State employees would choose each year whether they take as a paid holiday Jefferson Davis birthday or Juneteenth under a bill unanimously approved in a House committee recently.
Mixed emotions over a bill that, if signed into law, would allow state employees to pick between Juneteenth and Jefferson Davis birthday. WAAY 31 spoke with a local pastor and
Kentucky has an official holiday honoring Confederate president Jefferson Davis. Although there's not a lot of fanfare around it, lawmakers are stubbornly resisting calls to remove Confederate holidays altogether.
Kentucky has an official holiday honoring Confederate president Jefferson Davis. Although there’s not a lot of fanfare around it, lawmakers are stubbornly resisting calls to remove Confederate holidays altogether.