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LOUISVILLE, Ky. Sandy Woloshin wishes all of Louisville could have tried her cheesecake, which comes in more than 115 flavors. But like so many other American small businesses, the bakery she opened in Buechel with her daughter in 2019 fell victim to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Local bakery owners had to shut down during the pandemic
They were forced to leave Louisville to live near family
An inability to get unemployment insurance has stopped them from coming home to Louisville
Now they’re opening back up in Florida
Now, nearly a year since she was forced to shut her shop’s doors for good, Woloshin and her daughter, Heather James, are primed to reopen Cheesecake Concoctions and its sister cafe, Poshy Noshy Concoctions Eatery and Sweetery. But not in Louisville.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. School in Kentucky is finally back in session. More than a year after K-12 schools in the state shut down due to the emerging threat of the coronavirus, each of Kentucky’s 172 public school districts will all be required to offer in-person instruction by the end of March.
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All school districts in Kentucky were closed to in-person learning last March
More than a year later, each district is poised to offer some in-person instruction
Challenges during remote learning exposed inequities in technology access and worried some child welfare experts
Some see opportunities after a year of remote learning, including better and more creative use of technology in the classroom
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. “Since the escalation of racial tensions is one of the major problems facing our country today, it is most urgent that history books contribute to understanding between races.”
In 1971, that line appeared in the introduction to “Kentucky’s Black Heritage,” a book published by the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights (KCHR) to help teachers educate their students on the long tradition and vast contributions of Black Kentuckians.
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“Kentucky’s Black Heritage” was published in 1971
The book was an attempt to spread knowledge of Black history throughout the commonwealth
Its message and mission remain relevant a half-century later
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. Kaycen Bradley grew up in Glasgow, Kentucky with dreams of joining the U.S. Army. After graduating from high school in 2016 and moving to California, he began working with a recruiter to make his dream come true.
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President Joe Biden reversed a ban on transgender service members
The ban prohibited troops from transitioning and transgender recruits from joining the military
One Kentucky native said he will now be able to enlist
Kaycen Bradley said he always felt the ban would be overturned
Then, in July of 2017, a tweet from former President Donald Trump brought an abrupt halt to those plans. Several months prior, Bradley, who is transgender, had started hormone replacement therapy. Trump’s newly announced ban on transgender service members would prevent him from joining, Bradley was told.