieces of legislation failed to pass the finish line on the last day of the Kentucky General Assembly session.

Guess what just got final passage to become our state amphibian. 🥹

Judicial Conduct Commission. Valid complaint the story was edited post publication with new info and something was lost there. Fixing!

This is pretty wild all around...

Latest from @sylviaruthg.lpm.org on the last day of the #kyga26 session

Kentucky Senate censures Supreme Court justice for ‘intemperate remarks’ The Kentucky Senate has voted to censure a Kentucky Supreme Court justice for a judicial opinion, and called for an investigation.

Kentucky Senate censures Supreme Court Justice Kelly Thompson for ‘intemperate remarks’ over his opinion halting impeachment proceedings

I Interviewed Thompson over the resolution and he's standing firm on his opinion. "I was shocked and honored" (and may, I say, seemed unbothered)

Senate to suspend impeachment trial against Lexington judge — for now The chair of the Senate impeachment committee filed a resolution to pause impeachment proceedings against a Lexington judge while a judicial branch investigation continues.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said the GOP effort to impeach Judge Goodman was about "creating pressure" on judges and sending a message that "if we don't like your rulings, it could be you next year." #kyga26

Here’s the poll so you can take a look yourself. It’s really mostly focused on the youth vote

youthpoll.yale.edu/spring-2026-...

While 20 and 19% of Dem primary voters respectively say they’d vote for Harris or Newsom if they voted today, only 2% said they’d vote for Ky Gov. Andy Beshear

Meanwhile, Beshear ranked 3rd as “most electable,” meaning Dem primary voters think he would be more likely to win against a Republican in the 2028 presidential election

Interesting combo of polls here from Yale’ Spring ‘26 poll

Shows Dem primary voters think Beshear is high in electability for a presidential run (meaning he’d do well in a general against a Republican), but few actually say he’s their preferred candidate if they had to vote today

We’ve got one day left in the session and this is a bunch of the info you need to know. For a lot of the bills you’ve heard about, a veto override is the final step to becoming law

Find out which bills are making it into statute, over Beshear’s objection >>>

Voter registration deadline for Kentucky primaries approaching Hoping to vote in Kentucky’s primary elections next month? Time’s running out to get registered.

In order to vote in the May 19 primary election, Kentuckians must be registered to vote by April 20 at 4 p.m. local time. From @hannahsaad.bsky.social at @wkmsfm.bsky.social #kyga26

Although you should also know that this only applied to people previously registered. You can still register for the first time and as long as you stay with the same part between now and the primary you are all good

Here's the KRS: apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes...

"Any voter who withdraws his or her registration after December 31 immediately preceding the primary, and reregisters as a voter with a different party affiliation ... shall not be eligible to vote in the upcoming primary."

But pls note! We have a closed primary here in Ky. And you can ONLY vote in the primary if you have been "continuously registered" as an R or D between Dec. 31 and the primary itself

So don't go switching your registration now, you will lock yourself out of voting in the primary!

JRA's disclosure however does note a business relationship with Ellen Call, a lobbyist and co-founder of KY Strong

Here's a copy of the financial disclosure that it at issue here. You'll notice it says that she received "reimbursements" from KY Strong

There isn't really line to disclose soliciting donations from legislative agents, although you are supposed to list clients who are lobbyists or employ them

And this week the secretary of the Louisville Dems (apparently a constituent of JRA) has filed an ethics complaint against her. It basically repeats the Ky Lantern's story

The U.S. also armed and trained a little less than 500 men as part of operation PBSuccess in 1954 Guatemala. Which successfully instigated a coup d’etat that precipitated a devastating civil war and the genocide of the Mayan people

Kentucky Supreme Court halts the impeachment proceedings against Lexington judge In a powerful rebuke, the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled 5-1 that the state House acted outside of its constitutional authority when it impeached Judge Julie Muth Goodman.

Latest from me: In a powerful rebuke, the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled 5-1 that the state House acted outside of its constitutional authority when it impeached Judge Julie Muth Goodman.

“This would not be co-equal. It would not be constitutional. It would be tyrannical.”

Lobbying interests fund small political nonprofit — and a Republican state senator • Kentucky Lantern Kentucky state Sen. Julie Raque Adams has been paid $80,500 as executive director of a nonprofit funded by interests that lobby the legislature.

A definite must read this morning in the Ky Lantern from Tom Loftus

Kentucky Strong Inc. has paid its executive director — state Sen. Julie Raque Adams — $80,500. Those payments were the only expenses reported by Kentucky Strong in the three-year period ending Jan 2026.

House Speaker Osborne said Chief Justice Lambert had a “misunderstanding” about the judicial budget. Lambert rebuts that with a statement today that “we have no misunderstanding.” #kyga26

Kentucky legislature passes bill slimming JCPS board, calls for new election Kentucky lawmakers passed a bill that would shrink the Jefferson County Board of Education to five from seven and create new district maps.

thanks to late-night magnificence of @justinhicks.lpm.org I think we are the only outlet with a map of what the new JCPS school districts would look like under SB4 (heading to the guv)

Click through to see, but let's just say they look pretty different

Sens. Brandon Storm (R), Jason Howell (R), Craig Richardson (R), Scott Madon (R), Cassie Chambers Armstrong (D) and Keturrah Herron (D) will be on the Senate Impeachment Committee.