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Communities grappled with data center projects, the cannabis industry faced delays and setbacks, and the president battled with a Kentucky congressman throughout 2025.

Earnings reports from a handful of public distillers show bleak sales. But one Turkish-based expert says young people, looking for a bargain-price buzz, are still interested in cheaper whiskey brands.

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.

From federal rulemakers all the way down to Kentucky lawmakers, 2025 was full of regulatory wins for mining companies. Meanwhile, health researchers confirm that deaths from black lung disease are rampant in the mine industry.

A grand jury found the prosecution did not show probable cause, so it chose not to indict a man charged with the fatal shooting earlier this month.

Kentucky Public Radio has covered a tumultuous year of federal cuts and shifts, the lawsuits challenging them, state governance and another hefty legislative session. Rediscover our top politics stories of 2025.

After a nonpartisan forecasting group predicted a smaller shortfall, Gov. Andy Beshear said he is implementing reductions across state government — but some constitutional officers are declining to do the same.

A year after upholding a law limiting the power of the Jefferson County school board, the Kentucky Supreme Court struck it down in a new ruling, thanks to a new member.

Democrat Gary Clemons, a U.S. Army veteran and president of United Steelworkers Local 1693, won the vacant southwest Louisville Senate seat.

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.