Source: Office of the Governor

FEMA approved federal public assistance for 20 Kentucky counties affected by deadly June 2026 flooding that killed six people. Governor Beshear’s request to President Trump came after severe storms dumped up to 8 inches of rain across parts of the state.

Governor Andy Beshear has sent a letter to President Donald Trump requesting he rescind tariff and trade policies, saying they are fueling a cost-of-living crisis and harming Kentucky’s agriculture, bourbon and coal industries.

Jeremy Day, a school resource officer at Garden Springs and James Lane Allen elementary schools, has been named the September 2026 Kids’ Champion by Fayette County Public Schools for his Fayette 50: Miles for Smiles fundraising campaign, which raised over $12,000 to help students afford back-to-school essentials.

Working Kentuckians find themselves in an increasingly difficult labor market in 2026, with no net job growth in the state over the last two years, rising costs due to inflation and wages that aren’t keeping up with those costs. Tariffs, war in Iran, immigration crackdowns and federal budget cuts are contributing to a slow…

GE Appliances announced a $1 billion investment to expand its Louisville Appliance Park, bringing dryer production from Mexico to Kentucky and positioning the facility as America’s largest home appliance manufacturing site.

Brown-Forman reported a 1% decline in first-quarter sales to $911 million, but ready-to-drink products and emerging markets, particularly Mexico, showed strong growth, even as traditional whiskey categories and developed markets remained under pressure.

Amazon plans a new 324,500-square-foot same-day delivery facility in Louisville that will create hundreds of jobs paying an average of $23 per hour, as the company continues to expand its Kentucky operations.

Louisville Gas and Electric Co. and Kentucky Utilities Co. earned Site Selection magazine’s Top Utility award for economic development for the 13th time, supporting 92 projects that brought $5.7 billion in announced investment and 4,574 jobs to Kentucky in 2025.

Equip Exposition 2026 returns to the Kentucky Exposition Center Oct. 20-23, bringing thousands of landscaping and equipment professionals to Louisville for demonstrations, education and networking, featuring HGTV’s Mike Holmes as keynote speaker and events across the city.

GE Appliances announced a $1 billion investment in its Louisville Appliance Park headquarters, including the return of dryer manufacturing from Mexico, creating 4,700 manufacturing jobs and positioning the facility as the nation’s largest home appliance manufacturing site.