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Toyota To Boost Hybrid Production in Kentucky with $204.4 Million Investment Creating 82 New Manufacturing Jobs in Georgetown
Company has announced nearly $2.9 billion in new investments since start of Beshear administration FRANKFORT, Ky. (Nov. 20, 2025) – Today, Gov. Andy Beshear announced Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky (TMMK) is once again expanding its presence in Georgetown with a $204.4 million investment that will create 82 new manufacturing jobs and boost production…
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Gov. Beshear: Four More Kentucky Counties Certified as Recovery Ready Communities, Further Protecting Lives in Fight Against Addiction
Addition expands addiction resources to nearly 219,000 more Kentuckians FRANKFORT, Ky. (Nov. 20, 2025) – Today, Gov. Andy Beshear took additional action to protect Kentuckians from addiction by certifying Estill, Henderson, Lewis and Warren counties as Recovery Ready Communities. By designating these counties as Recovery Ready, Team Kentucky is expanding access to assistance for…
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LFUCG forgives $12 million in medical debt for Fayette County residents
In a press conference on Tuesday, November 18, the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government announced it completed its first round of medical debt forgiveness in partnership with the nonprofit Undue Medical Debt. This round of forgiveness abolished more than $12.6 million of medical debt for 6,484 Fayette County residents. Earlier this year, LFUCG signed a…
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GE Appliances To Invest $40 Million in 4 Plastics Suppliers Across Kentucky To Boost Laundry Manufacturing
Suppliers include EPC, Jones Plastic, Plastic Products Co. Inc. and another in Frankfort FRANKFORT, Ky. (Nov. 20, 2025) – Today, Gov. Andy Beshear announced GE Appliances will award $40 million to four plastics suppliers in Kentucky in an effort to boost laundry manufacturing: EPC, a plastic fabrication company in Lebanon; Jones Plastic, a…
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‘It’s a special outdoor classroom’: UK Robinson Forest Field Day demonstrates flash flooding modules for local youth
CLAYHOLE, Ky. (Nov. 20, 2025) — More than 60 middle school and high school students from Breathitt and Letcher counties were invited to learn about the factors influencing flash flooding at Robinson Forest, a 14,800-acre forest in the Cumberland Plateau and home to some of the least disturbed watersheds in Eastern Kentucky. Part of…
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‘I Am a UK Innovator:’ Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment’s Allen Page
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 20, 2025) — Innovation can lead to breakthroughs, turning ideas into real-world solutions that make a lasting impact. Research Communications partnered with UK Innovate to spotlight faculty innovators with pioneering ideas at the University of Kentucky. UK Innovate works collaboratively with innovators to strategically assess, protect and license early-stage technologies and co-create new…
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Council votes to block Maxwell Street student housing development
In a lengthy public hearing on Wednesday, November 19th, the Urban County Council voted 8-7 against a zone change for a student-oriented apartment complex at the corner of East Maxwell and Rose Streets. The proposal had come to Council after a 8-2 decision in favor of the zone change by Planning Commission and a…
