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08/07/2025

The Trump administration has cut staff by more than 24% at the National Park Service since January. Republicans in Congress are now proposing another round of cuts as part of a budget bill.

08/07/2025

A free market think tank found Kentucky awarded $150 million of single-bid asphalt contracts in the first six months of this year, following $270 million given in 2024.

08/07/2025

City and state officials are balancing the environmental benefits of reformulated gas with the added costs to consumers in Louisville.

08/07/2025

The Kentucky Supreme Court reheard a case Wednesday over whether a state law that only affects Louisville is constitutional after originally finding it was last year.

08/06/2025

The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration is proposing rule changes that would limit the authority of district safety managers to require tailored safety measures at individual mines.

08/06/2025

The judge in Misty Noel’s criminal case has affirmed her July conviction and canceled a hearing on possible contempt and setting her plea agreement aside.

An Indiana judge reversed course on whether to set aside the plea agreement for Misty Noel after statements she made to news media the week of her sentencing.

08/06/2025

A Louisville real estate developer is suing to declare the city-county merger of 2003 unconstitutional and void.

08/06/2025

A lease to build the first U.S.-owned, privately developed uranium enrichment facility in the country was signed in western Kentucky on Tuesday against a backdrop of containers holding depleted tails of uranium hexafluoride – some covered in rust.

08/05/2025

The competition for President Donald Trump’s endorsement is dominating the GOP primary to take U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell’s seat, with some candidates seeking to turn it into a battle over the longtime senator’s legacy.

This year’s Fancy Farm picnic in western Kentucky turned into a debate over Sen. Mitch McConnell’s legacy within his own party as GOP candidates for his office vie for President Donald Trump’s endorsement.

08/05/2025

The Trump administration canceled humanitarian parole for more than a million immigrants who had entered the country lawfully. In turn, companies have terminated those no longer eligible to work.

NPR reports from Louisville.

The Trump administration canceled humanitarian parole for more than a million immigrants who had entered the country lawfully. In turn, companies have terminated those no longer eligible to work.

08/05/2025

A rural town in western Kentucky will be home to the state's first medical cannabis dispensary.

08/04/2025

As the summer basketball season at Shawnee Park draws to a close, an underdog team from Newburg took the 56th annual Dirt Bowl crown.