Gov. Steve Beshear’s administration has paid $195,400 to a private law
firm to defend the state’s gay marriage ban after Attorney General Jack
Conway refused to do so. Records obtained under the state open records
act show the Ashland firm hired by Beshear submitted bills for 1,659
hours through March 31, a month before gay marriage cases from Kentucky
and three other states were argued at the U.S. Supreme Court. That means
additional bills are certain.
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