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Recently, we found out about something of a potentially serious issue brewing for legacy automaker Ford (F). The United Auto Workers (UAW) union was attempting to establish a presence at the BlueOval SK plant in Kentucky, a move that would put the UAW in a position to build the next generation of vehicles. Now, the UAW is claiming victory, though …

An election to determine whether workers unionize an electric vehicle battery manufacturing complex in Kentucky is in limbo Thursday due to a few dozen disputed ballots that could swing the outcome. The United Auto Workers claimed it secured a narrow victory at the BlueOval SK battery park after the two-day vote that ended Wednesday. Yet the outcome ultimately could depend …

Ballots are being cast Wednesday over a pivotal decision at a Kentucky manufacturing complex that is producing batteries for electric vehicles. Workers will decide whether to join the United Auto Workers and extend a streak of union victories in the South, where organized labor struggled to find solid footing. A two-day union vote closes Wednesday, about a week after production …

It’s finally game week. Rejoice, Big Blue Nation. The arrival of the season means the start of a new routine. Over 12 of the next 14 weeks, Mondays will begin with a new Kentucky football depth chart, followed by Mark Stoops’ press conference, and a new KSR Football Podcast. The first Kentucky football depth chart confirms that Zach Calzada will …

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear took emergency action Monday to ban the sale of “designer Xanax,” responding to a request from his state’s attorney general who is leading a broader effort to combat the highly potent synthetic drug linked to dozens of overdose deaths last year in the Bluegrass State. Beshear’s action in his state comes as …

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Ford Motor Co. will invest nearly $2 billion retooling a Kentucky factory to produce electric vehicles that it says will be more affordable, more profitable to build and will outcompete rival models. The automaker’s top executive unveiled the new EV strategy at Ford’s Louisville Assembly Plant which, after producing gas-powered vehicles for 70 years, will be …

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Robin Levinson King BBC News Getty Images Bulleit Bourbon reported a more than 7% sales drop this fiscal year As American as apple pie, Kentucky bourbon was booming after the last Great Recession ended. But as the economy has waned post-Pandemic – and with multiple trade wars on the horizon – the market may be drying up. Although the whiskey, …

Mark your calendars and book your flights and hotel rooms, folks. The full SEC schedule is complete with dates for Kentucky‘s home and away matchups in conference play finalized as we leave summer behind and turn our focus toward the fall and preseason. We already knew the Wildcats would travel to Tuscaloosa to take on the Alabama Crimson Tide in …

CALVERT CITY, Ky. (AP) — Republican Nate Morris had deftly warmed up a crowd of party faithful, gushing about President Donald Trump and recounting his own life’s journey — from hardscrabble childhood to wealthy entrepreneur — when he turned his attention to the man he wants to replace, Sen. Mitch McConnell. That’s when things got feisty. While bashing Kentucky’s longest-serving …