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Kentucky governor signs bill extending unemployment tax rate freeze

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear (D) signed House Bill 144 into law on March 24, freezing the state’s unemployment insurance tax rate at 2020 pre-pandemic levels for 2022. The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce estimated businesses would have paid about $70 more in taxes per employee if the tax rate had unfrozen.…

Ballotpedia · Mar 29, 2022

HUD to send out nearly $3 billion in disaster relief grants

The Department of Housing and Urban Development is allocating nearly $3 billion in disaster relief to cover recovery efforts by multiple state and local governments

The Independent UK · Mar 22, 2022

'Not out of the woods,' but Ky. COVID case numbers drop for first time in a month

For the first time in a month, Kentucky reported a drop in new COVID-19 cases last week, likely signaling a leveling off in the state's worst infection surge to date, Gov. Andy Beshear said on Monday.

Tribune News Service · Feb 1, 2022

Kentucky adopts new congressional map after legislature overrides gubernatorial veto

Kentucky enacted new congressional districts on Jan. 20 when the general assembly overrode Gov. Andy Beshear’s (D) veto of legislation establishing the state’ new congressional map. Beshear vetoed Senate Bill 3 —the congressional redistricting legislation —on Jan. 19. Kentucky was apportioned six seats in the U.S. House of Representatives after…

Ballotpedia · Jan 25, 2022

Kentucky adopts new legislative district boundaries

Kentucky adopted new state House district boundaries on Jan. 20 after the general assembly overrode Gov. Andy Beshear’s (D) veto of the plan. The vote to override the governor’s veto was 24-10 in the state Senate with all votes in favor by Republicans and eight Democrats and two Republicans voting…

Ballotpedia · Jan 25, 2022

New Hampshire Secretary of State retirement triggers triplex status change

Sixty-four statewide measures have been certified for the 2022 ballot in 30 states so far. No new measures were certified for the ballot last week.

Ballotpedia · Jan 22, 2022

Arizona redistricting commission approves new congressional districts

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Ballotpedia · Jan 22, 2022

Kentucky Republicans override redistricting vetoes, mull moving primary as lawsuit filed

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Republican majorities in the House and Senate overrode Gov. Andy Beshear’s vetoes of bills that redraw the state’s House and U.S. Congressional District maps on a busy Thursday that also included impassioned speeches and lawsuits over the new maps.

Tribune News Service · Jan 20, 2022

Citing ‘political gerrymandering,’ Kentucky Gov. Beshear vetoes GOP redistricting maps

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Citing “unconstitutional political gerrymandering,” Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear on Wednesday vetoed the Republican legislature’s new maps for its own 138 House and Senate districts and Kentucky's six congressional districts.

Tribune News Service · Jan 20, 2022