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Here are some top stories around our area for June 25, 2021.
Approved
Last night, Louisville Metro Council approved the city’s budget. The $1 billion will be spread across seven different categories, with nearly half of it going toward public safety.
LMPD will receive $190 million, despite protests demanding some of that money to be funneled toward other services, and the Department of Public Health & Wellness will get $78 million. You can see more about where this funding will go here.
“As our city regains the economic momentum we had before the pandemic, the budget approved tonight provides a roadmap into the promising and exciting next stage of our city’s history – one based in greater equity and justice,” Mayor Greg Fischer said.
More from last night's Metro Council meeting
New job incentive
Get a job, get $1,500 – that’s Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear’s latest incentive to get Kentuckians back to work. Beshear said the program will pay the first 15,000 Kentuckians who start a job with an in-state business between June 24 and July 30.
The governor said the incentive will not solve all issues, but said it will hopefully help fill needed job openings in the state.
Student-athlete changes
Gov. Beshear made another announcement Thursday, signing an executive order that will allow Kentucky student-athletes to get paid from the use of their name, image and likeness.
The governor said the decision was done in cooperation with public universities and leadership from both parties, who will be working on legislation next year.
Nineteen other states have passed similar laws within the last year.
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