Beshear stresses convenience of getting COVID-19 vaccine
BRUCE SCHREINER, Associated Press
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) Getting a COVID-19 shot can be as easy as walking into some vaccination sites without an appointment, Kentucky s governor said Tuesday in his latest plea to boost inoculation rates.
More than 1.8 million Kentuckians have received at least one dose of vaccine, but the pace needs to pick up, especially among younger people, Gov. Andy Beshear said.
“There are vaccination appointments available every week, at many different times throughout the day, he said. At some sites, you don’t even need an appointment. Get it done, for yourself and for your community, so we can reach our goal and relax more restrictions.”
(WSIL) President Joe Biden declared Wednesday night in his first address to a joint session of Congress that “America is rising anew,” and pointed optimistically to the nation’s emergence from the pandemic as a vital moment to rebuild the U.S. economy and fundamentally transform roles the government plays in American life.
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell didn t agree with many of the statements the President made Wednesday.
“I think the story line on the Biden Administration, underscored by the President’s speech tonight, could best be described as ‘bait and switch.’ The ‘bait’ was he was going to be a moderate, a unifying force and bring us all together. The ‘switch’ is that Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), for all practical purposes, won the debate in the Democratic Party over what it ought to look like. I’m hard pressed to find anything moderate about the Biden Administration, which is why Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) a
Bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers unveils legislation to ease crowding at border facilities
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Migrants are processed at the intake area of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility, the main detention center for unaccompanied children in the Rio Grande Valley, in Donna, Texas.
WASHINGTON, DC A bipartisan group of three Texas lawmakers U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, a Republican, and U.S. Reps. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, and Tony Gonzales, R-San Antonio teamed up with an Arizona Democrat, U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, on Thursday to roll out legislation they hope will ease the strain on federal resources near the U.S-Mexico border.