EDITOR'S NOTE: Roberts was Gov. Steve Beshear's labor secretaty in 2013-2015. His appointment fulfilled an Andy Beshear campaign promise to name a union member his labor secretary. His father kept the same promise. Union members J.R. Gray and Mark Brown, both former veteran state legislators, and Roberts were his labor secretaries during his governorship in 2007-2015.
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Hours before taking office, Kentucky Gov.-elect Andy Beshear appointed a former state Supreme Court justice and an ex-federal prosecutor to run two state cabinets.
Beshear said Monday that former Supreme Court Justice Mary Noble will serve as Justice Cabinet secretary.
He says former U.S. Attorney Kerry Harvey will be secretary of the Public Protection Cabinet.
Larry Roberts will be labor secretary.
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