Mar 13 Community Turning A Profit We’ve reported on WFPL about the LMPD selling their backup helicopter. The city’s plan is to sell the helicopter and use the money to help ease the budget crunch. By Gabe Bullard Mar 13 Community Turning A Profit Gabe Bullard
Mar 13 Local News Louisville Officials Look To Meet New EPA Standards Officials with the Louisville Metro Air Pollution Control District they will work to meet tougher ozone standards announced Wednesday by the Environmental Protection Agency. By Gabe Bullard Mar 13 Local News Louisville Officials Look To Meet New EPA Standards Gabe Bullard
Mar 13 Arts and Culture House budget includes extra funding for Kentucky Arts Council While the Kentucky House’s budget proposal doesn’t fully restore the Kentucky Arts Council’s original budget request, it does provide more money than the Governor’s budget. WFPL’s Elizabeth Kramer reports. Arts advocates and administrators got a jolt in January when the governor proposed cutting the Kentucky Arts Council’s budget by 12 percent. The House version of […] By Elizabeth Kramer Mar 13 Arts and Culture House budget includes extra funding for Kentucky Arts Council Elizabeth Kramer
Mar 13 Local News Developers Unsure When Museum Plaza Construction Will Resume In early January construction on the Museum Plaza project in downtown Louisville was halted. By the end of February cranes and other equipment had vanished from the site and it could be months or longer, before construction resumes. By Gabe Bullard Mar 13 Local News Developers Unsure When Museum Plaza Construction Will Resume Gabe Bullard
Mar 13 Local News Conway Urges Passage Of Cybersafety Bill Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway says he’s optimistic the General Assembly will approve a bill aimed at better protecting children from online sexual predators. The cybersafety measure co-authored by Conway has cleared the Kentucky House and is pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Speaking Thursday on WFPL’s “State of Affairs” program, Conway said the legislation […] By Rick Howlett Mar 13 Local News Conway Urges Passage Of Cybersafety Bill Rick Howlett
Mar 13 State of Affairs Ask Attorney General Jack Conway From dealing with identity theft to sexual predators to education scams, the Commonwealth's Attorney General is responsible for looking out for all Kentuckians. Jack Conway, the newly elected Attorney General, has wasted no time in continuing this mission. Join us on Thursday when we talk to Attorney General Conway about his vision and call with your questions. By Laura Ellis Mar 13 State of Affairs Ask Attorney General Jack Conway Laura Ellis
Mar 13 Community Marketplace in Dubai Marketplace: The Economic Future of the New Middle East Dubai, UAE: March 10-14 2008 Kai Ryssdal broadcasts live from Dubai in one of the fastest growing regions in the world—the Gulf. Here we turn the page from the old Middle East to the new, looking at the economic future of the Gulf. In the next 15 years, the Gulf will reap the benefits of a $3 trillion dollar windfall from oil. But the question isn't about oil; it's about what they can do to diversify their economies. By jhoban Mar 13 Community Marketplace in Dubai jhoban
Mar 13 Arts and Culture Playwrights document the evangelical movement in new play This month, Actors Theatre is holding the 32nd Humana Festival of New American Plays. One play that opened last week has an ambition: to bridge the divide between liberals and the Christian right. WFPL’s Elizabeth Kramer reports. By Elizabeth Kramer Mar 13 Arts and Culture Playwrights document the evangelical movement in new play Elizabeth Kramer
Mar 13 Local News Kentucky House Approves Budget From Kentucky Public Radio’s Tony McVeigh The Kentucky House yesterday approved a new state budget, and the revenue package to support it. The revenue plan includes a 25-cent increase in the state’s cigarette tax. Henderson Rep. David Watkins, who’s a physician, preferred a 70-cent increase. “Right now, tobacco-related illnesses are costing us about ten dollars […] By Stephanie Crosby Mar 13 Local News Kentucky House Approves Budget Stephanie Crosby
Mar 12 State of Affairs Immigrant, Single Mom & the First Female Doctor in the U.S. During today’s show on Single Moms by Choice, our guest Andrea Engber mentioned in passing that Elizabeth Blackwell, the first female medical doctor in the United States, was also an adoptive single mother. I thought I would follow up on this little piece of trivia and found an amazing story (and just in time for […] By Laura Ellis Mar 12 State of Affairs Immigrant, Single Mom & the First Female Doctor in the U.S. Laura Ellis
Mar 12 Environment Fertilize in Kentucky, Cause a Red Tide? Let me tell you a story about nitrogen. A farmer in western Kentucky applies nitrogen-based fertilizer to his crops. It rains. The rain carries run-off from his fields into a little stream nearby. Hungry fungi and bacteria munch on the nitrogen. And they can do a pretty good job, normally, of filtering that nitrogen from the stream. And that's important because too much nitrogen can wipe out oxygen and create dead zones where nothing can live or grow. By Kristin Espeland Mar 12 Environment Fertilize in Kentucky, Cause a Red Tide? Kristin Espeland
Mar 12 Local News Bidding Continues For Backup Helicopter The City of Louisville is still taking bids for its backup police helicopter. By Gabe Bullard Mar 12 Local News Bidding Continues For Backup Helicopter Gabe Bullard
Mar 12 Local News Museum Plaza Delayed Indefinitely The Museum Plaza project in downtown Louisville is facing indefinite delays. By Gabe Bullard Mar 12 Local News Museum Plaza Delayed Indefinitely Gabe Bullard
Mar 12 Local News U of L Faces Pitt In Big East Tournament The University of Louisville men’s basketball team is in New York City for the Big East Tournament, which is underway at Madison Square Garden. The Cards drew a first-round bye and will take on Pittsburgh Thursday night. Coach Rick Pitino says the tournament atmosphere can be a distraction for some players. “Everything’s so exposed, and […] By Rick Howlett Mar 12 Local News U of L Faces Pitt In Big East Tournament Rick Howlett