‘I’m grateful to Senator Ernst and everyone who fought hard to fix the Democrats’ bill. Republicans kept the Speaker of the House from adding insult to injury in such a challenging year for rural America.’

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks Wednesday on the Senate floor regarding government funding:

LEXINGTON, KY- In July 2018, the Department of Justice announced the launch of Operation Synthetic Opioid Surge (S.O.S), a program aimed at reducing the supply of synthetic opioids in 10 high impact areas, including the Eastern District of Kentucky, and identifying wholesale distribution networks and international and domestic suppliers.

FRANKFORT, KY –On Tuesday, September 22, 2020, Steve Shannon, Executive Director of the Kentucky Association of Regional Programs (KARP), an organization representing 11 of the Commonwealth’s Community Mental Health Centers (CMHCs), testified in front of the Public Pension Oversight Board on a compromise path forward on public pensions for CMHCs and other quasi-governmental organizations.

‘Kentucky’s Attorney General, Daniel Cameron, conducted exactly the kind of thorough, impartial investigation that justice demands… I hope and expect that our Governor and Mayor will take every necessary step to secure the justice, peace, law, and order that every Kentuckian deserves.’

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding protests in Louisville:

LOUISVILLE, KY - Kentucky Smart on Crime, a broad-based coalition that advocates for common-sense justice reforms that enhance public safety, strengthen communities, and promote cost-effective sentencing alternatives, announced on Thursday, September 17, 2020the addition of three new partner organizations, NAACP of Kentucky, Kentucky Criminal Justice Forum, and United Way of Kentucky. 

MANCHESTER, KY (September, 23, 2020) -The Clay County Sheriff's Office is reporting that: On Tuesday, September 22, 2020 the Clay County Sheriff's Office along with KSP worked a wreck on North U.S. 421 involving a truck and an ATV.