This article was originally published by Ohio Valley Resource. Kentucky’s state budget officials told lawmakers Friday that general fund receipts may decline by 495 million dollars next fiscal year. It’s just the latest example of the unprecedented financial hardships ahead for the Ohio Valley’s state and local governments due to […]

Crowds of mostly white protesters have defied Ohio’s stay-at-home order without arrest, while in several of the state’s biggest jurisdictions, police departments have primarily arrested Black people for violating the order. On April 17 in Toledo, Ohio, a 19-year-old Black man was arrested for violating the state stay-at-home order. In […]

This article was originally published by Ohio Valley ReSource.  As President Trump ordered meatpacking plants on Tuesday to keep operating amid the coronavirus pandemic, more details are emerging about the concerns workers had about their safety at a facility in Louisville, where dozens of workers were infected and one died. […]

The bill contains provisions meant for rural America, but critics believe it misses an opportunity to expand crucial federal programs like SNAP, or extend protections for vulnerable groups, like farmworkers, meatpackers, and family farms. The Senate unanimously passed an updated $484 billion coronavirus stimulus package Tuesday, including several provisions important to rural […]