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The Christian County Health Department has appointments open and will be having Johnson and Johnson vaccine clinics on April 14 at the Senior Citizens Center and Virginia Street Baptist Church, April 21 at the Boys and Girls Club and April 28 at the Salvation Army. The governor also reported that Christian County has a second confirmed case of the B 1.1.7 coronavirus variant.
There were 16 new deaths reported Thursday, putting the death toll in the Commonwealth at 6,214 the positivity rate decreased once again to 2.81 percent.
In an unemployment update, General Counsel Amy Cubbage says they are having to shut down the Unemployment Insurance systems for the next four days, to hopefully address the massive amounts of fraud taking place. A recent tactic of scammers is being able to correctly figure out the four-digit PIN numbers provided to beneficiaries claimants will soon receive new PIN numbers and they will be required to re-register their accounts.
By Cherranda Smith
Kentucky Governor
Andy Beshear made a move against current trends on Wednesday (April 7) after signing a voting expansion bill into law. Contrary to other red states around the country, Kentucky’s new voting law makes voting easier for citizens of the Bluegrass State.
Under the law, the state will have three days of early voting, establish an online portal for voter registration and ballot applications, and widen options for in-person voting. According to a report by
The Hill, the law will also provide voters access to correct issues on their ballots. The
The legislation marks a stark contrast to the hundreds of voting bills being proposed in nearly every state, much like Georgia’s voting restriction law signed by Republican Gov.