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Thanks to our friend, Bill Barry, a Baltimore labor historian and author, for sending us this.

If you're stuck at home, you may have time to improve your union skills. Here are the webinars for New Union Officers. 

Tuesday will be day 47 of the 60-day legislative session. The session was cancelled for Friday and Monday due to the COVID-19 virus. Changes have been made to lessen the crowds and visitors in meeting rooms and the gallery.

Thanks to Bill Londrigan for pointing us to the story.

Gov. Andy Beshear has been calm and decisive. The former governor he beat last year is still peddling conspiracies and making jokes on Twitter.

By TRAVIS WALDRON

From Daily Kos: Trump still isn't concerned about coronavirus. He's concerned about his ratings on coronavirus

EDITOR'S NOTE: The coronavirus pandemic is inviting comparisons to the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918-1919, which killed millions worldwide. The experience of Mayfield, your editor-webmaster's hometown, was typical of Kentucky cities and towns.

By PHILlIP M. BAILEY

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says a proposal aimed at extending paid sick leave and other ideas to combat the coronavirus pandemic is nothing but an "ideological wish list" for House Democrats.