From the Legislative Research Commission Lawmakers heard testimony Thursday on how staffing shortages are impacting Kentucky’s hospitals and how they can help. The Interim Joint Committee on Health, Welfare and Family Services met at the Kentucky State Fair where Nancy Galvagni, president of the Kentucky Hospital Association, highlighted a growing issue with transporting patients. Citing […]
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COVID-19: “We Are in Uncharted Territory,” Gov. Says as Hospitalizations Soar
COVID-19 hospitalizations in Kentucky have increased every day for the past 42 days, Governor Andy Beshear said Thursday, adding that if it were in his authority, which was recently reduced by a state Supreme Court decision, he would order a new indoor mask mandate in place. Over the past six weeks, Kentuckians hospitalized increased from […]
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COVID-19: Ky. Has Highest Number of People in Hospital, ICU, and on Ventilators
Kentucky reached grim new milestones in three key areas in the fight against COVID-19: the highest number of people hospitalized, the number of people in intensive care units (ICU), and the number of people on ventilators. The news on Monday follows a defeat for Gov. Andy Beshear at the Kentucky Supreme Court which determined that […]
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Local Counties Can Now Use Birdfeeders Again, but Mystery Illness Unexplained
Local residents with birdfeeders are now able to use them again, the Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife announced on Thursday. The department rescinded its previous recommendations from June that residents in Boone, Campbell, and Kenton counties, as well as Bullitt, Jefferson, and Madison counties, stop feeding birds. A mysterious illness was affecting and killing […]
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Federal Judge Sides with St. Joseph Parents Halting Beshear’s Mask Order
This story has been updated. A federal judge on Thursday sided with a group of parents of students at St. Joseph Catholic School in Cold Spring temporarily blocking Governor Andy Beshear’s executive order mandating that face masks be worn inside all Kentucky schools and facilities. According to the Herald-Leader, the parents’ Covington-based attorney Brandon Voelker “said […]
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COVID-19: Ky. Sees Kids’ Cases Up 400% in Month, Highest-Ever Admissions
Governor Andy Beshear said that the state is seeing a record number of pediatric positive cases and its highest-ever number of children admitted to the hospital, as Kentucky counted 3,276 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, including 203 in five Northern Kentucky counties. Case counts and the state’s positivity rate continue to rise rapidly […]
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Residential Community Construction at Beverly Hills Supper Club Site to Begin
The construction of a new residential community where the famed Beverly Hills Supper Club once stood is set to begin later this month. Ashley Builders Group and Vision Realty Group announced Monday that they have finalized plans to purchase the site for its planned Memorial Pointe community. The Beverly Hills Supper Club was a popular […]
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Ky. Board of Education Votes to Require Face Masks in Public School Facilities
From the Kentucky Board of Education: The Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) approved an emergency regulation on Aug. 12 to require all individuals inside public school facilities to wear a face covering. The move came at an emergency meeting in response to the highly contagious COVID-19 delta variant. “It is not the intent of this regulation to have students […]
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Beshear: Unvaccinated People Face Greatest Risk Since Pandemic Began
Kentucky recorded an additional 2,713 positive cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, including 142 across five Northern Kentucky counties. Governor Andy Beshear said that the delta variant of the virus is proving to be more aggressive and possibly deadlier than any other the state has faced since the coronavirus pandemic arrived here early last year. There […]
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Attorney General Challenges Beshear’s Mask Order at State Supreme Court
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced Wednesday a filing before the state Supreme Court challenging Tuesday’s executive order from Governor Andy Beshear requiring that face masks be worn in all public and private schools, regardless of vaccination status, as a mitigation effort against rising positive COVID-19 cases and related hospitalizations. Cameron said that Beshear’s order […]
