{"id":25774,"date":"2019-09-10T02:35:22","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T06:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/?p=25774"},"modified":"2019-09-19T22:35:15","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T02:35:15","slug":"governor-wins-early-round-in-lt-governor-legal-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2019\/09\/10\/governor-wins-early-round-in-lt-governor-legal-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor Wins Early Round In Lt. Governor Legal Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1862\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2015\/11\/06\/bevin-address-marriage-license-and-health-care-reform\/matt-bevin\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/matt-bevin.jpg?fit=271%2C186&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"271,186\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"matt bevin\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/matt-bevin.jpg?fit=271%2C186&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/matt-bevin.jpg?resize=271%2C186\" alt=\"\" width=\"271\" height=\"186\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1862\" \/><br \/>\nKentucky&#8217;s lieutenant governor has lost a preliminary round in her legal fight with the state&#8217;s governor over a staffing dispute.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>A state judge on Monday (9\/9) denied Lt. Gov. Jenean Hampton&#8217;s request for an immediate order to reinstate her chief of staff and deputy chief of staff. Her assistants were fired by Governor Matt Bevin&#8217;s administration without her consent. Hampton responded by filing a lawsuit naming Bevin as a defendant.<\/p>\n<p>The legal fight comes as Bevin faces a tough reelection campaign against Democratic Attorney General Andy Beshear. Bevin dropped Hampton from his ticket early this year.<\/p>\n<p>Hampton&#8217;s attorney, Joshua Harp, predicts Hampton will ultimately prevail on the merits of her lawsuit, but says she remains hampered by her lack of staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kentucky&#8217;s lieutenant governor has lost a preliminary round in her legal fight with the state&#8217;s governor over a staffing dispute.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":141,"featured_media":1862,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-25774","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/matt-bevin.jpg?fit=271%2C186&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6aKAp-6HI","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-25 05:03:14","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/141"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25774"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25775,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25774\/revisions\/25775"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}