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North Carolina is getting $1.3 billion from the latest federal COVID relief package to rebuild the child care industry and support student enrollment. The Biden White House announced Thursday it is releasing $39 billion to states and territories from the American Rescue Plan to help the ailing child care industry, money intended to help support a broader economic recovery. Vice President Kamala Harris called the money “the single largest investment in child care in our nation’s history,” in remarks Thursday. “When it comes to child care in our country, families need help.” North Car...

Close Gov. Andy Beshear said a fourth wave of COVID-19 is possible, according to trends that are being followed. featured By TOM LATEK Kentucky Today Apr 16, 2021 4 hrs ago Gov. Andy Beshear said a fourth wave of COVID-19 is possible, according to trends that are being followed. FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) – Gov. Andy Beshear said that looking at some of the trends, a fourth wave of COVID-19 in Kentucky is possible, similar to what is being experienced in some other states. During a Capitol press briefing on Thursday, he pointed to several factors that ar...

Samantha Langley filed for unemployment insurance benefits last May after losing her nanny job when COVID-19 hit Kentucky. With the exception of a few months of checks in the fall, she's still waiting to receive most of her payments. Times have been tough, she said, but the generosity of friends and the federal relief bills' direct checks have helped her through. But with a baby due in July, her payments can't come soon enough.  On Thursday, she waited in a brief line at the newly reopened Kentucky Career Center in downtown Louisville hoping to get her claim problem fixed. "It almost just f...

Kentucky's unemployment office is making all active claimants re-register their online accounts using more complex passwords

An increase in organized cyber-attacks has forced the state to shut down its unemployment insurance system for four days which means no new claims can be filed until Tuesday. Amy Cubbage, the general counsel to Governor Andy Beshear, said people who need to file a new claim during that time, can backdate the claim. She also said people will still receive their benefits.