Kentucky school districts will soon get county-level COVID-19 data for reopening decisions

by Kevin Wheatley Kevin Wheatley LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Kentucky school district leaders will soon get more detailed COVID-19 data to help them decide when to transition to remote learning, Department for Public Health Commissioner Dr. Steven Stack said Monday. Once counties reach report more than 25 daily COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents, schools there…

City of Louisville agrees to ‘substantial’ settlement in Breonna Taylor shooting

Andrew Wolfson and Darcy Costello Louisville Courier Journal Louisville’s metro government is expected to announce a “substantial” financial settlement Tuesday with the family of Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old Black woman fatally shot by police in her apartment six months ago, The Courier Journal has learned. The settlement is expected to be announced at a 2 p.m.…

Stack goes another round with legislators, pushes back on data questions, answers queries on schools

By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Republican legislators kept up their questioning of the state’s coronavirus data Thursday, and the state health commissioner and Democratic lawmakers pushed back. Sen. Danny Carroll of Paducah, co-chair of the Program Review and Investigations Committee, was the leading questioner and most outspoken legislator, just as he was at the…

Kentucky Democrats outpacing GOP in absentee ballot requests

By Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – Kentucky Democrats have built a big lead over Republicans in requesting absentee ballots for the November election. But the trend is drawing starkly different reactions from the campaigns of Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his Democratic challenger, Amy McGrath. According to the secretary of state’s office, Democrats…