COVID relief

Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet Secretary Mike Berry and Gov. Andy Beshear announced a $75 million dollar boost to Kentucky’s tourism industry Monday. The funding infusion is aimed at combating a decline in visitors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

State tourism officials are asking lawmakers to set aside $75 million to help the industry weather the coronavirus pandemic.

Kentucky’s public universities are asking the Kentucky general assembly for regulatory relief legislation.

Regional and state officials and housing advocates in western Kentucky are highlighting resources available for tenants and landlords with the ongoing federal eviction moratorium — which froze evictions due to nonpayment of rent during the pandemic — expired at the beginning of this month.

The Beshear administration has blamed the problems on understaffing, antiquated software and security issues that have led to delays in overhauling the system.

Jhala Fisher needed cash. Demand for home health aides crashed during the pandemic, and by May she had been laid off. Fisher, a 26-year-old in Louisville,…

Democratic strategist Jamal Simmons and Republican strategist Matt Mackowiak share their observations about leadership during the past year of the pandemic.

After the meeting, the White House said the president "will not slow down work on this urgent crisis response, and will not settle for a package that fails to meet the moment."

Some of the Tennesseans who’ve been out of work the longest during the pandemic ran out of unemployment benefits just before Christmas.The CARES Act…