Commission Responsible For Legal Fees

{Frankfort, Kentucky}…Franklin Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd has ruled that the Legislative Research Commission is responsible for the legal fees of lawmakers who successfully challenged political redistricting in court. Judge Shepherd gave the LRC 30 days to either pay up or appeal his ruling that the agency owes $112,375 for House Republicans who challenged how legislative districts were redrawn and $74,480 to state Senator Kathy Stein's legal team. The Kentucky Supreme Court found that the maps weren't properly redrawn. Lawmakers are expected to take the issue up again in the next legislative session, which begins in January.