Bruce Schreiner

Associated Press

Firefighters search a debris field that came from a house that was ripped off its foundation and trees were cut off after a tornado ripped along Highway F at the intersection of Stub Road in St. Charles County, Mo., on Friday, Dec. 10, 2021.

Planning Questions Emerge at Tornado-Destroyed Candle Plant

Eight of the 110 workers on the overnight shift Friday are confirmed dead.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear speaks during the official announcement of Ford Motor Company along with SK Innovations in building two electric battery factories in Glendale, Ky., at the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort, Ky., Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021.

GE Appliances Announces $450M Investment

It will add more than 1,000 jobs.

Bettye Jo Boone, a 30 year employee of Heaven Hill, pickets in front of Heaven Hill Distillery in Bardstown, Ky., Monday, Sept. 13, 2021. Declaring an impasse in contract talks with striking union workers, global spirits producer Heaven Hill said Monday, Oct. 18 it will start hiring permanent replacement workers for bottling and warehouse operations in Kentucky.

Amid Strike, Bourbon Maker to Start Hiring Replacement Workers

About 420 union members voted last month to reject a new five-year contract offer.

United Auto Workers President Ray Curry, right, bumps fists with Jim Farley, Ford president and CEO, left, after a presentation on the planned factory to build electric F-Series trucks and the batteries to power future electric Ford and Lincoln vehicles Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021, in Memphis, Tenn. The plant in Tennessee is to be built near Stanton, Tenn.

Ford's Plan for New EV Factories Raises Question Over Union Jobs

The carmaker is going to hire 11,000 workers, but just how good will those jobs be?

A truck drives down a rural road near a water tower marking the location of the Memphis Regional Megasite on Sept. 24, 2021, in Stanton, Tenn. Ford Motor Co. and SK Innovation of South Korea plan to build three new electric-vehicle battery factories and an auto assembly plant by 2025 in Tennessee and Kentucky. The industrial site in Stanton will be the location for a factory to produce electric F-Series pickups and a battery factory.

Ford to Add 10,800 Jobs Making Electric Vehicles, Batteries

It is the largest manufacturing investment Ford has ever made.

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New CEO to Oversee Struggling $1.7B Mill Project

Kentucky taxpayers have a direct stake in Braidy’s plans to build the aluminum rolling mill.

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Aluminum Plant Project Short $500M

Despite a state investment of $15M, the project has struggled from the start to obtain the private capital it needs.

In this June 20, 2018 file photo, Catoctin Creek Distillery whiskey is on display in a tasting room in Purcellville, Va.

U.S. Whiskey Exports Decline

President Trump’s trade war has dampened the overseas market for American-made whiskey.

Leading Hemp Processor Files for Bankruptcy

It's a 'gut punch' to the fledgling industry.

In this April 26, 2107 file photo, Braidy Industries Inc. CEO Craig Bouchard, right, and Republican Gov. Matt Bevin speak with reporters in Wurtland, Ky. Braidy Industries said Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, that its chairman and CEO, Craig Bouchard, would step down from that role but would remain a member of the company's board of directors. The company offered no reason for the change, which comes at a crucial time for efforts to build the mill near Ashland.

Shakeup at Company Planning $1.7B Plant

The project is staked to millions in taxpayer money.

Apple Awards $250M for Glass

Combined with the $200M received from Apple's Advanced Manufacturing Fund, the combined investments will support R&D for next-gen devices.

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks to striking telecommunications workers on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2019, in Louisville, Ky. Sanders says it’s possible to be a friend of coal miners and a believer in climate change and the need for cleaner energy sources to combat it.

Sanders: Support Coal Country and Climate

"Coal miners ... are not my enemy," the senator said. "Workers in the fossil fuel industry are not my enemy. Climate change is our enemy."