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A Columbia University study found that the tax credit, if made permanent, could cut the nation's child poverty rate in half.

Louis DeJoy acknowledged that there are still "extreme delays" in some mail deliveries and said a 10-year strategic plan will revise existing service standards.

The bill would make it a Class B misdemeanor if someone “accosts, insults, taunts, or challenges a law enforcement officer with offensive or derisive words, or by gestures or other physical contact, that would have a direct tendency to provoke a violent response from the perspective of a reasonable and prudent person.”

Though the bill originally dealt with limiting how long the governor’s emergency orders remain in effect to 15 days, it was changed to focus instead on removing references to specific emergencies Thursday morning in a committee substitute.

Democratic Rep. Attica Scott’s bill to ban no-knock warrants, Breonna’s Law for Kentucky, will get its first hearing in the House Judiciary Committee this week.

The legislature and Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron are expected to appeal, perhaps directly to the state Supreme Court, bypassing the Court of Appeals.

Reps. Myron Dossett and Lynn Bechler voted in favor of the ban. Rep. Walker Thomas voted against it.

The council will hear a proposal to create an Energy Project Assessment District to help the private sector finance energy efficiency and renewable energy projects.

The council will hear a proposal to create an Energy Project Assessment District to help the private sector finance energy efficiency and renewable energy projects.

Kentucky Thoroughbred Association CEO Chauncey Morris said the new law benefits 450 farms in central Kentucky and 60,000 workers tied to horse racing. Meanwhile, some officials are disappointed the new law didn’t set aside money to address addiction issues.

Coronavirus safety measures, including masks and social distancing, will be required.

The state House of Representatives passed a bill Friday that would bar people and entities outside the commonwealth from making open records requests for Kentucky records.