Liam Niemeyer
ReporterLiam covers government and policy in Kentucky and its impacts throughout the Commonwealth for the Kentucky Lantern. He most recently spent four years reporting award-winning stories for WKMS Public Radio in Murray.
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One tax attorney argues data centers should count as manufacturers under state law -
The Democratic governor has argued he has authority over data centers. Experts aren’t so sure. -
As communities around Kentucky protest planned data centers, a new state energy group says the state can bring in hyperscale data centers while also ensuring electricity ratepayers are protected. -
Lack of regulations, cheap energy costs make state a prime target for new industry -
At a two-day conference in Frankfort this week, Kentucky officials on both sides of the aisle expressed support for a nuclear power future in the state. But some Kentuckians have concerns about the cost of nuclear projects as well as safety risks they could carry. -
Pennyrile Regional Energy Agency sues landowners for easements, PSC for recognition as a municipal utility -
The number of ICE detainees in Kentucky jails has more than doubled, and almost three-fourths of them have no criminal record or pending charges, according to an analysis by the League of Women Voters of Kentucky. -
A new study says Kentucky ratepayers could save billions of dollars through 2050 if electric utilities invested more in renewable energy and energy storage, retired “uneconomic” and aging coal-fired power plants, and avoided overbuilding natural gas-fired power. -
As homelessness rises in Kentucky, especially outside the two largest cities, the Trump administration wants to cut hundreds of millions of dollars in federal support for state housing programs. -
Morganfield is home to one of nation’s largest vocational training centers for at-risk young people
