Jacob Munoz
Business and Development Reporter, WFPLJacob Munoz is WFPL's business and development reporter. A Chicago native, he previously worked as an editorial assistant at Northwestern Magazine and as a digital and print intern with Smithsonian Magazine. Jacob also served as an editor and reporter for the online student publication North By Northwestern.
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Kentucky legalized sports wagering last year, in a bid to keep residents’ tax revenue from those activities within the Commonwealth. As states embrace the surging industry, some clinicians and researchers worry there aren’t enough safeguards in place to prevent addiction. -
Ford Motor Company and the United Auto Workers said Wednesday they had reached a tentative local agreement at the Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville. The deal comes days before union-represented workers could’ve gone on strike at the plant. -
Ford Motor Company is postponing the start of production at the second of two plants at the upcoming BlueOval SK Battery Park. The site will build batteries for Ford and Lincoln electric vehicles in Hardin County. -
Hourly workers at Ford’s Kentucky Truck Plant (KTP) in Louisville are now on the picket lines, joining a United Auto Workers strike that began almost a month ago. The president of the city’s UAW chapter says workers at the company’s Louisville Assembly Plant could be off the job soon.
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Kentucky residents and visitors 18 and older can now legally bet on sports using websites and mobile apps. Gov. Andy Beshear said last week more than 60,000 accounts were preregistered with sportsbooks. -
Kentucky residents and visitors 18 and older can now place wagers on a variety of sports at in-person locations. Online betting will begin on Sept. 28.
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The United Parcel Service and Teamsters union announced Tuesday that negotiators struck a new five-year deal affecting about 340,000 full- and part-time workers, including at least 12,000 Louisville-area employees. -
Representatives for the United Parcel Service and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters plan to resume talks Tuesday on a new five-year national contract for full- and part-time employees. -
Employees at both Elizabethtown Starbucks locations are the chain’s first union members in Kentucky outside of Louisville. -
U.S. Department of Labor investigators found three Kentucky restaurant owners had a total of 305 young employees work unlawful hours.
