Lisa Autry

Now that the federal government shutdown is over, Kentucky is working to issue full SNAP benefits to the 600,000 residents who receive food assistance.

Gov. Andy Beshear is sending the National Guard to help staff food banks as about 600,000 Kentuckians experience delays in SNAP benefits from the federal government.

As SNAP recipients prepare to possibly lose benefits on Saturday, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says while he’s looking at all options, he’s not sure a special session of the General Assembly is needed.

Republican Congressman Brett Guthrie of Kentucky says Democrats must vote for a government reopening before his party will negotiate Affordable Care Act tax credits. Guthrie held a round table discussion in Radcliff on Wednesday with members of the Ft. Knox community.

McLean County is one of six Kentucky counties participating in a buyout program from the state and federal governments following April’s historic flooding.

With the government shutdown now in its third week, an Army post in central Kentucky is doing what comes naturally to the military-showing resiliency. But the funding impasse still threatens the livelihoods of active duty service members and civilian employees, as well as the nation’s defense readiness.

Gov. Andy Beshear announced a second cultivator has been approved for Kentucky’s medical cannabis industry.

Workers at BlueOval SK are suing the Kentucky employer alleging they have not received overtime pay.

The impeached mayor of London, Kentucky, is back on the job after a court overturned his removal from office. Randall Weddle appealed the decision earlier this month by the London City Council to oust him as mayor.

A judge in Bardstown has formally sentenced Brooks Houck to life in prison for the murder of his girlfriend and mother of his child. Nelson Circuit Judge Charles Simms went with a jury’s recommendation on Wednesday in sentencing Houck to the maximum punishment for the murder of Crystal Rogers.

In 2022, the General Assembly approved House Bill 9, setting up a funding mechanism for charter schools.

The United Auto Workers union has preliminarily won a razor-thin election at a fourth electric vehicle battery plant in the U.S.

Hourly workers at the BlueOval SK Battery Park will soon hold a union vote. The decision comes amid bitter tensions between workers and the company over safety and health issues.

A rural town in Ohio County will be home to Kentucky’s first medical cannabis dispensary, but supply chain issues make it uncertain when medical marijuana will land on dispensary shelves.

One week ahead of a union vote, the first electric vehicle battery rolled off the assembly line at the BlueOval SK campus in Hardin County.