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West Louisville group making final funding push for Nia Center purchase
1+ week, 5+ day ago (639+ words) A local community group is making one final fundraising push to keep the Nia Center as a business hub for west Louisville entrepreneurs. The West Louisville Dream Team is currently negotiating the $2. 1 million purchase of the Nia Center with TARC,…...
Fenton Bailey & Randy Barbato: "It was almost like watching a ghost story happen in real life
1+ week, 6+ day ago (635+ words) There's a moment early on in Murder in Glitterball City where the story threatens to behave like every other true crime doc you've ever half-watched while folding laundry. A body. A basement. Two men pointing fingers at each other. Case…...
Kentucky lawmakers pass $32 B state budget, send to Gov. Beshear
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1073+ words) The Kentucky General Assembly passed a two-year state budget bill Wednesday night outlining $32 billion of executive branch spending " their largest task of the 2025 session " with just hours to spare before the beginning of the governor's veto period. Bills receiving final…...
Kentucky legislature passes bill slimming JCPS board, calls for new election
1+ week, 6+ day ago (728+ words) In the final hours ahead of the veto period, Kentucky lawmakers passed legislation that would require all Jefferson County Public School board members to run again at the end of the year for fewer districts. Instead of keeping Kentucky's largest…...
Digging In: School arrest under scrutiny
2+ week, 1+ day ago (317+ words) After a Jefferson County Public Schools police officer arrested a man at Central High School earlier this month, school officials sent a sparsely detailed letter to families that described the event as something that happened "outside our campus." WDRB reporter…...
Education, data centers and more: Here's what Kentucky lawmakers advanced this week
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1052+ words) The pace of legislation moving through the chambers of the Kentucky General Assembly is picking up speed this week, as only two more legislative days remain until they break for the governor's veto period. The past week has been a…...
Senate unveils major reforms for Kentucky State University in bid to avoid "closure
3+ week, 6+ hour ago (656+ words) A state Senate committee unveiled and quickly passed a bill Wednesday to enact dramatic emergency reforms at the beleaguered Kentucky State University, the state's only public historically Black university. Lawmakers in the Republican supermajority pushing Senate Bill 185 said the reforms…...
An update on Ky. lawmakers" proposals to address sexual misconduct in schools
3+ week, 1+ day ago (814+ words) As the 2026 Kentucky General Assembly approaches its final weeks, lawmakers are considering several measures to address a pernicious problem in Kentucky schools: sexual misconduct by educators. In February, Ky CIR published an investigation into sexual abuse and grooming allegations in…...
Ky. House advances measure to overhaul JCPS, FCPS school boards
3+ week, 5+ day ago (643+ words) The boards of education for Kentucky's largest two school districts would be remade with fewer elected members under a measure moving quickly through the state legislature. Republican lawmakers sponsoring the measure say recent financial challenges in the state's largest districts…...
Kentucky Senate passes amended $31 B state budget bill
4+ week, 8+ hour ago (594+ words) The budget bill appropriating roughly $31 billion of state tax revenue over the next two fiscal years cleared another key hurdle Wednesday, as the Kentucky Senate quickly passed an amended version of House Bill 500. In the budget committee, Sen. Chris Mc…...