FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky has been awarded nearly $400,000 to crack down on commercial trucks that are delinquent on the Heavy Vehicle Use Tax. Of that amount, $250,000 will be used for enforcement blitzes at weigh stations, as well as along secondary roads some drivers use to bypass weigh stations.…
Read MoreFRANKFORT, Ky. — Coming off of the holiday weekend, Kentucky set new records on Tuesday for new cases of COVID-19, as well as for the number of deaths in a single day. “Put simply, today is a terrible day, and it shows us how quickly this thing is spreading,” Gov. Andy Beshear said.…
Read MoreFRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky is finalizing its plans for distributing the coronavirus vaccine when it is available, and Gov. Andy Beshear shared some of those plans on Monday. The state expects its first shipment of about 38,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine to arrive in mid-December, to be followed…
Read MoreCINCINNATI, Ohio — The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has handed Gov. Andy Beshear a victory in his effort to take action to control the spread of the coronavirus. On Sunday, a three-judge panel blocked a preliminary injunction which would have allowed religious private schools to resume in-person…
Read MoreFRANKFORT, Ky. — The coronavirus didn’t take a holiday, after the state posted its highest numbers yet on Thanksgiving Day. The latest numbers show nearly 11,000 new cases reported over the four-day holiday weekend, bringing the total to nearly 177,000. Of the four days, Thanksgiving saw…
Read MoreCHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice says West Virginia expects to receive its first batch of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in about two weeks. Justice says the first doses are expected to arrive in the Mountain State between Dec. 10 and 12, with Moderna’s vaccine expected shortly thereafter.…
Read MoreFRANKFORT, Ky. — Gov. Andy Beshear has appealed a federal judge’s ruling that religious schools are exempt from the state’s order to close all schools in the state. Danville Christian Academy and Attorney General Daniel Cameron filed a lawsuit challenging the governor’s order…
Read MoreFRANKFORT, Ky. — The state did not provide an update to coronavirus statistics on Thanksgiving, but the night before showed cases continuing to surge throughout the commonwealth. The latest numbers show more than 3,400 cases reported on Wednesday, bringing the total to more than 166,000. Twenty-six…
Read MoreFRANKFORT, Ky. — Gov. Andy Beshear says it is important for Kentuckians to do everything they can to stop the spread of the coronavirus, because hospitals are rapidly approaching capacity. While he says hospitals haven’t reached a crisis point yet, if they do, there won’t be any help coming…
Read MoreFRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky’s religious private schools are waiting for a federal judge to decide whether Gov. Andy Beshear’s recent executive order to temporarily close all schools in the state applies to them Attorney General Daniel Cameron and Danville Christian Academy filed a lawsuit against…
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