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Five Louisville residents are under federal indictment for allegedly getting financial kickbacks in a driver’s licensing scheme. They were employed at two regional driver’s licensing offices where the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet noticed irregularities and contacted law enforcement. -
Ford’s EV battery plant in Glendale was supposed to be the biggest economic development project Kentucky has ever seen. Now that the plant has shuttered, some former workers feel spurned, but community leaders remain cautiously optimistic. -
A data center proposal remains stalled before the Franklin Planning and Zoning Commission. For the second time, the board tabled a vote Thursday night on a preliminary development plan by TenKey LandCo, LLC, the company that purchased 200 acres for the project off I-65. -
A data center developer has purchased a former aluminum smelter in Hancock County. TeraWulf Incorporated plans to repurpose the Century Aluminum facility in Hawesville, an former industrial site that includes more than 250 acres of land. -
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