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A three-judge panel has ruled that Tennessee’s laws against the “intent to go armed” and carrying weapons in state parks are unconstitutional.
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Nearly 1,500 workers at a massive electric vehicle battery plant in Hardin County have an important election coming up. Hourly workers at the BlueOval SK Battery Park will vote on whether they should join the United Auto Workers Union. The decision comes amid bitter tensions between workers and the company over safety and health issues.
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Statehouses across the U.S. are addressing long-standing bathroom disparities for female lawmakers. In Kentucky, there is limited restroom access for women in the Statehouse, who risk missing debates or votes if they have to stand in line to answer the call of nature. A $300 million renovation, expected to be finished by at least 2028, will add more bathrooms for women.
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Armory Kentucky imported thousands of adult plants that will be ready for harvest in two months, hastening the timeline for when some medical cannabis will be in dispensaries.
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The approval process for such a facility could take two years or more
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Democrats and union leaders stood together in Louisville over the weekend to declare the city a “union town” as the massive Blue Oval SK battery park in Glendale schedules a union vote.
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A California-based company with ties to billionaire investor and Trump ally Peter Thiel announced plans Friday to build America’s first U.S.-owned, privately developed facility to enrich uranium in far western Kentucky.
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A western Kentucky site was among the four tabbed by the Department of Energy Thursday to be potential future homes of “cutting edge data center and energy generation projects.”
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Stephen Nakagawa, a former Washington Ballet dancer, will be the new director of dance programming. The announcement comes five days after the Kennedy Center's previous chief was dismissed.
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President Trump signed a series of executive orders doubling down on law enforcement, particularly related to Washington, D.C., but he equivocated on whether he will send troops to Chicago next.
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U.S. officials confirmed a case of the flesh-eating parasite in a person who traveled from El Salvador. Screwworm typically affects cattle in South America but has spread north in recent years.
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At its peak, China Evergrande Group was worth more than $50 billion. But it all came crashing down in 2021. It was massively in debt and unable to complete some existing projects.
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Seven years after they merged, the soft drink maker and coffee pod innovator will become separate companies again. CEO Timothy Cofer said separate coffee and beverage businesses would be more nimble.
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It began on the edgy margins of a mainstream festival — which it's now eclipsed. But nearly 80 years on, performers and spectators say rising costs threaten the Fringe's alternative vibe.