Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear designates Juneteenth a holiday for state workers and bans hairstyle-based discrimination.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has designated Juneteenth as a holiday for state executive branch workers, and expanded protections in state hiring and employment by banning discrimination based on hairstyles. His actions come after efforts to make Juneteenth a statewide holiday and outlaw discrimination based on hairstyles failed in Kentucky's Republican-supermajority legislature. The governor signed the orders in the state Capitol in Frankfort.

May 23, 2024
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