Jun 26 Politics Louisville Lawmakers Will Look To Big-Ticket Items After Summer Break The 26-member legislative body takes its two-week recess each year after passage of the city's annual spending plan, which it unanimously approved Thursday evening. By Jacob Ryan Jun 26 Politics Lawmakers Will Look To Big-Ticket Items After Summer Break Jacob Ryan
Jun 22 Politics Council President Pulls Proposed Sexual Harassment Policy Presently, the council has no policy related to the governing or reporting of harassment of or by council members or staff. By Jacob Ryan Jun 22 Politics Council President Pulls Proposed Sexual Harassment Policy Jacob Ryan
Jun 21 Politics Grand Jury Declines To Indict Metro Council President On Assault Charge Yates, a Democrat and two-term president of the city’s legislative body, was accused of assaulting a man at a University of Louisville football game. By Jacob Ryan Jun 21 Politics Grand Jury Declines To Indict Metro Council President Jacob Ryan
May 28 Local News Blackwell Says Southwest Regional Library Bond Makes Sense in Latest Budget City lawmakers from southwest Louisville are praising Mayor Greg Fischer’s decision to fund construction of the Southwest Regional Library in his latest city budget proposal. The $9.5 million bond for the library is the largest expenditure in the mayor’s capital budget and the only proposed bond. It follow’s up a $500,000 allocation the mayor made […] By Gabe Bullard May 28 Local News Blackwell Says Southwest Regional Library Bond Makes Sense in Latest Budget Gabe Bullard
Feb 21 Local News Southwest Regional Library Funding Relies On Design But, Yates says the library's design will also depend in part on how much money is available to build it. He says the library will likely be built in phases. By Gabe Bullard Feb 21 Local News Southwest Regional Library Funding Relies On Design Gabe Bullard
Nov 2 Local News Yates Unseats Hawkins For the first time ever, an elected incumbent member of Louisville's Metro Council has been unseated. Democrat David Yates defeated Republican Doug Hawkins in the 25th District, which covers a portion of southwest Louisville By Gabe Bullard Nov 2 Local News Yates Unseats Hawkins Gabe Bullard
Oct 11 Local News In Depth: Tea Party And Outside Forces Will Likely Have Little Effect On Mayor’s Race For months, pundits and political observers have offered various insights into the 2010 elections. This could be a big year for the Tea Party, for mainstream Republicans, for moderates or for challengers to incumbents. But those are national predictions. By Gabe Bullard Oct 11 Local News In Depth: Tea Party And Outside Forces Will Likely Have Little Effect On Mayor’s Race Gabe Bullard
May 17 Local News Hawkins Faces Challengers From Both Parties For Council Seat Republican Hawkins has represented the southwestern district for two terms. His challenger, Dr. Robert Thrasher, says Hawkins is too prone to political posturing and has not spent his tenure serving constituents. By Gabe Bullard May 17 Local News Hawkins Faces Challengers From Both Parties For Council Seat Gabe Bullard
Feb 24 Local News Hawkins Faces Challengers For Council Seat Louisville Metro Councilman Doug Hawkins has earned a reputation with some of his colleagues that does him few favors. He's sometimes seen as a contrarian on certain issues, especially those championed by the mayor, and the two-term Republican is often outspoken on matters beyond the council's control. Hawkins is up for re-election this year, and with two opponents, he could be in for the toughest race in his career. By Gabe Bullard Feb 24 Local News Hawkins Faces Challengers For Council Seat Gabe Bullard