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White House Notes “Progress” As Coronavirus Cases Surge

Coronavirus task force member says "we're turning the corner on the current outbreak" as 41 states report rising number of COVID-19 cases. NBC's Alice Barr reports.
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(NBC News) — With coronavirus cases on the rise in 41 states, some governors are starting to reverse course on reopening. California and Oregon are the latest states to scale back. California is closing bars, restaurants, and most gyms and hair salons after a spike in new coronavirus cases. Meanwhile, Admiral Brett Giroir, the Trump administration’s point man on coronavirus…
Kentucky News

Kentucky Governor’s Mansion to get fence after protest

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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A fence will go up around the Kentucky Governor’s Mansion in response to a spring demonstration where armed protesters gathered outside the home and then hanged Gov. Andy Beshear in effigy. Beshear spokeswoman Crystal Staley says security officials requested that the fence be built after the late May protest. State officials say the project’s costs won’t…

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Coronavirus, Kentucky News

Kentucky lawmaker tests positive for COVID-19

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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky lawmaker who heads a key education committee says he tested positive for the coronavirus. In a Twitter post Monday night, Republican state Sen. Max Wise says he began experiencing “very mild symptoms” last Thursday and was tested the next day. He says both tests came back positive. Since then, he says he has “felt…
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Beshear: Reviving insurance exchange to reap bigger savings

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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s governor says relaunching the state’s health insurance exchange will result in bigger savings than originally anticipated. Kentuckians now using the federal site to obtain health coverage pay about $9 million to $10 million a year to the government through a surcharge. Gov. Andy Beshear said Monday the federal government has notified Kentucky it’s raising that…

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Kentucky News

Steel processing plant to open Kentucky facility

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File PhotoFRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Officials say a steel processing company plans to open a facility in Kentucky that will level and cut steel for customers in the Ohio Valley region. A statement from Gov. Andy Beshear says Chicago-based Feralloy Corp. will lease a 60,000-square-foot facility on Nucor Steel Gallatin’s campus near Ghent and employ 30 workers. Beshear says he…

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Coronavirus, National News

Judge declines to block rulings on COVID-19 restrictions

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File PhotoFRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky appeals court judge has upheld lower-court rulings blocking some of the governor’s executive orders dealing with crowd sizes amid the coronavirus outbreak. It was a setback for Gov. Andy Beshear as the state deals with rising COVID-19 cases. Judge Glenn Acree declined to overturn rulings that struck down Beshear’s orders restricting crowd sizes…
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University of Kentucky to cap tuition, fees in fall

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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — The University of Kentucky plans to cap tuition and mandatory fees in the fall for all full-time students. The move was announced last week by UK President Eli Capilouto as a way to ensure fairness and consistency for students during the coronavirus pandemic. Officials said it should result in reduced payments for many. With more classes…
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4 children die when semi slams into car on Indiana highway

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CAMBRIDGE CITY, Ind. (AP) — Indiana State police say four young siblings were killed when a semitrailer slammed into their car that had slowed down for an Interstate 70 construction zone in eastern Indiana. The car was pushed into another semitrailer and burst into flames Thursday evening. A state police spokesman says a passerby was able to pull the car’s…

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Colorado superintendent to be Kentucky education head

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Frankfort, Ky (AP) — The Kentucky Board of Education has named the superintendent of Colorado’s second-largest school district to be Kentucky’s next education commissioner. Jason Glass will oversee Kentucky’s K-12 school system and its 650,000 students beginning in September. Glass has been serving as superintendent in Jeffco Public Schools in the metro Denver area since 2017. Prior to that, he…

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Austin Cindric wins NASCAR Xfinity race at Kentucky Speedway

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SPARTA, Ky. (AP) — Austin Cindric won the first of two NASCAR Xfinity Series races at Kentucky Speedway, charging past Chase Briscoe on an overtime restart Thursday night for his first victory of the season and first on an oval. Cindric spent most of the first two stages chasing Noah Gragson, the pole-sitter who seemed poised to dominate all three…

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