Billy Kobin
The Courier-Journal
Louisville, KY, United States
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After DOJ report, Greenberg announces LMPD will cooperate with police review board
Louisville's inspector general, Edward Harness, said last year Louisville Metro Police was giving limited info and officers were declining interviews. → Read More
Louisville Catholic church hit with 'TRANS PWR' graffiti after House OK's gender bill
The graffiti outside St. Joseph Catholic Church, 1406 E. Washington St., comes after the Kentucky House passed limits on gender-affirming treatment. → Read More
Louisville police releases body camera footage of 'unintentional' shooting of 2 teenagers
LMPD's body camera footage offers a closer look at a shooting the department described as "unintentional" in which an officer shot two teenage boys. → Read More
Michigan State shooting: How Louisville-area universities have prepared for emergencies
The deadly Feb. 13 shooting at Michigan State University served as a reminder of the need for Louisville-area colleges to have emergency preparation. → Read More
Louisville councilman under scrutiny after sponsoring $40M ARP measure, landing job
The resolution asks the Ethics Commission for an opinion on whether Metro Councilman Anthony Piagentini had a conflict of interest with his new job → Read More
State bill would change how Louisville Metro Council vacancies are filled
House Bill 191, from state Rep. Jared Bauman, R-Louisville, would require special elections to fill vacant Metro Council seats in certain cases. → Read More
Racing Louisville scandal: Metro Council targets non-disclosure agreements
A Louisville Metro Council ordinance would ban groups that receive public dollars from using non-disclosure agreements in cases of sexual assault. → Read More
Louisville Metro Council picks 2 JCPS employees to fill its vacant seats
Kumar Rashad and Phillip Baker fill the District 3 and District 6 seats vacated by Keisha Dorsey and David James, who joined Mayor Greenberg's office. → Read More
LIVE at noon: Louisville Mayor Greenberg to give State of the City address. Will he reveal plans?
Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg, a Democrat who took office in January, will give the State of the City at the Americana World Community Center. → Read More
Settlement reached in lawsuit over plane crash that killed LouCity founder and colleagues
Pilot Andrew Davis, Louisville City founder Wayne Estopinal and his firm's vice president Sandra Holland Johnson died in the 2018 Clark County crash. → Read More
Louisville Metro Council has vacant seats. Is the process to fill them 'anti-democratic'?
State law requires Metro Council members, not voters, to appoint members to fill vacant seats within 30 days. Is that a fair, democratic process? → Read More
Louisville Metro Council member to run for Morgan McGarvey's open state Senate seat
Louisville Metro Council member Cassie Chambers Armstrong has her eye on the seat former state Sen. Morgan McGarvey is vacating for U.S. Congress. → Read More
Prospect Cove affordable housing development approved by Metro Council
Rental registry, camping rules, hotel tax: A busy final meeting of 2022 for the Louisville Metro Council was the last for several outgoing members. → Read More
Louisville Mayor-elect Greenberg unveils senior leadership team, including 4 deputies
Louisville Mayor-elect Craig Greenberg introduced Tuesday his senior leadership team. → Read More
Mayor-elect Craig Greenberg names interim Louisville Metro Police chief
Mayor-elect Craig Greenberg picked an interim Louisville Metro Police chief after Erika Shields said she would resign as he takes office on Jan. 2. → Read More
Looking to travel by train? Here is where and how to ride Amtrak in Kentucky
Kentucky may not have the most robust public transportation infrastructure in the world, but it has several passenger rail options thanks to Amtrak. → Read More
Louisville landlords must remove lead-based hazards from rental units under new law
Landlords, under the ordinance from Metro Councilwoman Cassie Chambers Armstrong, must remove all lead-based hazards from certain rental properties. → Read More
Louisville ARP money and budget surplus will fund these projects
Metro Council voted Thursday evening on where to direct a budget surplus and Louisville's remaining roughly $58 million in American Rescue Plan funds. → Read More
Louisville Metro Council President David James will give up his leadership post
Metro Council President David James, a Democrat on Mayor-elect Craig Greenberg's transition team, said it's "time for somebody else" to lead the body → Read More
Louisville Metro Council is getting 5 new members. Here are their goals
Betsy Ruhe, Tammy Hawkins, Andrew Owen, Khalil "Charlie" Batshon and Dan Seum Jr. are the new Louisville Metro Council members taking office in 2023. → Read More