Lisa Autry
Reporter/ProducerLisa is a Scottsville native and WKU alum. She has worked in radio as a news reporter and anchor for 18 years. Prior to joining WKU Public Radio, she most recently worked at WHAS in Louisville and WLAC in Nashville. She has received numerous awards from the Associated Press, including Best Reporter in Kentucky. Many of her stories have been heard on NPR.
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In 2022, the General Assembly approved HB 9, setting up a funding mechanism for charter schools. -
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is warning of a likely shortfall in state revenue for the current fiscal year. A group of ten economists known as the state’s consensus forecasting group will meet Sept. 16 to revise budget estimates for the current fiscal year that ends June 30, 2026. -
More than 300,000 disabled Kentuckians on Medicaid fear they'll see fewer services under the Republican-backed federal budget. Countering what the Trump administration calls the “Big Beautiful Bill," the Kentucky Democratic Party brought its Defense of Medicaid tour to Bowling Green on Thursday. -
The United Auto Workers union has preliminarily won a razor-thin election at a fourth electric vehicle battery plant in the U.S. The pro-union vote led by 11 votes, but 41 ballots are being contested. -
Nearly 1,500 workers at a massive electric vehicle battery plant in Hardin County have an important election coming up. Hourly workers at the BlueOval SK Battery Park will vote on whether they should join the United Auto Workers Union. The decision comes amid bitter tensions between workers and the company over safety and health issues. -
A rural town in Ohio County will be home to Kentucky’s first medical cannabis dispensary. While more than 11,000 patients are certified to purchase the product, supply chain issues make it uncertain when medical marijuana will land on dispensary shelves. -
Four years after Gov. Andy Beshear announced the largest economic development project in Kentucky history, the first electric vehicle battery rolled off the assembly line Tuesday morning at the BlueOval SK campus in Hardin County. -
Western Kentucky University will open the fall semester on Aug. 18 after scrambling over the summer to find housing for about 1,000 displaced students. Campus housing is upended this academic year with three residence halls shuttered due to inferior construction. -
In his annual convocation on Monday, Western Kentucky University President Timothy Caboni welcomed faculty and staff back to campus for the start of a new academic year. -
A Bowling Green attorney and property developer will be featured on the newly constructed business school at Western Kentucky University.
