Regional & State

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.

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.

McConnell said he would consider calling the Senate back to Washington early from summer recess if progress was made on a way forward.

Beshear announced 376 new cases of the virus, including 54 under the age of 18. The share of Kentuckians testing positive for the coronavirus in the last seven days is 5.8%.

Rep. Lynn Bechler, R-Marion, asked if it is safe to say that 99 percent of the population won't die from COVID-19. Health Commissioner Steven Stack said that's true, but it's important to recognize exactly how many deaths 1% would represent, noting that is 10 times greater than the fatality rate for the flu.

The seven-day average of daily new cases has risen for the last three days.

Secretary of State Michael Adams said that the state won’t be encouraging everyone to vote by mail, but it will ultimately be up to voters to determine how to cast their ballots.

Secretary of State Michael Adams expects the final criteria for who can cast ballots by mail will be “subjective,” allowing people to do so if they feel that they are at risk of contracting or having complications from coronavirus.

Beaton is a partner at Squire Patton Boggs LLP, where he co-chairs the firm’s Appellate and Supreme Court practice group. After law school, he was a clerk to U.S. Supreme Court served as a law clerk to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.