By Chad Hedrick FRANKFORT, Ky. (WKYT) – Three weeks after Governor Beshear announced a plan to adopt a bonus for essential workers, it’s hit a roadblock as state Republican leaders have decided not to join a working group to establish who would qualify for the extra cash. “We openly said, ‘let’s form a group, let’s consult,…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s Republican legislative leaders rejected a request to appoint members to a group to discuss using federal pandemic aid to reward frontline workers with bonuses, Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear said Monday. Instead, in yet another reflection of the state’s fiercely divided politics, the top GOP lawmakers suggested the governor work through…
By WKYT News Staff CLARK COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) – The new Clark County Judge-Executive is officially in office on Monday. Governor Andy Beshear appointed Henry Branham to fill the vacancy Friday. Branham is taking over for Chris Pace who died earlier this month from COVID-related complications. This isn’t Branham’s first time in this role. He lost to Pace…
BY AMBER SMITH KENTUCKY LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Kentucky Nurses Association said there are 88,000 nurses in Kentucky, making up 53% of the health care workforce. However, the number of people working in the vitally important field dwindles by the day. What You Need To Know There is a nursing shortage in Kentucky A recent survey…
By ASSOCIATED PRESS Officials are seeking input from those who travel through Kentucky as they update a long-range plan for the state’s transportation needs. The Transportation Cabinet said in a statement that information collected in the Kentucky Statewide Transportation Survey will be used to help identify needs and improvement priorities over the next 25 years. Input…
by Fallon Glick LEXINGTON, Ky. (WDRB) – The amount of blood available to Kentucky hospitals right now is “troubling and concerning” to the Kentucky Blood Center. On a Monday afternoon at it’s blood bank headquarters in Lexington, there was only one person donating blood and a lot of empty seats to fill. Officials with the…
By Chad Hedrick FRANKFORT, Ky. (WKYT) – Despite a drop in COVID-19 cases, Gov. Beshear said Kentucky school districts should still keep their mask policies in place for now. He said this would cause a spike in cases, because so many students are still not able to get vaccinated. Teachers hope the policies stay in place…
BY JOE RAGUSA KENTUCKY FRANKFORT, Ky. — For the last three decades, Kentucky has used a school funding formula based on a district’s average daily attendance, but that could change soon to a system based on a district’s enrollment. What You Need To Know Kentucky’s SEEK funding formula includes school attendance to calculate how much money schools…
By Jayde Saylor CORBIN, Ky. (WYMT) – In a discussion at the 2021 SOAR summit, healthcare professionals talked about the ongoing nursing shortage in hospitals and health centers across the state. The pandemic made the shortage more noticeable, but it has been an issue since before it even began, according to some healthcare professionals. They said…
BY BRENNON GURLEY KENTUCKY LOUISVILLE Ky. —-A new pilot program launching in the city of Louisville is aiming to better assist people having a mental or behavioral health crisis while freeing up police officers to respond to violent crimes. What You Need To Know The city of Louisville is launching a pilot 911 call deflection program The…
