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.
Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear and Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman declined their invitations to Fancy Farm this year because the coronavirus delta variant is surging across the state and nation.
After experiencing devastating infections and deaths during earlier waves of the pandemic, a local nursing home is using what it learned to minimize the risk of a surge in COVID-19 cases — especially as a surge in the delta variant suggests long-term care facilities may not have seen the last of the virus.
Free speech advocates say wealthy companies and individuals use what’s called a strategic lawsuit against public participation, or SLAPP, to retaliate against people or organizations that criticize them.
