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You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – About 400,000 emails sent through Kentucky’s unemployment insurance assistance link between March 19 and May 10 remained unread and were archived by Gov. Andy Beshear’s administration as of Nov. 9, according to state Auditor Mike Harmon's office.“These emails from claimants could include indications of issues or problems for (the Office of Unemployment Insurance) to address, not to mention general questions from unemployed Kentuckians,” Harmon’s office said in a report released Tuesday.The...…You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – About 400,000 emails sent through Kentucky’s unemployment insurance assistance link between March 19 and May 10 remained unread and were archived by Gov. Andy Beshear’s administration as of Nov. 9, according to state Auditor Mike Harmon's office.“These emails from claimants could include indications of issues or problems for (the Office of Unemployment Insurance) to address, not to mention general questions from unemployed Kentuckians,” Harmon’s office said in a report released Tuesday.The...WW…
You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer fired police chief Steve Conrad on Monday after learning that police officers did not record body-camera footage of the fatal shooting of David McAtee, a black man, in west Louisville in the early morning hours."This type of institutional failure will not be tolerated," Fischer said.Conrad's firing comes only a month before he was set to retire after leading the department for eight years.McAtee was killed amid a gunfight involving LMPD officers and National...…You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer fired police chief Steve Conrad on Monday after learning that police officers did not record body-camera footage of the fatal shooting of David McAtee, a black man, in west Louisville in the early morning hours."This type of institutional failure will not be tolerated," Fischer said.Conrad's firing comes only a month before he was set to retire after leading the department for eight years.McAtee was killed amid a gunfight involving LMPD officers and National...WW…