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July 8, 2020

• Lexington approves $2.5 million stimulus program for small businesses hurt by COVID-19.
• Man who bought AR-15, planned to attack Kentucky high school is sentenced to 10 years
• Police response to Beshear hanging in effigy not quick enough, says KSP chief
• McConnell uses Booker’s criticism of McGrath in first attack ad of general election
• Racism is built into KY horse racing’s history. Is industry ready to address injustice?
• McConnell dismisses Trump criticism of CDC rules for schools. Says funding a priority.
• Looking at Kentucky’s future football schedules
• Updated: Kentucky group sues for expanded absentee voting in November, block of ID law
• Good racing was the only thing normal about the opening day of this Keeneland meet
• Lexington trainer boasts two stellar fillies. One will face the boys in the Blue Grass.
• Councilwoman Angela Evans announces resignation to pursue Master’s in Public Policy
• Joel Pett: On COVID-19, walking with denial, ignorance
• Firefighters extinguish hundreds of railroad ties that caught fire in Lexington
• Apartment owners sue Beshear to allow evictions of tenants who don’t pay rent
• GOP lawmaker who said ‘stop getting tested’ for coronavirus faces backlash in Ohio
• How was this Kentucky county flooded with pain pills? Federal case helps explain.
• ‘We are going a little bit too far’ Lexington councilman decries loss of police chaplain
• GOP lawmakers: Gov. Andy Beshear’s unemployment delays are a national embarrassment
• On COVID-19, the U.S. is turning into a dangerous cult of bad information
• Restaurant guide: Winchester’s dining renaissance from BBQ to cupcakes to moonshine
• Lexington police chaplain, six other officers retire. FOP blames demonizing police.
• Keeneland announces ban on Lexington horseman who made racist comments
• 402 new Kentucky COVID-19 cases Wednesday. Beshear promises ‘mandatory’ changes.
• Jimmie Johnson cleared to race at Kentucky Speedway after new round of COVID testing