Kentucky’s two U.S. senators sparred this week over the future of the country’s hemp industry — one arguing that a provision attached to the package that will reopen the government will close a problematic loophole and the other contending the language will regulate the industry “to death.” Sen. Mitch McConnell ultimately prevailed and was able […]
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Beshear sends state National Guard to staff food banks seeing ‘surge’ amid SNAP delays
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is sending the National Guard to staff food banks while more than 600,000 in the state await federal food assistance during the ongoing government shutdown. This comes days after Beshear sent $5 million from the state’s “rainy day fund” to Feeding Kentucky, a network of food banks, and tasked the organization with buying […]
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SNAP work reporting requirements are expanding: what Kentuckians should know
Even if their SNAP cards don’t work at the grocery store because of a political stalemate in Washington D.C., most Kentuckians receiving federal food benefits will have to start submitting proof of work this month, even as the federal government stays shut down. Effective Nov. 1, veterans, the homeless, recent foster care youth and adults ages […]
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Covington IRS workers push back against potential layoffs
Workers at the IRS office in Covington, one of the city’s largest employers, have begun receiving Reduction in Force, or RIF, notices due to work furloughs resulting from the federal government shutdown that began on Oct. 1. The IRS employed about 2,600 people out of its Covington office as of June 30, 2024, the last […]