On the 55th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, Simmons College of Kentucky announced a new $2 million initiative on racial justice. College President Kevin Cosby announced the gift from the Eula Mae and John Baugh Foundation during a service at St. Stephen Baptist Church in Louisville, Ky. The centerpiece of the initiative will be creation of The Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson Sr. Center for Racial Justice.
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Jeff Noel, who you might know as the longtime face of Whirlpool Corporation, has been selected by the governor of Kentucky to serve as the state secretary of the Cabinet for Economic Development. Neol is retiring from Whirlpool at the end of this month. The office of Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear has released the following: Today, after more than two years of fighting a pandemic and still achieving record-breaking economic success, Gov. Andy Beshear announced that Executive Cabinet Secretary J. Michael Brown and Interim Economic Development Cabinet Secretary Larry Hayes will retire from state government and thanked them for their guidance. John Hicks will step into the role of Governor's executive cabinet secretary while continuing to serve as state budget director. The Governor named Jeff Noel as the new secretary of the Cabinet for Economic Development. Gov. Beshear said that Secretary Brown has helped lead the executive branch through some of the most trying times in recent hi