肯塔基州州长安迪·贝希尔将六月节定为公务员假期,并禁止基于发型的歧视。 Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear designates Juneteenth a holiday for state workers and bans hairstyle-based discrimination.
肯塔基州州长 Kentucky Gov. 安迪·贝希尔 (Andy Beshear) 将六月节定为州行政部门工作人员的节日,并通过禁止基于发型的歧视,扩大了州政府在招聘和就业方面的保护。 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. 此前,肯塔基州共和党占绝对多数的立法机构曾试图将六月节定为全州性节日,并禁止基于发型的歧视,但这些努力均以失败告终。 His actions come after efforts to make Juneteenth a statewide holiday and outlaw discrimination based on hairstyles failed in Kentucky's Republican-supermajority legislature. 州长在法兰克福州议会大厦签署了该命令。 The governor signed the orders in the state Capitol in Frankfort.