Beshear requests major disaster declaration for damage caused by historic February rainfall
By Tom Latek
Kentucky Today
Gov. Andy Beshear submitted a request to President Joe Biden Wednesday asking that a major disaster declaration be issued for some of the worst flooding in Kentucky history after unprecedented rainfall led to flash flooding, mudslides and landslides across the state.
Between Feb. 26 and March 1, Kentucky experienced more than seven inches of rain in four south central and...
President Biden approves Beshear request for disaster declaration in response to winter storms
Less than two weeks after Gov. Andy Beshear requested a major disaster declaration from the federal government, President Joe Biden approved the request late Wednesday and ordered federal assistance to support Kentucky communities with recovery from devastating winter storms.
“This declaration will make sure Kentuckians and our communities have the necessary resources to rebuild after the devastating...
Following 30-day assessment, Gov. Beshear requests federal disaster funds for damage from winter storm
Gov. Andy Beshear on Friday submitted a request to President Joe Biden asking that a Major Disaster Declaration be issued for the severe winter storm system that impacted Kentucky from February 8 through February 19. Gov. Beshear issued a State of Emergency Order on February 11. Fifty-nine counties and 38 cities likewise issued local states of emergency orders.
“The impacts of February’s ice and...
As effects of pandemic continue to stall economy, region’s economists weigh in on Biden recovery plan
President Joe Biden presents his economic recovery platform. (Photo by Adam Schultz, via Ohio Valley ReSource)
By Alana Watson
Ohio Valley Resource
The COVID-19 pandemic is continuing to cripple the economy in the Ohio Valley and President Joe Biden and Congressional Democrats are pursuing his plan for economic recovery.
Biden’s economic priorities include raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour,...
Bill Straub: There are lies, real lies, silent lies, hallucinations, fabrications — then there’s Rand Paul
It is obvious that the Republican Party has been stricken with a strange and exotic disease that leads to hallucinations about rigged elections and the chills over a presidential impeachment. The symptoms indicate a really bad case of something called Rand Paul.
It is past time for the voters of Kentucky to come to grips with the fact that it has not once, but twice, dispatched a crackpot to the United...
