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The protesters shouted various chants, including “We want to work,” “Families are essential,” “Let freedom ring” and, finally, “We will be back.”
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The president has long advocated for the Postal Service to raise the prices it charges online services like Amazon to deliver goods, often to hard-to-reach rural areas.
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Republican leadership in the House wants to look at “protocols” occupational licensing boards and trade associations could use to determine what non-essential businesses would be safe to reopen.
Beshear had said that lawmakers should have waited until next year to pass a voter ID bill after the coronavirus crisis had passed.
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Beshear said he didn’t veto specific spending items, but only language that would limit his flexibility during the coronavirus pandemic.
Some of the trial witnesses are doctors at Vanderbilt in Nashville, and it could be several weeks before they are available.
Trump, at his daily briefing that started later and ran longer than Beshear's, said “If some states refuse to open, I’d like to see that person run for election.”
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The windshield notices tell recipients that health officials will contact them, asking that they and members of their household agree to self-quarantine for 14 days.
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Beshear has encouraged drive-in services, as long as they follow social-distancing rules, but Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer and Hopkins County Judge-Executive Jack Whitaker have banned even drive-in services.
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More than 30 different COVID-19 tests are available, but states are still struggling to get enough of them.
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The deaths were recorded in Butler, Meade, McCracken, Hopkins, Daviess and Jefferson counties.
At Adair County's only nursing home, 29 residents and four employees have tested positive for the coronavirus.