The Commonwealth Sheltering Program, which provided the trailers, also provided trailers in Mayfield on Friday. They are expected to provide "medium-term" housing for displaced familiies for at least the next six months.
In the latest round of redistricting, the results - so far - have furthered the anti-democratic trend where elected leaders choose their voters, undermining the very principles of representative government.
Sen. Damon Thayer said Gov. Andy Beshear has failed to work with legislators as well as his father, former Gov. Steve Beshear, did when he served from 2007 to 2015.
Noting that his executive branch is masked up, the Democratic governor said, "We have not had a major outbreak that I think they’re seeing on the legislative side. That’s because masks work."
The Kentucky Democratic Party, Rep. Derrick Graham and four residents announced they would sue to block the maps, arguing they violate the Kentucky Constitution by splitting counties into multiple districts “without legitimate purpose” and more times than is necessary to create districts of roughly equal size.
The most notable feature of that bill, would extend Hopkinsville's 1st Congressional district from the westernmost tip of Kentucky all the way to Frankfort in central Kentucky.
