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Beyond passing a two-year state budget, the GOP supermajority of the Kentucky General Assembly plans to advance bills addressing education, data centers, immigration and housing in the 2026 session.
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For 1,600 workers at BlueOval SK, their days on the job are numbered. Ford says the Glendale EV battery plant will be shuttered by mid-February. -
President Donald Trump has implemented new restrictions to refugee employment opportunities and food assistance while prioritizing entry application approvals for white South Africans. -
Despite BlueOval SK dissolving its partnership and closing the EV battery plant in HardinCounty, Kentucky taxpayers are still on the hook for the largest economic development project in state history. -
Ford will turn the BlueOval SK factory in Glendale into a battery-storage business for customers such as utilities, wind and solar developers, and massive data centers. -
The National Labor Relations Board will hold a two-day hearing this week on a contested union election at an electric vehicle battery plant in Kentucky. Workers at BlueOval SK in Glendale narrowly voted to join the United Auto Workers Union in August, but 41 ballots are being challenged and the results could alter the outcome of the election.
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Keystone Features/Getty ImagesLegendary screen siren and animal rights activist Brigitte Bardot has died at age 91. The alluring former model starred in numerous movies, often playing the highly sexualized love interest. -
Anton Shtuka for NPRThe Museum of Strategic Missile Forces tells the story of how Ukraine dismantled its nuclear weapons arsenal after independence in 1991. Today many Ukrainians believe that decision to give up nukes was a mistake.
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