内容摘要：Bailey said he is doing his own investigation because he wants full justice and accountability.

Bailey said he is doing his own investigation because he wants full justice and accountability.

“Scripture tells us that children are a gift from God,” Beshear said during his campaign-style stop in Louisville. “And I believe that we have a responsibility as adults to build a better state for every single one of them. We all know that we can do this with pre-K for all. Let’s finally get this done.”Nearly two-thirds of Kentucky’s 120 counties lack sufficient child care to serve every family that needs it, the governor said. Workforce participation rates tend to be lower in counties with fewer childcare options, Beshear’s administration said.

“Kentucky will never reach its potential if our children’s zip code determines their place in the world by the first day of kindergarten,” said Democratic Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman, a former public school teacher and administrator. “The time for pre-K is now.”The benefits of his pre-K proposal would be much broader and would include increasing the state’s workforce by enabling more parents to go back to work, Beshear said. And it would help ease the financial strain on parents with young children, he said.“American families right now are struggling, struggling to pay the bills, and child care is a big part of that,” Beshear said. “Pre-K for all could ease the financial burden facing our hardworking families and make paying those bills not just a little but a lot easier.”

Beshear on Wednesday did not delve into how much state-funded preschool would cost, but he pointed to a study indicating every $1 invested in pre-K generates $10 cycling through the state economy.Leading up to the 2024 legislative session, Beshear’s

included $172 million each year of the following two-year budget cycle to provide preschool for 4-year-olds. Beshear has said the expense is “more than affordable,” amounting to a fraction of the massive surplus in the state’s budget reserve trust fund. That preschool proposal and others like it have made no headway with GOP lawmakers.

Kentucky House Speaker David Osborne, a Republican, said later Wednesday that there have been no discussions with Beshear or anyone in his administration about legislative initiatives.Xinis is yet to rule on the state secrets claim.

that the Trump administration has done nothing to return the Maryland construction worker. They say the government is invoking the privilege to hide behind the misconduct of mistakenly deporting him and refusing to bring him back.Abrego Garcia’s deportation

in 2019 that shielded Abrego Garcia from expulsion to his native country. The immigration judge determined that Abrego Garcia faced likely persecution by a local Salvadoran gang that terrorized his family.Abrego Garcia’s American wife sued over his deportation. Xinis