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New battery manufacturer in Kentucky to create more than 1,500 jobs
November 15, 2024
Renewable energy company Canadian Solar Inc. announced a new industrial battery manufacturing plant in Shelbyville, representing a $712 million investment.
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First TNT manufacturer to operate on American soil since 1980s to be built in Kentucky
November 11, 2024
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said the future Muhlenberg County facility is part of a larger effort “to get America ready to prevent war by being strong.”
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Kentucky officials say no evidence of pre-marked ballots shared in ‘Libs of TikTok’ post
November 04, 2024
Kentucky election officials say no one has reported pre-filled ballots after a picture circulated widely online appeared to show a small dot on a Kentucky ballot, marking the bubble beside Vice President Kamala Harris’s name.
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Kentucky school district pulls books from shelves in reaction to conservative group mailer
October 20, 2024
A far western Kentucky public school system pulled some books from its high school library shelves after a mailer in support of Amendment 2 was sent out earlier this week questioning whether they were appropriate for students.
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LISTEN: Kentucky’s TikTok lawsuit revealed executives knew about app’s effect on teens
October 11, 2024
The contents of a two-year investigation into TikTok by 14 attorneys general is now public due to a redaction error by Kentucky’s attorney general.
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Kentucky’s climate migration: Turning old coal mines into housing
July 29, 2024
When floods hit eastern Kentucky in 2022, hundreds of families lost their homes. Flush with federal aid, the state is responding by becoming a housing developer on former strip mines.
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Local Ky. governments mulling ways to use opioid settlements funds to help communities
July 15, 2024
More than a year after localities began receiving shares of the state’s opioid settlement funding, several local leaders in far western Kentucky are still figuring out how best they can use those funds to tackle the opioid epidemic.
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Local health officials across Kentucky say they’re getting more naloxone access, training
July 11, 2024
Health officials in the eastern part of the state say access to naloxone – the nasal spray medicine that reverses opioid overdoses – has improved throughout the past couple years.
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Invasive and Incomplete
September 08, 2023
How flood cleanup left eastern Kentucky feeling violated and vulnerable.
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