Most claims in Kentucky’s unemployment backlog are ‘95% complete,’ but final step remains

While some 63,000 unprocessed unemployment claims are now “95% complete,” a final processing step means Kentuckians will be waiting a bit longer to learn if they’ve been approved for benefits. After three weeks of claim processing help from private vendor Ernst & Young, Kentucky’s Office of Unemployment Insurance has nearly cleared through its backlog of initial…

“Addiction Thrives in Isolation”: Substance Use Surging During Pandemic

BY BRANDON ROBERTS KENTUCKY LEXINGTON, Ky. – Substance and alcohol use in Fayette County is surging as the COVID-19 pandemic creates challenges to healthcare systems and public health policies with regard to prevention strategies. What You Need To Know Fayette County on pace for record number of overdose deaths Needle exchange program participants increasing Pandemic-related guidelines not conducive…

Power Failure: A Massive Bribery Scheme Could Change Ohio Valley Energy Systems

By Brittany Patterson, Ohio Valley ReSource One of the country’s largest investor-owned electric utilities, with a large presence in the Ohio Valley, has emerged at the center of a $60 million bribery and racketeering scheme related to Ohio’s controversial energy bill that bailed out several struggling nuclear and coal plants On Tuesday, federal investigators arrested one…

Republicans Rally Around Opposition To Beshear Coronavirus Response

By Ryland Barton Republican leaders of Kentucky’s legislature say they want to curb Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s power to issue mandates during states of emergency, like the coronavirus pandemic currently gripping the state and nation. Meanwhile, Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron has asked a court to void all Beshear’s coronavirus-related orders, including the mandate that Kentuckians…