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GOP Senate President Robert Stivers said in a statement Wednesday that lawmakers are reviewing the “implications” of a Kentucky Supreme Court decision that halts impeachment proceedings against a 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.

Kentucky’s Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear vetoed two GOP-led bills that deal with firearms. One would have allowed 18-year-olds to get licenses to carry concealed guns.

Republicans sped nearly 80 “veto-proof” bills to passage on Wednesday, including a massive Medicaid omnibus bill, though others fell just short.

The Kentucky General Assembly’s GOP supermajority waited until the final day before the veto period to pass a two-year state budget and a bill spending $1.7 billion on specific projects.

Kentucky lawmakers passed a bill that would shrink the Jefferson County Board of Education from seven to five and create new district maps.

The clock is ticking as the GOP-controlled Kentucky General Assembly races to pass bills ahead of the governor’s veto period this week. On Tuesday they advanced bills addressing pesticides, Medicaid spending, elections and more.

London Mayor Randall Weddle was indicted by a Laurel County grand jury for making illegal contributions to the Kentucky Democratic Party and Gov. Andy Beshear’s campaign.

A circuit judge overturned the Republican-controlled Kentucky House’s attempt to impeach a sitting Lexington judge on Tuesday, roughly a week before proceedings were set to start in the Senate.

The Kentucky attorney general wants a two-decade-old case over the death penalty thrown out. Here’s how that motion could take Kentucky a step closer to restarting executions.