Environment
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Burgin city council member walks out to stop a vote for a proposed data center project
A second attempt to annex property for a Mercer County data center failed during a Sept. 8 Burgin City Council meeting.
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Kentucky approved for FEMA help tied to June storms
Twenty Kentucky counties impacted by June’s severe weather will be eligible to receive a chunk of FEMA public assistance funding to help rebuild, per announcements from Rep. Andy Barr and President Donald Trump.
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Does Beshear’s data center executive order have ‘teeth’ without state law to back it up?
The Democratic governor has argued he has authority over data centers. Experts aren’t so sure.
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Severe flooding raises deadly overdose risk in rural Appalachia, study finds – and the harm lasts for years
When flooding hits rural areas like Appalachia, it can weaken support systems that have taken years to build. At the same time, residents in drug or alcohol recovery are under extraordinary stress from the loss of homes, jobs and sometimes friends and family.
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Louisville Metro Council clears six-month data center moratorium
Louisville’s new data center moratorium comes as the city continues to weigh potential regulations on data centers.
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Beshear signs executive order to crack down on data centers in Kentucky
Gov. Andy Beshear’s executive order comes months after Kentucky lawmakers ended the 2026 legislative session without passing any data center regulations.
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Federal government to turn a Kentucky uranium plant into an AI data center and gas power complex
Another data center is being proposed for Kentucky, this time a $100 billion federally backed project in Paducah.
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Data center tax breaks could cost Kentucky billions, new analysis finds
Data centers are being proposed across Kentucky, and if they come to fruition, a policy analyst says the data center tax breaks could become the largest tax expenditure on the state’s books.
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A Mercer County city wants to annex land for a potential data center. Another city has concerns.
Burgin wants to annex land so a data center can build there, but neighboring Harrodsburg—which helps supply water—has some concerns.
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Utility regulator launches investigation into ‘troubling’ Kentucky Power planning practices
The investigation follows years of concerns from Kentucky’s utilities regulator and the state’s attorney general over Kentucky Power’s energy planning decisions.
