Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers
FILE - In a Jan. 7, 2020 file photo, Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers, R-Manchester, calls the Senate to order during he opening day of the Ky. State Legislature in Frankfort, Ky. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)
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More than 450,000 Kentuckians have applied for unemployment in the last four weeks, and the volume of inquiries has overloaded the system.
The governor recently signed an executive order designating $15 million in federal pandemic relief funds toward the "Healthy at Home Utility Relief Fund," which Kentuckians can use to avoid having their natural gas, water, wastewater or electric services disconnected.
Sen. Robert Stivers, R-District 25, accused the state's largest school district of stockpiling away $340 million in extra cash while complaining it's not getting enough from the state.
