Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has designated Juneteenth as a holiday for state executive branch workers.
FILE - Kentucky Gov, Andy Beshear speaks in the Rotunda of the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort, Ky., Tuesday, March 26, 2024. With a stroke of his pen, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear took action Thursday to designate Juneteenth as a holiday for state executive branch workers and expand protections in state hiring and employment by banning discrimination based on hairstyles. Kentucky Gov.
Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued during the Civil War. For generations, Black Americans have recognized Juneteenth. In 2021, President Joe BidenOne Beshear order declares that starting this year, Juneteenth will be observed as a state executive branch holiday. All executive branch offices will be closed.
Legislation to make Juneteenth a Kentucky holiday was introduced this year by state Sen. Gerald Neal, the chamber's top-ranking Democrat. It made no headway before the session ended last month. Neal, who is Black, signaled Thursday that he will try again in the 2025 session. Bills to ban discrimination based on hairstyles at work and school have died in recent legislative sessions, the governor's office noted.
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