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.

Kentucky law requires school districts to have a school resource officer (SRO) on every campus to provide security and respond to student violations. Warren County Public Schools is going a step further with an SRO detective, the first position of its kind in the state.

The EPA is moving to narrow the definitions of protected waterways under the Clean Water Act, opening many waterways to pollution and destruction.

Despite the reopening of the federal government, refugees who have resettled in the U.S. no longer qualify for SNAP benefits. The Republican-backed "Big Beautiful Bill" signed into law in July revoked a longtime policy of allowing refugees food assistance under SNAP.

Now that the federal government shutdown is over, Kentucky is working to issue full SNAP benefits to the 600,000 residents who receive food assistance.