Category Archives: Kentucky News
Memorial service planned for those who died from coronavirus
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Gov. Andy Beshear says a memorial service will be held Saturday to honor Kentucky residents who have died from the coronavirus. The service on the state Capitol grounds in Frankf...
Mar 06, 2021
Kentucky's coronavirus cases continue to decline
FRANKFORT, Ky (AP) - Gov. Andy Beshear says Kentucky is continuing along a trend of steadily declining coronavirus cases. Kentucky reported 920 new confirmed coronavirus cases Friday and 22 virus-rela...
Mar 06, 2021
Senate OKs bill to cap out-of-pocket insulin costs for some
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - The Kentucky Senate has passed a bill aimed at delivering financial relief for many Kentuckians by capping their out-of-pocket costs for insulin. The bill won Senate backing on a...
Mar 06, 2021
House OKs bill giving relief to some jobless aid recipients
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky lawmakers have given final approval to a bill allowing the state to waive the overpayment of some pandemic-related unemployment claims. The House voted Friday to send th...
Mar 06, 2021
Kentucky lawmakers want make to-go alcohol sales permanent
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Take-home cocktails would become a permanent feature in Kentucky under a bill that has won final approval. The state House voted Friday to send the measure to Gov. Andy Beshear. ...
Mar 06, 2021 FILE - In this Dec. 17, 2019, file photo, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, left, talks about the role of attorney general in Frankfort, Ky., shortly before Daniel Cameron, right, is sworn in as Kentucky's attorney general. Partisan bickering is nothing new in Kentucky, but tensions are ratcheting up as coronavirus cases continue to rise. Beshear, a Democrat, is fending off legal challenges from Cameron, a Republican, over his executive actions during the pandemic. (AP Photo/Bruce Schreiner, File)
Kentucky receives $195.5 million in federal child care aid
FRANKFORT, Ky. (March 5, 2021) - Over 2,000 licensed child care centers and family child care homes in Kentucky will potentially benefit from federal funding received last month totaling $195.5 millio...
Mar 06, 2021
Initiative to provide more mental health services on campus
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A new initiative is aimed at providing more mental health services to college students. The Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education announced on Tuesday that the initiative w...
Mar 03, 2021
Bill allowing extra year of school clears Kentucky Senate
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky students could apply for an extra year to retake courses under a bill passed by the state Senate. The measure is a response to pandemic-related disruptions on schools th...
Mar 03, 2021
Kentucky Senate votes to make to-go alcohol sales permanent
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky lawmakers have advanced legislation allowing to-go alcohol sales to become a permanent fixture for restaurants to help offset coronavirus-related losses. The Senate pass...
Feb 22, 2021
Woman who gave birth alone in cell secures $200k settlement
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - An Indiana woman who gave birth alone in a Kentucky jail will receive $200,000 settlement after arguing that correction staffers were deliberately indifferent to her medical need...
Feb 21, 2021