The state chamber and the public-policy school at UK say they will try to "find new ways to bridge Kentucky’s urban-rural divide" with a series of webinars called the Kentucky Public Policy Roundtable Series.
Beshear has said the state will continue to participate in the program, despite escalating claims from businesses and Republicans that the benefit is causing a worker shortage.
Owner Tim Goodaker, whose parents started in the dry-cleaning business in 1957, will retire. The new owners of Model Cleaners will keep the shop open on South Main Street.
