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U.S. Department of Energy Deputy Secretary David Turk met with Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear to celebrate a $270 million federal investment in copper recycling in Kentucky.
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Gov. Andy Beshear vetoed a bill over the weekend that could boot Louisville’s NAACP branch from a major community organization’s board. State lawmakers can override his move when they reconvene this week.
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Police arrested 15 people Friday morning for trespassing on property owned by two major defense contractors. A Louisville coalition calling for a cease-fire in Gaza blocked entrances to the facilities.
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The United Parcel Service announced Tuesday it would lay off about 12,000 employees this year, focusing on management and contractor jobs. The move comes after executives reported lower-than-expected demand.
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After years of efforts, Smoketown residents and advocates have created a community land trust. They aim to provide home-ownership opportunities for residents who might otherwise be priced out by rising costs.
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Meta Platforms Inc. is building an $800 million data center that will create about 100 operational jobs and more than 1,200 construction jobs at the River Ridge Commerce Center in Jeffersonville.
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Trader Joe’s workers at the Louisville store are set to be represented by a national union about a year after originally voting to join it. The company alleged the union violated a fair election, but federal regulators disagreed.
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Kentucky’s Jeff Noel and Louisville’s Pat Mulloy are the secretary and deputy mayor, respectively, for economic development in their administrations. The two discussed their ideas for growing the state and city at an event Wednesday.
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Louisville planners are updating development rules around Floyds Fork, a winding waterway that travels through eastern Jefferson County. The latest proposed regulations, which were due more than a year ago, have drawn criticism from some environmentalists.
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Indiana’s unemployment rate ticked up a tenth of a percentage point last month, to 3.7% — the highest the rate has been in more than two years.
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Louisville Metro Council members voted to pass a controversial tax incentive for a long-planned development. They also greenlit new workforce development funding after the city revoked a previous award following an ethics scandal.
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Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg announced Wednesday a finalized city strategy to attract and support residents and businesses. It features action items from many aspects of local life, like public safety, transportation and employment.