Good morning, Kentucky. Here's what you need to know to start your day.
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Areas of rain and thunderstorms will persist into Thursday morning and afternoon. Some may contain damaging winds in eastern Kentucky. The storms will be scattered so it won't be raining all day long. However, at some point in the day you will likely need an umbrella. It will be warmer with highs in the middle to upper 70s.
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Around Kentucky
1. The Synergy Project seeks to build police-community trust. Why critics call it 'Horrible.'
In June of 2019, nine months before Breonna Taylor was killed and a year before protesters took to the streets demanding justice in her name, Louisville Metro Government launched the Synergy Project, an effort to address “challenges when it comes to police and community relations,” Mayor Greg Fischer said at the time. Two years later, those challenges have grown and Fischer is seeking more than half a million dollars for the program.
2. COVID-19 took his breath. A double lung transplant gave it back
Dave Hoover is the first person in Kentucky and among a few in the country to have a double lung transplant after contracting COVID-19. He donated his lungs to UK so researchers can study the virus and its effects. He was discharged on April 23, 19 days after his transplant and three months after being initially admitted to the hospital.
3. Lawmakers pre-file bills to ban conversion therapy, LGBTQ+ discrimination
Lawmakers have pre-filed bills they said will make Kentucky more welcoming for the LGBTQ+ community. Lawmakers also announced bipartisan bills to ban conversion therapy and discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
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1. Biden announces month-long push, new incentives to reach vaccination goal
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