The headline of this story has been updated to include the word “possibly” since the plan for Election Day is not officially set. Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams gave a state legislative panel on Tuesday an idea of how November’s general election might look amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. “First, our primary election was […]
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Kentucky Sets Record for Single-Day Number of COVID-19 Cases with 979
Nearly a thousand new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Kentucky on Sunday, shattering the state’s previous single-day record which was closer to 600. Governor Andy Beshear announced 979 new cases and warned that the state could face dire days ahead without renewed efforts to rein in the virus’s spread. “We have got to defeat this […]
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Op-Ed: State Unemployment Designed to Fail Workers
The following op-ed is written by Rocky Adkins, a former State Representative and currently a senior aide to Gov. Andy Beshear My fellow Kentuckians deserve better than an unemployment office that has been starved of funding for years and a system that was designed to tell them “no” when they need help. On those dark […]
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Poll Show Kentuckians Approve of Beshear’s Moves as Appeals Court Goes Against Him
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear received high marks in a new poll about his handling of COVID-19, but the news arrived around the same time that the state Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling out of Scott County that blocked some points of his executive orders, including as they relate to crowds at Florence […]
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COVID-19: Cases Up 48.7% in Kentucky this Past Week Compared to Prior Week
Another 277 confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 were announced in Kentucky on Sunday by Governor Andy Beshear. The state has now seen a total of 19,389 since the coronavirus pandemic began. Beshear said that when compared to the week before, the past week has seen a growth in positive cases of 48.7% in Kentucky. “Folks, […]
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Ky. Board of Education Affirms Commitment to Racial Equality in Schools
From the Kentucky Department of Education The Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) unanimously approved a resolution affirming its commitment to racial equity in Kentucky’s public schools during a special meeting on July 10. “The vision of the Kentucky Board of Education is to ensure that each student is empowered and equipped with the knowledge and skills to […]
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Colorado Superintendent Returns to Native Kentucky as Education Commissioner
From the Kentucky Department of Education’s Kentucky Teacher publication. Coming from a family of Kentucky educators, Jason Glass had a passion for learning, community and democracy. Now, with an extensive and diverse array of educational and professional experiences, he has been able to turn those passions toward the work of being Kentucky’s next commissioner of education. “I didn’t grow up knowing I […]
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Legislative Panel Hears Testimony on Police Body Cameras
A committee of state House and Senate members took testimony last week on the pros and cons of legislation mandating police body cameras in Kentucky. “If we are going to put a mandatory program for body cams in this state, we have to look at the funding,” said University of Kentucky Police Chief Joe Monroe while testifying before the Interim […]
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Details on Kentucky’s New 30-Day Mask Mandate
Governor Andy Beshear issued an executive order on Thursday that calls for the wearing of face coverings in many situations across Kentucky for the next thirty days. The goal is to slow the spread of COVID-19 in the state, which has seen its numbers increasing in recent days. “The number one thing a mask can […]
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In-Person Unemployment Meetings Coming to Covington
Northern Kentuckians still waiting for unemployment assistance from the state will be able to meet in-person with representatives and adjudicators in Covington next week. Governor Andy Beshear announced Thursday that in-person meetings will take place Monday and Tuesday, July 13 and 14, with an overflow day on Wednesday, July 15. The move follows a call […]
