The Jefferson County Clerk is looking for an outside consultant to audit its voter data after an LPM News investigation found discrepancies that impacted residents' ballots.

Jefferson County Clerk seeks outside help to ensure voters receive correct ballots

The Jefferson County Clerk’s office is auditing its voter precinct data.

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An Eastern Kentucky coal operator told a U.S. Bankruptcy Court late last week that it expects to wind down its operations in September. Clintwood JOD LLC wants to dismiss a lawsuit by former workers, saying it doesn't have any money to pay what they should have received.

Bankrupt KY coal operator tells court there’s nothing left to pay laid-off workers who sued

Three hundred former employees of Clintwood JOD LLC sued in March, seeking 60 days of pay and benefits they say they should have received under the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notificatio...

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Some Kentucky produce providers are seeing growing interest in farmers' markets and other non-grocery store options for fruits and vegetables, in light of the recent cyclosporiasis outbreak across the country.

As cyclosporiasis cases grow, some Kentucky customers turn to local produce

Some produce providers are seeing growing interest in farmers' markets and other non-grocery store options for fruits and vegetables.

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Black lung rates are now as bad as the 1970s, with thousands of coal miners sick and dying. Mining experts blame toxic silica dust, now more common in mines. From @justinhicks.lpm.org

Appalachia's black lung rates highest in nearly 50 years as miners' protections stall

Rates are now as bad as the 1970s, with thousands of miners sick and dying. Mining experts blame toxic silica dust, now more common in mines.

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Last year, Black drivers were more than twice as likely as white drivers to be searched by Louisville police officers during a traffic stop. That’s the topline finding in a report given to the Louisville Metro Police Department from its own hired consultant. From @justinhicks.lpm.org

Louisville police watchdog 'alarmed' after data shows potential bias in LMPD traffic stops

Last year, Black drivers were more than twice as likely as white drivers to be searched by Louisville police officers during a traffic stop. That’s the topline finding in a report given to the Louisvi...

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The federal government has reached a settlement with Ascend Elements, the company that halted construction of a massive AV battery recycling plant in Christian County. Ascend will pay $7.5 million to resolve civil allegations that it inflated reimbursement claims.

Company building EV battery plant in western Kentucky settles with DOJ

The U.S. Department of Justice has settled a civil lawsuit against Ascend Elements, which was once building a massive battery plant in western Kentucky. The company was accused of inflating the cost o...

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Fayette County Public Schools’ financial procedures lacked checks and balances, independent review and, at times, board approval for budget changes, according to findings of an outside audit ordered into the district’s financial turmoil. From @weku.bsky.social

‘Inaccurate and incomplete info:’ FCPS budget audit finds lacking oversight, concentrated approval power

External auditors presented a deep dive into the district's finances Monday night before the Fayette County Board of Education.

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Domestic violence reports and protective orders rose across Kentucky last year, according to a new state report. Advocates saying the troubling trend comes at a time when shelters and resources are spread thin.

Kentucky domestic violence shelters stretched thin by increasing demand

Domestic violence reports and protective orders rose across Kentucky last year, according to a new state report, with southcentral Kentucky advocates saying the troubling trend matches what they're se...

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Two of the largest coal rail shippers reported an overall increase in volume in the second quarter of the year. Yet domestic volumes declined, even as the Trump administration pushes a flurry of favorable coal policies. From @weku.bsky.social

Trump policies favor coal, but rail data show a drop in domestic shipments

President Donald Trump’s administration has taken aggressive steps to boost coal production, but those efforts may only have partially succeeded.

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Louisvillian Sarafinah Bukirwa was released from ICE custody Friday, following pressure from family, friends and @repmcgarvey.bsky.social. The Ugandan woman says she was denied medical care for sickle cell anemia while detained. From KPR's @justinhicks.lpm.org:

UPDATE: Louisville woman with sickle cell released from ICE custody

Friends and family said Wednesday a local jail was holding Sarafinah Bukirwa for federal immigration charges and wasn’t giving her proper care.

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On this special edition of Curious Louisville, LPM's Giselle Rhoden and Laura Ellis try to unlock the many mysteries of the Louisville Can Opener.⁠ Listen here: www.lpm.org/news/2026-07...

Republicans and Democrats shared the stage at this year's annual Fancy Farm political picnic in western Kentucky Saturday, with the open U.S. Senate seat top of mind and next year's gubernatorial primaries shaping up. #kysen #kygov From @sylviaruthg.lpm.org & @hannahsaad.bsky.social

Fancy Farm picnic politicking focuses on fall’s U.S. Senate race, 2027 gubernatorial primary

Republicans and Democrats shared the stage at this year’s annual Fancy Farm political picnic in western Kentucky Saturday, with the open U.S. Senate seat top of mind and next year’s gubernatorial prim...

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Family friends have told me they are at the hospital with her now and she is frail but she is released to their / the hospital care.

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UPDATE: A federal judge in Louisville just ordered the release of a Ugandan woman who says she was denied medical care for sickle cell anemia while in custody of ICE.

Despite growing local opposition, Louisville's chamber of commerce pushed data center development as one of their top federal priorities during a fly-out of Louisville leaders to Washington, D.C.

Louisville officials put tariff cuts, data center development on federal policy list

The area’s economic development agency published their federal priorities during a fly-out of Louisville leaders to Washington, D.C.

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Kentucky Power, Louisville Gas & Electric and Kentucky Utilities, Duke Energy, East Kentucky Power Cooperative and Big Rivers Electric Corporation have signed Trump's pledge to protect ratepayers from increased bills due to data centers. Critics say it will not shield customers.

Kentucky utilities sign Trump’s data center pledge. Critics say it won't shield customers

Several Kentucky utilities have signed on to the Trump administration's Ratepayer Protection Pledge.

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U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright spoke at the Paducah announcement, saying “Artificial intelligence: It just makes every one of us in this room smarter … a little bit more productive. I haven't met anyone who didn't want to be smarter.”

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Federal and state officials hyped a $100 billion data center development Wednesday in far western Kentucky. The campus will be built on the former Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant site, along with a gas-fired power plant.

After being detained at the Louisville Airport, friends and family say a Kentucky jail is holding Sarafinah Bukirwa for federal immigration charges and isn’t giving her proper care – as she has sickle cell anemia and is now in a health crisis. From @justinhicks.lpm.org

Woman detained by ICE at Louisville airport says she isn’t receiving needed medical care

After being detained at the Louisville Airport, friends and family say a local jail is holding Sarafinah Bukirwa for federal immigration charges and isn’t giving her proper care – now she’s in a healt...

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A report from the Trump administration’s coal council casts a pair of 70-year-old coal plants as efficient, economic and vital to the grid, though they actually lose money for electricity customers. From @tatecurtis.bsky.social at @weku.bsky.social

Trump’s coal council touts plants that lose money for Kentucky electricity customers

The National Coal Council says the Ohio Valley Electric Corp. plants in Madison, Indiana, and Cheshire, Ohio, are efficient and economic.

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Federal and state officials hyped a $100 billion data center development Wednesday in far western Kentucky. The campus will be built on the former Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant site, along with a gas-fired power plant.

$100B data center, gas-fired power plant to be developed around Paducah DOE site

A $100 billion data center campus will be built on federally-owned land in far western Kentucky.

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After being detained at the Louisville Airport, friends and family say a Kentucky jail is holding Sarafinah Bukirwa for federal immigration charges and isn’t giving her proper care – as she has sickle cell anemia and is now in a health crisis. From @justinhicks.lpm.org

Woman detained by ICE at Louisville airport says she isn’t receiving needed medical care

After being detained at the Louisville Airport, friends and family say a local jail is holding Sarafinah Bukirwa for federal immigration charges and isn’t giving her proper care – now she’s in a healt...

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A new lawsuit against former Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis accuses her of hiding an inheritance to avoid paying a civil rights case judgment. Davis owed $100,000 in damages to one of the same-sex couples she refused to issue a marriage license to.

Lawsuit alleges Kim Davis hid inheritance to avoid paying civil rights judgment

A new lawsuit against former the Rowan County clerk accuses her of hiding an inheritance to avoid paying damages in the high-profile civil rights case.

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A $100 billion data center project is planned to be built on the former Paducah Gaseous Diffusion plant site – including a dedicated 2-gigawatt natural gas-fired power plant that could be constructed “at or near the Paducah campus.” From @doperle.bsky.social at @wkmsfm.bsky.social:

$100B data center, gas-fired power plant to be developed around Paducah DOE site

A $100 billion data center campus will be built on federally-owned land in far western Kentucky.

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Despite an active bench warrant and a requirement to appear in person, former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin was absent from a hearing in his child support case, where his ex-wife Glenna and estranged son Jonah testified.

Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin skips child support hearing as his son, ex-wife testify

Despite an active bench warrant and a requirement to appear in person, former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin was absent from a hearing in his child support case.

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Despite an active bench warrant and a requirement to appear in person, former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin was absent from a hearing in his child support case, where his ex-wife Glenna and estranged son Jonah testified.

Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin skips child support hearing as his son, ex-wife testify

Despite an active bench warrant and a requirement to appear in person, former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin was absent from a hearing in his child support case.

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Addiction Recovery Care, once Kentucky’s largest treatment provider, agreed to pay $16.2 million to settle whistleblower claims of Medicaid billing fraud.

Addiction Recovery Care enters $16M settlement with DOJ on Medicaid fraud allegations

Addiction Recovery Care, once Kentucky’s largest treatment provider, agreed to pay $16.2 million to settle whistleblower claims of Medicaid billing fraud.

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With just over 100 days until federal restrictions on hemp products goes into effect, a Kentucky congressman proposed a set of regulations, while the industry wants to push back that deadline. From @sylviaruthg.lpm.org

Hemp industry leaders, Kentucky congressmen seek to delay upcoming product restrictions

With just over 100 days until federal restrictions on hemp products goes into effect, a Kentucky congressman proposed a set of regulations.

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A statement from Mitch McConnell released by his office says he’s still undergoing “intense physical therapy” and will miss the Fancy Farm political event this Saturday.

Mitch McConnell’s office releases new photo, statement that he’s still recovering

A statement from Mitch McConnell released by his office says he’s still undergoing “intense physical therapy” and will miss the Fancy Farm political event this Saturday.

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The Vince McMahon sex trafficking suit, which led to his resignation as CEO shortly after it was filed, gets shunted into private arbitration never to be heard from again.

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A new podcast series takes traditional Appalachian ballads about train wrecks and murder and transforms them into radio plays. From @andrewhenderson.bsky.social

Traditional Appalachian ballads are reimagined in new audio drama, podcast series

A podcast series takes traditional Appalachian ballads about train wrecks and murder and transforms them into radio plays.

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Gov. Andy Beshear is among a group of 26 Democratic governors and attorneys general accusing the Trump administration of unlawfully withholding hundreds of millions of dollars in federal grants. From @weku.bsky.social

Kentucky joins coalition of states suing FEMA, DHS for withholding disaster preparedness grants

Gov. Andy Beshear is among a group of 26 Democratic governors and attorneys general accusing the Trump administration of unlawfully withholding hundreds of millions of dollars in federal grants.

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