{"id":56415,"date":"2026-05-22T01:37:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T05:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/?p=56415"},"modified":"2026-05-21T19:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T23:46:09","slug":"kentucky-specialty-courts-face-uncertain-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2026\/05\/22\/kentucky-specialty-courts-face-uncertain-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Kentucky Specialty Courts Face Uncertain Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"56416\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2026\/05\/22\/kentucky-specialty-courts-face-uncertain-future\/kentucky-specialty-courts\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Kentucky-Specialty-Courts.jpg?fit=148%2C148&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"148,148\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Kentucky Specialty Courts\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Kentucky-Specialty-Courts.jpg?fit=148%2C148&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Kentucky-Specialty-Courts.jpg?resize=125%2C125\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-56416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Kentucky-Specialty-Courts.jpg?resize=125%2C125&amp;ssl=1 125w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Kentucky-Specialty-Courts.jpg?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Kentucky-Specialty-Courts.jpg?w=148&amp;ssl=1 148w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><br \/>\nSpecialty courts that focus on treatment and supervision for people whose criminal behavior is tied to addiction or mental illness face an uncertain future.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>House Bill 504, which passed on April 14, cuts funding to the state\u2019s Judicial Branch.<\/p>\n<p>The cuts leave Chief Justice Debra Hembree Lambert making decisions regarding funding for core judicial functions versus programs not required by the constitution, which includes specialty courts.<\/p>\n<p>Specialty courts are still operating in all 120 Kentucky counties.<\/p>\n<p>The Chief Justice is working out a reorganization plan. The specifics of that plan will not be available until the new fiscal year, which begins July 1.<br \/>\nSource: WBKO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Specialty courts that focus on treatment and supervision for people whose criminal behavior is tied to addiction or mental illness face an uncertain future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":56416,"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_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-archive","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6aKAp-eFV","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-11-16 10:33:57","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Kentucky-Specialty-Courts.jpg?fit=148%2C148&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56415","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\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56415"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56417,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56415\/revisions\/56417"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}