Churchill Downs had planned to run the Derby with 40% crowd capacity, but track officials decided they couldn't responsibly bring fans onto the property. The race will go on Sept. 5 without spectators.
President Donald Trump created the supplement to replace a $600 weekly add-on that expired in July. An estimated 80,000 jobless Kentuckians will receive the new supplement.
Despite a recent decrease in the seven-day rolling average of new cases, the county has seen an upward two-week trend, with 17.7% growth over the last 14 days.
Two programs — $3.3 billion given to unemployed workers and $5.2 billion given to Kentucky businesses through the Paycheck Protection Program — expired at the end of July.
Parents and people living in communities with universities have a right to know the level of infection, the governor said. He said the information would also help health departments discern campus clusters from community spread.
Louis DeJoy announced the pullback as at least 20 Democratic attorneys general said they plan to file federal lawsuits alleging that DeJoy is illegally changing mail procedures in an effort to suppress votes.
