Nov 12 Health In Louisville, more than two in five Black children live in poverty More than 20% of Kentucky children are growing up in poverty, but Black and Latinx children are worse off in the state's most urban counties. By Jasmine Demers Nov 12 Health In Louisville, more than two in five Black children live in poverty Jasmine Demers
Oct 29 Health Youth suicides, self-harm on the rise in Louisville More Louisville youths died by suicide this year than any year since 2014. And people of color are over-represented among these deaths. By Jasmine Demers Oct 29 Health Suicides rates among young people in Louisville reach decade high Jasmine Demers
Mar 6 Investigations Vote For Your Favorite Home Builder? You Might Have Used A Jefferson County Voting Machine Union halls, churches and other groups have paid the county clerk’s office for decades to use their voting machines and employees for their private elections. The state auditor’s office has questioned the program’s legality. By Caitlin McGlade Mar 6 Investigations Vote For Your Favorite Home Builder? You Might Have Used A Jefferson County Voting Machine Caitlin McGlade
Oct 23 Health Anthem Offers Post-Hospital Meals Program To Help Reduce Readmissions A study of 1,442 Medicare surgery patients found that one of the top three reasons for being readmitted was because of malnutrition. By Lisa Gillespie Oct 23 Health Anthem Offers Post-Hospital Meals Program To Reduce Readmissions Lisa Gillespie
Aug 8 Local News Public Should See Rough Drafts of New District Maps Soon Louisville’s ad hoc committee on redistricting met on Monday and expects to have some rough drafts of new district maps out to the public next week. The committee said because the population has been shifting east, redistricting will begin in the western part of the county, where multiple districts converge. Council President Jim King said […] By Devin Katayama Aug 8 Local News Public Should See Rough Drafts of New District Maps Soon Devin Katayama
May 13 Local News King Names Citizen Panel For Fiscal Court Redistricting On the heels of creating an ad hoc committee on redistricting, Louisville Metro Council President Jim King, D-10, has named three citizens to a panel that will deal with redrawing the lines for Jefferson County’s Fiscal Court districts. In 1913, Jefferson County moved to a commissioner form of government that gave rise to the three […] By WFPL News May 13 Local News King Names Citizen Panel For Fiscal Court Redistricting WFPL News
Feb 23 Local News Fayette County Judge Executive Says His Position Should Be Eliminated It would take an amendment to state constitution to eliminate the position, and Larson says he's open to having the constitution changed to only eliminate the Fayette County Judge Executive, and not the Jefferson County office. By Gabe Bullard Feb 23 Local News Fayette County Judge Executive Says His Position Should Be Eliminated Gabe Bullard
Aug 10 Arts and Culture New Arts Magnet Program Strives to Transform School Listen NowLast summer, the Jefferson County Board of Education voted to have more than 20 elementary schools include magnet programs. It came just a year the U.S. Supreme Court stuck down Jefferson County’s desegregation plan saying it unconstitutionally assigned students to schools by race. This week, these magnet programs — focusing on an array of […] By Elizabeth Kramer Aug 10 Arts and Culture New Arts Magnet Program Strives to Transform School Elizabeth Kramer
Nov 26 Local News More Homeless School Children in Jeff. Co. There are 7,600 students in Jefferson County Public Schools that meet the criteria for homelessness. And that’s a 300 child increase from last year. By Kristin Espeland Nov 26 Local News More Homeless School Children in Jeff. Co. Kristin Espeland
Nov 3 Local News County Expects Heavy Turnout Tuesday There are nearly half a million registered voters in Jefferson County – up from the previous presidential election year. And County clerk’s office spokesperson Nore Ghibaudy says officials expect a huge turnout. By Kristin Espeland Nov 3 Local News County Expects Heavy Turnout Tuesday Kristin Espeland
Jul 30 Local News Education Leaders Get Ideas from Dropout Solution Summit Louisville education and civic leaders are trying to better understand why students are dropping out of high school. They attended a summit today to tackle the problem and devise a solution for Jefferson County. JCPS Superintendent Sheldon Berman says many of the ideas stemmed from one theme. “One of the major concerns around dropouts is […] By Stephanie Crosby Jul 30 Local News Education Leaders Get Ideas from Dropout Solution Summit Stephanie Crosby
Jul 18 Local News Jefferson County Drug Court Reaches New Highs Jefferson County’s Drug Court was taken over by the state a year ago because it was underfunded. That move has allowed the program to expand staff and take on more clients. WFPL’s Stephanie Sanders reports on how those changes couldn’t have been more timely. By Stephanie Crosby Jul 18 Local News Jefferson County Drug Court Reaches New Highs Stephanie Crosby