We are now in the closing days of the 30-day 2021 Regular Session of the Kentucky General Assembly. Only six legislative days remain after Friday, March 5. Important bills continued to move swiftly through the legislative process last week, and robust debate on critical topics was as prominent as ever.
First, however, I want to speak to recent severe weather events. The governor declared a state of emergency concerning flash flooding, which is affecting communities from far southwestern Kentucky to far southeastern Kentucky. Last week s declaration comes only a week shy of a year since the governor declared a state of emergency due to COVID-19. Both figuratively and literally, it seems we continue to be hit by storms. The pandemic has threatened the elderly and immunocompromised people as well as contributing to an unemployment crisis. Severe winter weather covered our Commonwealth in ice and left our people without power. Most recently, torrential rain has caused flooding of homes
“We have to pay all this back,” he told her.
She grabbed the letter from his hand, her heart sinking as she read.
Kentucky’s unemployment office had paid her husband, Roger, more than $4,200 in benefits last spring as COVID-19 first hit Kentucky.
Now, the state wanted it back.
The state’s unemployment office had determined her husband didn’t qualify for the 10 weeks of benefits it paid him, seemingly without issue, for March through May of last year.
“What are we going to do?” she thought.
She remembered watching Gov. Andy Beshear’s daily news conferences from her southeastern Kentucky home and how he said those who feared exposure to COVID-19 at work could apply for unemployment.
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s unemployment claim website was temporarily inaccessible Wednesday after suffering an attempted cyberattack, according to state officials.