Kentucky unemployment system mired in claims backlog, communication confusion
Some people who lost work because of pandemic wait months for payments Share Updated: 6:15 PM EST Feb 4, 2021
Some people who lost work because of pandemic wait months for payments Share Updated: 6:15 PM EST Feb 4, 2021
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Show Transcript NOBODY ANSWERS THE PHONE. I WAS TOLD THAT I WAS APPROVED, BUT I DID NOT RECEIVE PAYMENTS FOR FOUR MONTHS. TODD: REEVES IS A RETIRED FIREFIGHTER WHO THEN BECAME A GIG WORKER. WHEN THE PANDEMIC EXPLODED, HE LOST HIS NEW JOB AND QUALIFIED FOR HELP FROM THE STATE. WHEN HIS LONG-AWAITED UNEMPLOYMENT PAYMENTS SUDDENLY STOPPED, REEVES TRIED TO GET HELP. THEY’RE NOT EVEN TAKING PHONE CALLS ANYMORE. WHEN YOU WOULD CALL IT THE PAST, YOU WOULD BE PUT IN THE QUEUE. AND THEY WOULD CALL YOU BACK, RELATIVELY QUICKLY, SOMETIMES WITHIN MINUTES NOW THERE’S NO PHONE CALLS COMING BACK AND I’VE CALLED AT LEAST A DOZEN TIME TODD: I AS
Ohio Gov. DeWine, first lady receive first dose of COVID-19 vaccine Share Updated: 12:39 PM EST Feb 2, 2021 WLWT Digital Staff Share Updated: 12:39 PM EST Feb 2, 2021
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Show Transcript Good morning, everyone. Fran, I are here in Jamestown with Dr Kevin share it. And Kevin, the full name of where we are the Health Center were at the Kettering Health Network Rural Health Center of Green County. We have three locations. We re currently at our Jamestown location. So tell us it. I know. Kevin, you ve been You have, um ah, lot of your patients who are older, and so you ve been vaccinating them. What s been their reaction? How is that working out with our experience has been extremely good. Today is our third vaccination clinic that we have been blessed to be able to participate in and bring the vaccine out into our rural community. And the response has been overwhelming. It s been overwhelmingly positive from the standpoint of
U.S. Capitol riots prompt Cincinnati Democrats to cancel Inauguration Day trips to D.C.
Clermont County woman disappointed her daughters won t witness Kamala Harris swearing-in ceremony Share Updated: 5:54 PM EST Jan 12, 2021
Clermont County woman disappointed her daughters won t witness Kamala Harris swearing-in ceremony Share Updated: 5:54 PM EST Jan 12, 2021
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Show Transcript SHE’S GONE FROM PLANNING A FAMILY TRIP TO STAYING HOME TO AVOID POSSIBLE PROTESTS. WHEN JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS WERE DECLARED WINNERS OF NOVEMBER’S ELECTION, CHAMPAGNE FLOWED AT HANNA NEWBY’S HOUSE IN CLERMONT COUNTY. MY HUSBAND AND I, OBVIOUSLY WE CELEBRATED. WE CRACKED A BOTTLE OF CHAMPAGNE AT HOME AND IT WAS SO HISTORIC. TODD: AS A MOM WITH TWO YOUNG DAUGHTERS, NEWBY WAS ESPECIALLY HAPPY TO KNOW HARRIS WILL BE THE FIRST WOMAN IN HISTORY TO BE VICE PRESIDENT. I WAS LIKE, HOW AMAZING WOULD IT BE FOR THEM TO WITNESS, EVEN THOUGH THEY MIGHT NO
CDC panel: Teachers, grocery store workers, millions more should be next in line for COVID-19 vaccine Updated: 5:40 PM EST Dec 21, 2020
Officials in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana reviewing recommendations to determine next steps in each state Share Updated: 5:40 PM EST Dec 21, 2020
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Show Transcript WITH A LIST OF WHO SHOULD COME NEXT, AFTER HEALTH CARE WORKERS, EMT’S AND NURSING HOME RESIDENTS. ONE WORD FOLLOWED BY A NUMBER AND A LETTER COULD DETERMINE WHEN PEOPLE IN OHIO, INDIANA, AND KENTUCKY GET A CORONAVIRUS VACCINE. THE FIRST DOSES ARE ALREADY GOING INTO THE ARMS OF FRONT-LINE HEALTH CARE WORKERS AND THOSE LIVING IN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES. THEY’RE IN WHAT THE CDC CALLS PHASE 1A. YESTERDAY, AN ADVISORY PANEL OUTLINED WHO SHOULD BE IN THE NEXT TWO TIERS, PHASE 1B INCLUDES PEOPLE 75 AND OLDER, ALONG WITH FIREFIGHTERS, POLICE OFFICERS, TEACHERS, CORRECTIONS WORKERS, CERTAIN MANUFACTURING SECTORS, POSTAL WORKERS, PUBLIC TRANSIT OPERATOR