By Jessie Eden In Governor Andy Beshear’s daily press conference on Wednesday, he reiterated the need to wear facial coverings to keep Covid-19 cases low. He announced an additional 518 cases and 3 deaths today. “There is a casket maker in Kentucky that is working at capacity and sending caskets to Texas and Alabama…not on […]
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Covid-19 Cases Climb, New Announcements for Back To School Guidance from Lt. Governor Coleman
By Jessie Eden Governor Andy Beshear stated in his press conference that Covid-19 cases are continuing to climb with 674 new cases reported on Tuesday. He also announced three deaths. “The mortality rate in Kentucky is just 3%, the lowest in the country,” said Gov. Beshear. “But – please note that although this is a […]
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Gov. Beshear: informal social gatherings moving from 50 back to 10
Governor Andy Beshear continued his in-person press conference today and started with some misconceptions about testing and the amount of positive cases going up. He noted that Kentucky’s increase in cases isn’t about an increase in testing, because the positivity rate is going up. “A fact is a fact. Twitter can’t change that. The amount […]
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Gov. Beshear: State Reports Highest One-Day Total of New COVID-19 cases
State reports highest One-Day Total of New Covid-19 cases. Editor’s Note: In NKY, there was also an uptick in cases; – Kenton County: 72 (NOTE: Total cases now over a thousand and Kenton County ranks #4 for the most cases in Ky. at 1,053. These total cases make up about 7% of the county’s population.) […]
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KY Supreme Court Overturns Boone County Judge Ruling, Beshear Covid-19 Mandates Will Hold In Place
AG Cameron’s case with Boone County Judge overturned by KY Supreme Court. Gov. Beshear’s guidelines will still stand without interference from lower Kentucky courts. By Jessie Eden In Governor Andy Beshear’s press conference on Friday, he announced that Attorney General Daniel Cameron’s order which was passed by a Boone County Judge late on Thursday night […]
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Mask Mandate Still In Effect, AG Files Request to End Beshear Administration Guidance and All Restrictions
There has been no ruling in the mask mandate so it is still in full effect. By Jessie Eden Governor Andy Beshear announced Thursday afternoon during his press conference that Attorney General Daniel Cameron has asked a court in Boone County to overturn every single order the Beshear administration has put forth so far. The […]
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Cliff’s Notes: where Kentuckians will and will not have to wear a mask
Governor Andy Beshear signed an executive order making wearing a mask mandatory starting tomorrow, July 10, at 5 p.m. Kentuckians will be required to wear masks in public with certain exceptions. Governor Andy You can read the entire executive order here. Here’s the Cliff’s Notes version of when it’s required and when it’s not: Where/when […]
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Governor Andy Beshear: masks in public will be mandatory starting Friday, July 10
Today Governor Andy Beshear announced that he has signed an executive order that Kentuckians must wear a mask in public in certain situations starting tomorrow, 7-10 at 5:00 p.m. for the next 30 days. Masks must be worn in retail, grocery and other public-facing businesses and indoors when people can’t be six feet away from […]
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Gov. Beshear to announce new requirements at tomorrow’s press conference
Governor Andy Beshear foreshadowed an announcement at his next live press briefing tomorrow, July 9, at 4 p.m. He will also have a live press conference on Friday. “The rising case numbers are cause for concern, so tomorrow we’re going to announce some new requirements that are going to be mandatory,” said Gov. Beshear in […]
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Rep. Roberts and Rep. Wheatley Send Request to Gov. Beshear for NKY Unemployment Office
Rep. Roberts and Rep. Wheatley send Gov. Beshear a request for an unemployment office in NKY. (Img: Lisa Cooper, NKADD, Representative Buddy Wheatley, Erin Bates, Brighton Center, Representative Rachel Roberts, Tara Johnson Noem, NKADD) Representative Rachel Roberts (D-Newport) and Representative Buddy Wheatley (D-Covington) have requested a temporary, or even possibly permanent unemployment office in Northern […]
