Kentucky

Ford to invest nearly $2B in Ky. plant for EV production

August 16, 2025 Bruce Schreiner

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Ford Motor Co. will invest nearly $2 billion retooling a Kentucky factory to produce electric vehicles that it says will be more affordable, more profitable to build and will outcompete rival models. […]

GE shifts washing machine production from China to Ky., invests $490M

July 5, 2025 Bruce Schreiner

LOUISVILLE, Ky.— GE Appliances announced a nearly half-billion-dollar project last Thursday that it says will create 800 new jobs and shift production of clothes washers from China to its massive manufacturing complex in Kentucky. The […]

Miss., Ky. on path to ax income tax on wages

April 12, 2025 David A. Lieb

About 45 years have passed since a U.S. state last eliminated its income tax on wages and salaries. But with recent actions in Mississippi and Kentucky, two states are now on a path to do […]

Music Review: My Morning Jacket’s 10th album ‘is’ a joy for fans, newbies alike

March 31, 2025 Scott Bauer

My Morning Jacket likes to hide some of its best music behind unassuming titles. Twenty years ago, the Louisville-based jam-infused rock band led by Jim James released “Z,” one of its most heralded records. And […]

Kentucky governor signs GOP-backed personal income tax cut

February 15, 2025 Bruce Schreiner

Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear signed a bill into law last Thursday that will reduce Kentucky’s individual income tax, expressing confidence that economic growth will offset the loss in revenue. The measure, which will lower the […]

In Kentucky bourbon country, threat of trade war feels like lasting hangover

February 10, 2025 Bruce Schreiner

LAWRENCEBURG, Ky. — In the rolling hills of Kentucky where most of the world’s bourbon supply is crafted, the prospect of a new trade war feels like an aching hangover that won’t go away. Kentucky […]

Company announces nearly $712M energy-saving battery project in Ky.

November 1, 2024 Bruce Schreiner

FRANKFORT, Ky. — A battery manufacturer has selected Kentucky for a nearly $712 million project to produce industrial-sized batteries used to store and distribute energy, a process seen as increasingly important to help secure a […]

Local talent tries to impress NBA teams in summer leagues

August 2, 2024 Asheebo Rojas

For North Carolina’s former college and high school basketball favorites seeking the glory and prestige of the NBA, the time is now. NBA Summer League play began this month, giving former local basketball stars an […]

Panthers go south for Legette

May 9, 2024 Shawn Krest

While several first rounders were wearing custom-made suits and shaking hands with the commissioner on draft night, Xavier Legette was at the Mullins, SC town hall with his grandmother. “It was really the only spot […]

Southern Republicans look to nationalize 2023 governors’ races by invoking Biden

October 4, 2023 Bruce Schreiner, Associated Press

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — President Joe Biden’s name won’t appear on the ballot anywhere in 2023, but you wouldn’t know it from the campaigns that Republican candidates for governor are running in Kentucky and Mississippi. GOP […]