Lisa Autry

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.

The disruption in food assistance due to the government shutdown has communities banding together to feed their neighbors. Even as the longest shutdown in U.S. history has come to an end, food banks and other non-profits say they expect demand to continue in the coming weeks and throughout the holiday season as the low-income get back on their feet.

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.

Gov. Andy Beshear is sending the National Guard to help staff food banks as about 600,000 Kentuckians experience delays in SNAP benefits from the federal government.

As SNAP recipients prepare to possibly lose benefits on Saturday, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says while he’s looking at all options, he’s not sure a special session of the General Assembly is needed.

Republican Congressman Brett Guthrie of Kentucky says Democrats must vote for a government reopening before his party will negotiate Affordable Care Act tax credits. Guthrie held a round table discussion in Radcliff on Wednesday with members of the Ft. Knox community.

McLean County is one of six Kentucky counties participating in a buyout program from the state and federal governments following April’s historic flooding.

With the government shutdown now in its third week, an Army post in central Kentucky is doing what comes naturally to the military-showing resiliency. But the funding impasse still threatens the livelihoods of active duty service members and civilian employees, as well as the nation’s defense readiness.

Gov. Andy Beshear announced a second cultivator has been approved for Kentucky’s medical cannabis industry.

Workers at BlueOval SK are suing the Kentucky employer alleging they have not received overtime pay.

The impeached mayor of London, Kentucky, is back on the job after a court overturned his removal from office. Randall Weddle appealed the decision earlier this month by the London City Council to oust him as mayor.

A judge in Bardstown has formally sentenced Brooks Houck to life in prison for the murder of his girlfriend and mother of his child. Nelson Circuit Judge Charles Simms went with a jury’s recommendation on Wednesday in sentencing Houck to the maximum punishment for the murder of Crystal Rogers.

In 2022, the General Assembly approved House Bill 9, setting up a funding mechanism for charter schools.

The United Auto Workers union has preliminarily won a razor-thin election at a fourth electric vehicle battery plant in the U.S.

Hourly workers at the BlueOval SK Battery Park will soon hold a union vote. The decision comes amid bitter tensions between workers and the company over safety and health issues.