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Republican House Speaker David Osborne said several legislators are reviewing a list of pandemic priorities sent over by the governor, who is the only one with the power to call a special session.

Lawyers for Beshear and GOP Senate President Robert Stivers asked Franklin Circuit Court for 10 days to come up with an agreed plan before the court vacates the ruling.

Special legislative sessions are politically tricky — partly because the governor is the only person allowed to call them. Generally, governors try to reach a consensus with lawmakers before calling them in to officially consider legislation.

An Aug. 12 mask mandate from the Kentucky Board of Education remains in force, despite a separate requirement from Gov. Andy Beshear that was lifted on Monday.

Yonts was 72 years old and married to Janice Yonts, the mayor of Greenville. Family and former colleagues said he had been fully vaccinated.

McConnell defended the 20-year occupation of Afghanistan, saying it was “essential” to keep the country from becoming a haven for terrorists.

As police shootings have become a flashpoint in U.S. cities, The Marshall Project and the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting spent a year examining their rural counterparts — which mirror the dynamics of many police shootings that have come under scrutiny in cities, according to the analysis.

The committee is arranging to have several speakers address the community on the differences between nonpartisan and partisan city elections, and the potential impact of each.

The legal action comes a day before the state school board is expected to issue its own mask mandate.

Christian County Public Schools had previously announced a plan to require masks in schools, following a school board vote on Thursday.

President Joe Biden, who must issue a waiver for the Department of Defense to mandate vaccines without full approval from the Food and Drug Administration, said on Monday he backs Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s plan to require all U.S. military members to get the vaccine.

After Beshear and Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman announced they wouldn’t attend the Fancy Farm picnic this year, Louisville Democrats said they would skip as well, instead hosting a vaccination clinic at a union hall in Jefferson County.