Facing severe winter weather, Kentucky’s elected officials are postponing some events or trudging ahead to fulfill constitutional requirements.  The Kentucky Supreme Court announced Monday afternoon that investitures scheduled this week for incoming Chief Justice Debra Lambert and Justice Pamela Goodwine will be rescheduled at a later date. Both were officially sworn in last month and hold their new judicial seats.  Lambert, whose investiture was slated for Tuesday, is Kentucky’s first female chief justice. Goodwine’s investiture was scheduled for Friday. She became the first Black woman elected to the high court in November.  Additionally, justices on the court were set to hear oral arguments in three cases on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, but those have been canceled and will be rescheduled.  Meanwhile, the General Assembly must open its 2025 legislative session on Tuesday. The Kentucky Constitution requires the legislature to convene on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January. Both the House and Senate will meet at noon on Tuesday. In a press briefing about the weather Monday morning, Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear said he anticipated state office buildings to open Tuesday, along with most businesses across the state. However, he urged Kentuckians to “plan extra time for your commute tomorrow.”  Beshear said he provided Republican House Speaker David Osborne and Republican Senate President Robert Stivers with information about the storm, which has been named Winter Storm Blair, and added they were considering the safety of lawmakers this week.  The governor had declared a state of emergency for Kentucky over the weekend ahead of the storm. Kentucky communities have seen several inches of snow and some ice across Sunday and Monday. The governor’s office said 93,400 people were without power as of Monday morning, but that number was fluctuating.  The National Weather Service’s Louisville office said air temperatures are expected to drop into the single digits or below zero Wednesday night and Thursday morning in some parts of north central Kentucky. The post KY legislature convenes Tuesday while state Supreme Court adjusts schedule due to winter storm appeared first on The Lexington Times.