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Kentucky Kernel

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Kentucky Kernel

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Will the first woman chief justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court bring about change?

Sylvia Freire, Reporter October 10, 2024

Kentucky has officially elected the first woman to be chief justice in the Kentucky Supreme Court. Debra Hembree Lambert, a UK alumni from the College of Law and Eastern Kentucky University graduate will...

Chief Justice John D. Minton Jr. listens to UK's lawyer during oral arguments heard by the Kentucky Supreme Court in UK's lawsuit against the Kernel on Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, at the Kentucky Supreme Court in Frankfort, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff.

Kentucky Supreme Court rules in favor of Kernel in lawsuit from UK

Natalie Parks March 25, 2021

The Kentucky Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the Kentucky Kernel in an open records lawsuit from the University of Kentucky, upholding the ruling from Kentucky's Court of Appeals and ending a five-year...

Date set for Supreme Court hearing of UK, Kernel lawsuit

Date set for Supreme Court hearing of UK, Kernel lawsuit

Sarah Michels September 3, 2020

After a four-year legal battle, lawsuit between UK and the Kentucky Kernel will be heard by the Kentucky Supreme Court. The lawsuit, Kernel Press v. University of Kentucky, was originally filed against...

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin addressed the Commonwealth with his budget for the next two years on Tuesday, Jan. 26, at the Capitol building in Frankfort. The budget included a $110 million cut from UK's state general funding over the next two years.

Kentucky Supreme Court ruled Bevin’s cut to higher education funding illegal

Sara Nederhoed September 22, 2016

The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled Gov. Matt Bevin’s executive order to cut funding to universities illegal Thursday afternoon. Bevin’s mid-year decision calling for a 2 percent budget cut in May has...

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