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Starting on May 28, Kentucky bars and restaurants will no longer need to abide by a curfew and bar seating will be allowed, Gov. Andy Beshear announced Monday.
Bars and restaurants have had several curfews during the pandemic to help keep crowds down and COVID-19 at bay.
In August, Beshear set a 10 p.m. last call curfew and closing time of 11 p.m. On Sept.15, that curfew was moved to 11 p.m. with a closing time of midnight. In March, he announced a last call curfew of midnight and a closing time of 1 a.m. I want everybody to remember that we have been and we re going to be loosening these restrictions, Beshear said. But be reasonable.
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Gov. Andy Beshear has sued Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers and House Speaker David Osborne over legislation the Republican-dominated legislature recently passed that significantly reduces the number of Kentucky State Fair Board members the governor can appoint. There s only one executive branch, and it s headed by the governor, Beshear told reporters during an unrelated event Monday. And every time you try to move governance outside of there and let other people make decisions that aren t accountable to the voters . the less responsibility you get.
His lawsuit, filed Friday in Jefferson Circuit Court, aims to invalidate House Bill 518, which cut the number of governor-appointed voting members on the State Fair Board from 12 seats down to five and shifted more appointment power to the Kentucky agriculture commissioner instead.