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Montgomery: Almost $2 million in grant money from coronavirus relief funds is assisting veterans who are being treated for post-traumatic stress disorder and directly affected by COVID-19. The money announced by Gov. Kay Ivey’s office will help fund four weeks of virtual group therapy for people in 11 counties. Veterans will have virtual, hourlong meetings three times a week to help them deal with PTSD and stresses from the pandemic. Sixty veterans already are enrolled in the program, which is run by Priority Soldier, a nonprofit group that assists veterans diagnosed with PTSD. Services are available in counties including Calhoun, Coffee, Dallas, Lauderdale, Lowndes, Macon, Madison, Montgomery, Talladega, Tuscaloosa and Walker.
Gov. Beshear provides Tuesday update on COVID-19 response in Kentucky By Brian Planalp | December 18, 2020 at 5:45 PM EST - Updated December 18 at 5:59 PM
FRANKFORT, Ky. (FOX19) - Kentucky reported 3,179 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 28 new virus-related deaths Wednesday.
âChristmas is probably my favorite day of the year, and I know we all want to celebrate the way we usually do, but this year we need to do things differently,â said Gov. Andy Beshear.
âWith vaccines arriving this week, we can see the bright light at the end of the tunnel. Now we just need everyone to keep doing their part to protect one another.â
Despite plenty of sound and fury Monday, only 17 lawmakers voted against a bill to provide $216 million in COVID-19 relief to businesses impaired by the governor’s Nov. 20 executive order.
The bill, Senate File 31 passed during the seventh and final special session of 2020 also includes a 13-week extension to unemployment benefits for about 125,000 Minnesotans. Those benefits were set to expire by the day after Christmas. Gov. Tim Walz was expected to sign it Tuesday.
Much of Monday’s floor debate involved GOP lawmakers pinning blame for Minnesota’s COVID-19 miseries directly on Gov. Tim Walz. Rep. Steve Drazkowski, R-Mazeppa, charted the outermost extremes of that rhetoric.
Despite plenty of sound and fury Monday, only 17 lawmakers voted against a bill to provide $216 million in COVID-19 relief to businesses impaired by the governor’s Nov. 20 executive order.
The bill, Senate File 31 passed during the seventh and final special session of 2020 also includes a 13-week extension to unemployment benefits for about 125,000 Minnesotans. Those benefits were set to expire by the day after Christmas. Gov. Tim Walz was expected to sign it Tuesday.
Much of Monday’s floor debate involved GOP lawmakers pinning blame for Minnesota’s COVID-19 miseries directly on Gov. Tim Walz. Rep. Steve Drazkowski, R-Mazeppa, charted the outermost extremes of that rhetoric.