Kentucky Lantern

08/11/2025

Ford Motor Company will invest nearly $2 billion to convert a longtime auto manufacturing plant in Louisville to build electric vehicles from a new platform adaptable to multiple vehicle types, aiming to launch a mid-sized EV pickup truck by 2027.

Ford Motor Company will invest nearly $2 billion to convert a Louisville plant to build electric vehicles.

08/10/2025

Republican candidates for Kentucky’s open U.S. Senate seat set the tone for their campaigns ahead of next year’s primary during the state party’s Lincoln Day Dinner Saturday night.

08/08/2025

Medicaid is becoming a flashpoint in Kentucky’s 6th Congressional District, as Democratic candidates attack President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act and Republicans mirror their congressional counterparts on support for the GOP megabill.

Medicaid is becoming a flashpoint in Kentucky’s 6th Congressional District between Democrats and Republicans.

08/06/2025

A union vote later this month at the Ford Blue Oval SK plant in Hardin County is about winning safe working conditions, a voice on the job and affordable health care.

The vote is also a huge opportunity for every working-class Kentuckian across the state.

08/06/2025

Kentucky Supreme Court justices once again heard arguments in a case that could upend laws around “special legislation” governing specific cities and entities within the state.

LEXINGTON — Kentucky Supreme Court justices once again heard arguments in a case that could upend laws around “special legislation” governing specific cities and entities within the state. The lawsuit, initially filed by the board of Jefferson County Public Schools, takes aim at a 2022 law tha...

08/06/2025

As more hospitals have gobbled up private physician practices, costs for childbirth and other services have gone up, according to a new study.

Since the early aughts, the share of physicians in the United States working for hospitals has nearly doubled, according to the study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, a nonprofit research organization.

As more hospitals have gobbled up private physician practices, costs for childbirth and other services have gone up, according to a new study.

08/06/2025

With control of the U.S. House - and Donald Trump's legacy - hanging in the balance, a congressional race in Kentucky's only swing district is being closely watched.

08/04/2025

While addressing party faithful — Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman at a Democratic dinner and U.S. Rep. James Comer at a Republican breakfast — mentioned the future statewide races.

Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman and Republican U.S. Rep. James Comer fuel speculation about getting in the Kentucky 2027 governor’s race.

08/04/2025

While more than a dozen states have shrunk their pension debt obligations in recent years, a majority continue to see growth in the gap between the amount of money retirees have been promised and the amount of cash states have set aside.

Kentucky is one of a majority of states that has seen the gap between the amount of money state government retirees have been promised and the amount of cash it has set aside grow

08/04/2025

When children are unnecessarily removed from their homes, experts say the separation puts them at risk of chronic mental and physical ailments.

With that in mind, four Kentucky libraries are launching grant-funded programs to keep families together, well resourced and educated.

Four Kentucky libraries launch programs to keep families together and well resourced so children aren't unnecessarily removed from home.

08/03/2025

The top three Republican candidates to represent Kentucky in the U.S. Senate have been taking snipes at each other on the campaign trail this summer as they barrel toward the May 2026 primary, but they pulled out the stops for the annual Fancy Farm Picnic.

Kentucky Republican candidates for U.S. Senate — former Attorney General Daniel Cameron, U.S. Rep. Andy Barr and Lexington businessman Nate Morris — pulled out the zingers for annual Fancy Farm Picnic.

08/01/2025

Gov. Andy Beshear’s super PAC In This Together reported raising $618,200 during the first half of this year to the Federal Election Commission late Thursday.

The super PAC was founded soon after the governor’s reelection in 2023 and funds his ongoing political activity and aspirations as he explores a possible run for president in 2028.

From Tom Loftus:

Gov. Andy Beshear's super PAC In This Together reported raising $618,200 during the first half of this year to the Federal Election Commission