Government

A letter initiated by South Carolina's attorney general was sent May 9 to the leadership of the House and Senate Foreign Relations committees.

The governor said his main disappointment is that two churches that fought the ban on in-person worship took attention away from 7,000 congregations that followed the restriction.

That case was filed by Maryville Baptist Church in Hillview, which Beshear has said is the only church he knows of that has violated his order, and the only one where attendees were given notices to self-quarantine.

The appointment of the North Carolina businessman comes as the Treasury and the Postal Service are in the midst of negotiating a line of credit exceeding $10 billion.

More than 3.1 million unemployment claims were filed in U.S. for the week ending May 2, while 80,060 claims were filed in Kentucky.

A new travel order still bans anyone with a positive or preemptively positive case of COVID-19 from entering Kentucky, unless ordered for medical treatment.

The governor said the pandemic is "still pretty stable," despite reporting 625 new cases, including 309 from a state prison in Muhlenberg County.

Few of the protestors wore masks, and one of the speakers leading the gathering asked those who did to take them off.

The city projects payroll tax revenue will decline about $1 million in the last three months of this fiscal year and be down $1.3 million next fiscal year.

Legal experts say that allowing states to declare bankruptcy would likely be challenged for violating the U.S. Constitution.

On May 20, retail may re-open and churches may hold in-person services, both at reduced capacity.

City officials expect payroll tax revenue to drop 7%, with unemployment caused by the coronavirus being a major factor.