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WNKY 40 News January 8, 2021 FRANKFORT, Ky. – On Thursday, the Governor delivered his combined State of the Commonwealth and Budget Address in a virtual speech recorded in his office due to coronavirus restrictions and delayed a day by the attack on the U.S. Capitol. “Tonight, I address both a state and a country that are hurting,” Gov. Beshear said during his address. “Hurting from a pandemic that has swept across the world, upended our economy and taken the lives of our loved ones. Hurting from attacks on our democracy that yesterday rose to the level of a direct attack on the Unite...

Credit KET, WSAZ Thanks to the many sacrifices made by Kentuckians during the pandemic, the State of the Commonwealth is stronger and more prepared than most to defeat COVID-19 and sprint into our future, Gov. Andy Beshear declared this evening in a speech to a joint meeting of the General Assembly. The Governor delivered his combined State of the Commonwealth and Budget Address in a virtual speech recorded in his office due to coronavirus restrictions and delayed a day by the attack on the U.S. Capitol by domestic terrorists. “Tonight, I address both a state and a country that are hurting,...

(OpEd By Jim Waters, who is president and CEO of the Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions, Kentucky’s free-market think tank. Read previous columns at www.bipps.org. He can be reached at jwaters@freedomkentucky.com and @bipps on Twitter.) “Walking in a COVID Spending-Land” (to the tune of “Winter Wonderland”) Spending grows, are you ready? To try and keep your business steady? Big-government types are happy tonight, Walking in a COVID spending land. The only thing heavier in Washington than Santa’s toy bag this COVID-decorated Christmas season is the list of goodies co...

Craft brewers in Kentucky experienced exponential growth prior to COVID-19. A 2019 Forbes article documented that Kentucky had the second highest rate of craft brewer growth in the nation — a whopping 43%.   There are currently 88 craft breweries across Kentucky. These are locally owned and operated small businesses, led by Kentucky entrepreneurs who have collectively invested over $200 million in the Commonwealth. They generate $872 million in economic activity annually and employed over 1,000 Kentuckians before the pandemic. Kentucky craft brewers export their products to over 40 st...