Kentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear has vetoed a bill touted by its Republican supporters as an attempt to bring clarity to the state's near-total abortion ban.

Republican lawmakers in Kentucky have added several medical exceptions to the state’s near-total abortion ban.

Abortion-rights supporters in Republican-leaning Kentucky thought they had finally achieved a breakthrough when voters in November defeated a measure aimed at denying any constitutional protections for abortion.

The committee wrapped up its review of a flurry of impeachment efforts targeting the top levels of Kentucky government in Frankfort. It recommended that the governor and the state's Republican attorney general — another impeachment target — not face removal from office. AdThe panel’s recommendation that no further action be taken on petitions against Beshear and Cameron will be submitted to the Republican-dominated House. Beshear touched on the issue in urging lawmakers to put the impeachment effort to rest. The House Impeachment Committee reached its decision late Tuesday after the latest in a series of long meetings, mostly behind closed doors.

The surge of absentee ballots could cause waits of another sort Tuesday, as some counties have said they won't release vote totals before June 30. Kentucky turned to widespread mail-in absentee voting in an agreement between the Democratic governor and Adams in response to the coronavirus outbreak. In Louisville, a city of 600,000, the only in-person voting place on Election Day is at the state fairgrounds. Even in Nevada, where absentee ballots were sent to every registered voter for the June 9 primary, large-scale consolidation caused problems. More than 883,000 absentee ballots were requested statewide, with slightly more than half filled out and sent in, Gov.

Kentucky turned to widespread mail-in absentee voting in an agreement between the state's Democratic governor and Adams in response to the global coronavirus outbreak. The state's primary is typically in late May but was delayed. In Louisville, a city of 600,000, the only in-person voting place on Election Day is at the state fairgrounds. The county also allowed early in-person voting beginning June 15 at the state fairgrounds. More than 883,000 absentee ballots were requested statewide, with slightly more than half filled out and sent in, Gov.