Today's coronavirus pandemic update
EDITOR'S NOTE: Overwhelmed by the flood of news stories and commentary about the coronavirus pandemic? Who isn't? For the duration of the crisis, we're going to add two features to the website, "COVID-19 News" and a regular roundup of breaking news stories. Most of our coverage will focus on how the pandemic is affecting Kentuckians, especially union members and their families. We will regularly update "COVID 19 News" at the top of the page.
From the Louisville Courier-Journal: Beshear announces partnership with Kroger to almost double coronavirus testing in Kentucky CLICK HERE TO READ.
From AFGE: Largest Federal Employee Union Responds to Veterans Affairs Department Accusation of “False” Claims About Inadequate PPE CLICK HERE TO READ.
From POLITICO: Sailor from USS Theodore Roosevelt dies of coronavirus CLICK HERE TO READ.
From Huffington Post: UFCW Members Are Risking Their Lives So Americans Can Still Eat CLICK HERE TO READ.
From Huffington Post: Trump Administration Tells Employers Not To Worry About Recording COVID-19 Cases CLICK HERE TO READ.
From the Washington Post: White House rejects bailout for U.S. Postal Service battered by coronavirus CLICK HERE TO READ.
From the Washington Post: How Europe manages to keep a lid on coronavirus unemployment while it spikes in the U.S. CLICK HERE TO READ.
From the Washington Post: The second-most-dangerous contagion in America: Conservative irrationality CLICK HERE TO READ.
From Forward Kentucky: Churches, COVID-19, and the First Amendment: An analysis CLICK HERE TO READ.
From Forward Kentucky: Over 99.8% of faith communities didn’t meet in-person; new testing program announced CLICK HERE TO READ.
From The New York Times: Flight Attendants and Pilots Ask, ‘Is It OK to Keep Working?’ CLICK HERE TO READ.
From The New York Times: Property Taxes Are Probably Still Due Despite Coronavirus CLICK HERE TO READ.
From Daily Kos: Pelosi, Schumer hold firm on emergency aid to states, hospitals, unemployed in interim funding bill CLICK HERE TO READ.