August 12, 2021
Season 2021 Episode 157 | 55sVideo has Closed Captions
A one-minute news update, focused on COVID-19, airing before and after PBS NewsHour.
A one-minute news update, focused on COVID-19, airing before and after PBS NewsHour.
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
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KY Headlines is a local public television program presented by KET
August 12, 2021
Season 2021 Episode 157 | 55sVideo has Closed Captions
A one-minute news update, focused on COVID-19, airing before and after PBS NewsHour.
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#### The State Board of Education today voted unanimously to require masks in schools.
State law requires the new emergency regulation to last 270 days.
According to the Courier Journal, education commissioner Jason Glass says the regulation could be lifted earlier, if COVID conditions improve.
#### Senator Rand Paul says in February of 2020, at the start of the pandemic, his wife bought stock in a company that makes a drug later used to treat COVID.
The law requires Paul to report the stock buy within 45 days.
CNN reports Paul's office says Paul completed the form but it wasn't properly transmitted.
#### New census numbers show Kentucky's urban population went up while its rural population declined.
The Courier-Journal says the population went down in 50 Kentucky counties, most of
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