On Feb 12, 2009, SB 131 was introduced to create additional sections of KRS Chapter 260. This bill set forth licensing and regulatory...

On July 30, 2003 a U.S. District Court in Frankfort, Kentucky awarded Donna Cockrel a $70,000 settlement from the Shelby County School...

On November 9, 2001, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the decision in Donna Cockrel vs. Shelby County Schools in a...

Similar to Kentucky HB 855, an act (KRS 260.850 to 260.869) to create an industrial hemp research program to be administered by the...

Shortly after Kentucky HB 100 was introduced in the House, the University of Kentucky published a legislative briefing by Valerie...

On August 24, 2000, actor Woody Harrelson was acquitted by a Lee County jury on a misdemeanor charge of marijuana possession, ending his...

The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled on March 23, 2000 that there was no difference between hemp and marijuana, and reinstated misdemeanor...

On February 25, 2000, HB 855 was also introduced in the House, and on March 15 the House voted 63-31 in favor of the bill, and passed to...

On February 25, 2000, a resolution, Kentucky HJR 121, "A Request the United States Drug Enforcement Administration to revise federal...

To help expand its educational efforts, the Kentucky Hemp Growers Cooperative opened a permanent museum and library in Versailles in 1999...

Unsatisfied with the outcome of the 1997 hemp study, the Kentucky Hemp Museum the Library sponsored the Economic Impact Study of...

The same month the Kentucky Hemp Museum and Library published the UK study showing the potential of hemp as an agricultural crop in...

On June 4, 1998, Donna Cockrel sued the Shelby County School District, claiming that she was fired in violation of her First Amendment...

In 1998, six farmers from the Kentucky Hemp Growers Cooperative (KHGCA) and the Hemp Co. of America sued the Attorney General and two...

After being fired, Donna Cockrel filed a complaint against the Shelby County Board of Education and Superintendent in the Shelby County...

The following article was originally published on Monday, August 18, 1997 by the Lexington Herald-Leader on page A8 of the Commentary...

Donna Cockrel was notified of her termination from Simpsonville Elementary School by the Shelby County School district Superintentent on...

On July 9, 1997, Kentucky's Interim Joint Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, chaired by Republican Ernie Harris, heard...

In June of 1997, the University of Kentucky published a study (Industrial Hemp: Global Markets and Prices) which concluded, "If...

A little more than a month after the Simpsonville Elementary School PTA submitted a position statement requesting the dismissal of Donna...