A few protesters gathering in Jefferson Square in Louisville after a jury came back with a not guilty verdict for Brett Hankison on 3 counts of wanton endangerment. Hankison was the only officer involved in the deadly raid on Breonna Taylor's apartment charged with anything About 50 protesters marching in Louisville after Brett Hankison verdict, chanting "we won't let this go"

The House Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection Committee is hearing HB 3, the omnibus anti-abortion bill. It makes it harder for minors to get abortions, adds restrictions for abortion medication and creates a "fetal remains" requirement After having a lengthy discussion about a bill that seeks to ban the federal government from regulating firearms, Committee chair Walker Thomas says lawmakers have 45 minutes of discussion on the anti-abortion bill

GOP Sen. Danny Carroll, who represents Marshall County, updates legislators on damage, response in western Kentucky.
Says "You all know how critical I am of our governor. I'm very proud of our governor today. Seeing the way he has handled this..." Carroll: "I'm proud of our governor today for the way he has handled this and the concern and the assistance he has provided to and for our people. I just want him to know that."

GOP Congressman James Comer is on Air Force 1, traveling with President Biden today as he tours damage left by tornadoes in western Kentucky President Biden will land at Ft. Campbell on the KY-TN border in about 45 minutes to survey damage from last week's catastrophic tornadoes in western Kentucky

The KY Senate is taking up SB 211, the bill that would criminalize insulting police officers and enhance "rioting" penalties

Background from @RyanVanVelzer wfpl.org/ky-bill-crimin… @RyanVanVelzer GOP Sen. Danny Carroll, who lives in Benton in Marshall County, calls protests in Louisville last year "the Louisville riots"

The KY Senate State and Local Government Committee is hearing HB 312, which bans out of state open records requests
wfpl.org/kentucky-house… The bill has been changed in a few ways: no longer creates a standardized open records form, out-of-state news outlets can make requests, but still allows the legislature to issue final rulings on requests for legislative records.

The KY House Judiciary Committee is about to hear SB 4, GOP Senate President Stivers' bill limiting no-knock search warrants, and HB 21, Democratic Rep. Attica Scott's bill banning no-knocks and creating other reforms.

Scott's bill is for discussion only and won't be voted on Judiciary Chair Ed Massey says Scott's bill, Breonna's Law for Kentucky, "realistically" doesn't have enough time to pass out of the legislature, but Stivers' has already passed out of the Senate.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was in Louisville this morning touting Kentucky-specific items he says he personally included in the spending bill.

Asks his possible 2020 opponent @AmyMcGrathKY "in what way would Kentucky have been better off without any of these items?" @AmyMcGrathKY McConnell called Bevin's pardons "pretty embarrassing"

Organizers have asked the audience to move out of the seats and closer to the stage ahead of Trump Jr/ Gov. Bevin event in Pikeville.
I think it's fair to say this is sparsely attended. We are now getting our second dose--in a row--of "You Can't Always Get What You Want"

It's day 3 of Gov Matt Bevin's special legislative session dealing w/ surging pension costs. Bevin's proposal passed out of a committee on Saturday, today the House of Representatives will likely vote on it There are four amendments to Bevin's proposal that will be considered, all filed by Democrats

Ky Senate budget chair Chris McDaniel proposing bill about Kentucky Wired broadband network that would "very simply shut it down," he says McDaniel says the state has spent $133.8 million on incomplete Kentucky Wired project while state was supposed to spend $30 million+ on it total