Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear designated Juneteenth as ... took the actions after efforts to make Juneteenth a statewide holiday and outlaw discrimination based on hairstyles failed in the state's ...

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear designated Juneteenth ... took the actions after efforts to make Juneteenth a statewide holiday and outlaw discrimination based on hairstyles failed in the state ...

While efforts to make Juneteenth a state holiday stalled ... be the first year Juneteenth is recognized as a holiday in Kentucky. Gov. Andy Beshear signed an executive order on Thursday to ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - The Juneteenth holiday marks the end of slavery in the United States. Now, four years since it was ...

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear has signed executive orders ... Beshear’s second order makes Juneteenth an official holiday in Kentucky. This aligns the state with around 28 others that have ...

“Right here in Lexington, Kentucky, it’s a city holiday ... make sense to me,” Rep. George Brown (D-Lexington) told FOX 56. This year, Gov. Andy Beshear signed an executive order making ...