LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Democrat Charles Booker has launched another campaign for the U.S. Senate from Kentucky. The Black former state lawmaker is reprising his “hood to the holler” theme in hopes of building an urban-rural coalition powerful enough to unseat Republican incumbent Rand Paul next year. Booker rose to prominence by touting racial and economic justice themes. Booker narrowly…
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A federal judge in Iowa has admitted wrongdoing and publicly apologized for comments ridiculing former President Donald Trump for issuing pardons to well-connected Republican officials. Senior U.S. District Judge Robert Pratt made the remarks during a phone interview with The Associated Press in December, saying: “It’s not surprising a criminal like Trump pardons other criminals.”…
FileGREENSBURG, Ky. (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. Rand Paul is keeping up his complaints about the government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. During a speech in his home state of Kentucky, Paul said Tuesday that Americans should make their own decisions on whether to be vaccinated. He says people have “good sense” and don’t need elitists to tell them what…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — National Processing Service Centers for the Federal Emergency Management Agency will be closed Sunday and Monday for the Fourth of July holiday. FEMA says the call centers will reopen Tuesday. The centers offer information for people affected by a disaster, by calling the FEMA Helpline at (800) 621-3362, from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. local time…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources is starting a program that will offer boaters free access to life jackets they can borrow. The department is working with local groups and other public agencies to build stations for the life jackets, with the first five to be installed in Anderson, Madison, Monroe and Warren counties….
DETROIT (AP) — Unionized auto workers in the U.S. who have been fully vaccinated against the novel coronavirus will no longer have to wear face masks at work. A virus task force with representatives from Ford, General Motors, Fiat Chrysler (now Stellantis) and the United Auto Workers union made the decision Monday. It’s effective July 12. About 150,000 factory workers…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Officials say a mural in Louisville, Kentucky that depicts Breonna Taylor, George Floyd and other Black people recently killed by law enforcement has been defaced. News outlets report the “Say Their Names” mural unveiled last July was found Monday with light blue paint covering areas of the artwork. Louisville Metro Police Department spokesman Dwight Mitchell said…
HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. (AP) — A northern Kentucky city will get $1 million to help open a facility for struggling young adults. Gov. Andy Beshear announced the grant for Highland Heights on Monday during a visit to the city. Beshear’s office said Highland Heights partnered with Brighton Properties Inc. to apply for the funds. Brighton will lease vacant office space…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A startup spirits producer is reviving an old name as it plans to open a distillery at the same Kentucky site where whiskey was made starting in the late 1860s. The new E.J. Curley distillery will be located at Camp Nelson in Jessamine County. It’s at the same site as the original E.J. Curley & Co….
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Gov. Andy Beshear says Kentucky is seeking input from broadband providers in the next phase of an effort to expand internet access. Republican lawmakers and the Democratic governor agreed to use $300 million pandemic relief money to extend broadband service and promote economic development. The state is soliciting ideas, suggestions and comments from broadband providers. The…
