Kentucky State AFL-CIO President Bill Londrigan will be on KET’s Kentucky Tonight with Renee Shaw Monday night to discuss restarting Kentucky’s economy in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The program starts at 8:00 p.m. EDT.
The program will focus on "the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of jobless numbers, federal economic relief efforts, and other topics."
Other scheduled guests are Jason Bailey, founder and executive director of the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy; Aaron Yelowitz, a professor in the Gatton College of Business and Economics at the University of Kentucky, and senior fellow at the Cato Institute; Josh Crawford, executive director of the Pegasus Institute; and Dr. Michael Saag, infectious disease specialist and professor of medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Center for AIDS Research (pre-recorded interview).
Kentucky Tonight, hosted by Renee Shaw, is a public affairs discussion program broadcasted live on Monday nights at 8/7c on KET and KET.org/live.Viewers with questions and comments may send e-mail to kytonight@ket.org or use the message form on this page. All messages should include first and last name and town or county. The phone number for viewer calls during the program is 1-800-494-7605.
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