Of the 20 states, including Kentucky, that have failed to raise the minimum wage above the federal $7.25 an hour standard, 16 have more than 12% of their children living in poverty, according to an analysis of wage and poverty data.

The Mayfield City Council approved a motion on Monday to begin rezoning a section of their downtown severely impacted by the December 2021 tornado outbreak.

Most of the batteries for the next generation of Ford and Lincoln electric vehicles will be made at a nearly $6 billion battery park now under construction near Elizabethtown.

Once a destination because of its mineral waters, this town has remade itself before. This time residents wonder where people will work.

Former employees of the western Kentucky candle factory destroyed in last December’s deadly tornado outbreak are alleging Mayfield Consumer Products retaliated against them for cooperating with an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) probe.

LG Chem of South Korea announced plans on Monday for a $3.2 billion plant in Clarksville, making a key part for electric vehicle batteries.

A state program focused on economic development is giving a half-million dollar boost to the Cadiz-Trigg County Industrial Development Authority’s efforts to expand their industrial park.

Tennessee will soon have the largest lithium processing plant in the nation. North Carolina-based Piedmont Lithium is constructing a new facility in Etowah, near Chattanooga, to produce the component of electric vehicle batteries.

Despite recent rains, some experts are still concerned about the near-record low water levels along the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.

People can apply for funding from Ky.’s portion of a multi-state settlement with four drug companies accused of fueling the opioid epidemic.