EKB News

The Louisville Courier-Journal, the Associated Press and the Lexington Herald-Leader had filed requests, under the Kentucky Open Records Act, for a 1983 proffer held by the office of Attorney General Jack Conway, but the request has been denied by the state Court of Appeals. In 1983, Mountain Enterprises, then owned by road contractor Leonard Lawson, pleaded guilty to violating antitrust rules in relation to an investigation involving road contracts, but Lawson was not charged in the case, although he made a statement in the case. The media sources were seeking access to Lawson's statement, but the high court ruled the press failed to name the attorney general's office in its appeal. The media companies say they plan to appeal to the state Supreme Court.