KY chief justice warns drug, mental health courts would be wiped out by budget proposals

By: Sarah Ladd

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: March 26, 2026

Words: 1,164

Last Updated: 4 months ago

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FRANKFORT — Kentucky judges and advocates issued a warning Thursday that, without more funding in the judicial branch budget, the state’s specialty courts could be closed.

Kentucky’s Administrative Office of the Courts said the General Assembly’s two-year budget, as it now stands, would underfund court system operations by $33 million.

Courts at risk are drug, mental health and veterans treatment courts, according to a Thursday news release from the Administrative Office of the …

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