Jun 23 Local News Revised Budgets Clear Council Committee Through land sales, revised revenue forecasts and other means, the council found an addition 5.9 million dollars to spend in the budgets. The committee passed amendments Wednesday allocating all but about 3 million of those dollars. Committee chair Jim King says the leftover funds are not entirely secure and should not be counted on to fund city operations. By Gabe Bullard Jun 23 Local News Revised Budgets Clear Council Committee Gabe Bullard
Jun 17 Local News External Agencies Expected At Final Public Budget Hearing by Gabe Bullard The Louisville Metro Council’s Budget Committee will likely hear from arts and social services agencies this evening. The second and final public hearing on the mayor’s proposed budget for the next fiscal year is Thursday evening at 5:30. The budget includes cuts in funding to several external agencies, and some of them […] By Gabe Bullard Jun 17 Local News External Agencies Expected At Final Public Budget Hearing Gabe Bullard
May 27 Local News King, Downard Looking Forward To Budget Review The council's Budget Committee will begin hearings on the proposal next week. The plan continues the cuts made in last year's budget and has relatively few larger capital projects. By Gabe Bullard May 27 Local News King, Downard Looking Forward To Budget Review Gabe Bullard
May 18 Local News Tandy Not Yet Endorsing In Mayor's Race Tandy has declined to immediately endorse Fischer, saying he's loyal to his platform. By Gabe Bullard May 18 Local News Tandy Not Yet Endorsing In Mayor's Race Gabe Bullard
May 18 Local News King's Campaign Manager Discusses The Primary by Gabe Bullard Democratic Metro Councilman Jim King’s campaign manager says King’s third-place finish in the mayoral primary was due largely to low voter turnout. Jonathan Hurst says if more than 30% of registered voters turned up at the polls yesterday (Tuesday), King would have likely finished stronger in the primary. “We knew that we […] By Gabe Bullard May 18 Local News King's Campaign Manager Discusses The Primary Gabe Bullard
May 13 Local News Heiner's Lead Grows, Fischer And King Gain In Latest Poll A Bluegrass Poll commissioned by the Courier-Journal and WHAS11 shows the number of undecided voters in the Republican and Democratic primaries shrinking by about half. Benefiting from the drop are Democrat Greg Fischer and Republican Hal Heiner. Fischer now holds 42 percent of the vote among Democrats, marking an 11 point increase from a similar poll released last month. Behind Fischer is Metro Councilman Jim King, who gained eight points and holds 21 percent of the vote. King has overtaken fellow Councilman David Tandy, who dropped to third with 13 percent of the vote. He previously polled at 16 percent. By Gabe Bullard May 13 Local News Heiner's Lead Grows, Fischer And King Gain In Latest Poll Gabe Bullard
May 11 Local News King, Allen Discuss Tolls Democratic mayoral candidates Jim King and Tyler Allen spoke out Tuesday about proposals to impose tolls to pay for new bridges over the Ohio River in Louisville. By Gabe Bullard May 11 Local News King, Allen Discuss Tolls Gabe Bullard
May 11 Local News Next Louisville: The Democratic Mayoral Primary, Part One Listen Now by Gabe Bullard Of the eight Democrats running for mayor of Louisville, three of them either hold or have previously run for public office. They are: Metro Councilmen David Tandy and Jim King and businessman and former U.S. Senate candidate Greg Fischer. In the first of two reports on the Democratic mayoral primary, […] By Gabe Bullard May 11 Local News Next Louisville: The Democratic Mayoral Primary, Part One Gabe Bullard
Apr 20 Local News King Unveils Economic Plan, Discusses Polls Policy rollouts from candidates for mayor of Louisville continued Tuesday as Democrat Jim King unveiled his economic plan for the city. King’s plan calls for more support for small and local businesses. He cites the recent controversy over Baltimore-based developer Cordish’s use of a forgivable loan as something he would avoid if elected. “We should […] By Gabe Bullard Apr 20 Local News King Unveils Economic Plan, Discusses Polls Gabe Bullard
Apr 13 Local News Fischer And Heiner Pull Ahead In Latest Poll Democrat Greg Fischer and Republican Hal Heiner have pulled ahead in their respective primaries in the Louisville mayor's race, according to a new poll. By Gabe Bullard Apr 13 Local News Fischer And Heiner Pull Ahead In Latest Poll Gabe Bullard
Jan 3 Local News Fischer To Address Council Thursday "Usually the only time you would see the mayor and the Metro Council in the same room is when the mayor comes over and presents the budget for the coming year, and that's usually done in the very end of May," says Majority Caucus Spokesperson Tony Hyatt. By Gabe Bullard Jan 3 Local News Fischer To Address Council Thursday Gabe Bullard
Aug 31 Local News Committee To Discuss "Audit Ordinance" The Louisville Metro Council's Government Accountability and Oversight committee is preparing to review an ordinance that increases transparency for city spending. By Gabe Bullard Aug 31 Local News Committee To Discuss "Audit Ordinance" Gabe Bullard
Aug 26 Local News King Declares Candidacy Louisville Metro Councilman Jim King formally declared his candidacy for Metro Mayor Wednesday. By Gabe Bullard Aug 26 Local News King Declares Candidacy Gabe Bullard
May 13 Local News Mayor, Council Members Continue Budget Planning The budget for the next fiscal year in Louisville is not yet complete, but Mayor Jerry Abramson says a drop in revenues is likely. By Gabe Bullard May 13 Local News Mayor, Council Members Continue Budget Planning Gabe Bullard
Apr 27 Community Birth Of A Budget The Tandys' child is due on May 11th. So is the council's assignment. They have to come together and tell the mayor how they would like money to be taken out of the budget, if the city's team of economists predicts flat or negative growth for the next fiscal year. By Gabe Bullard Apr 27 Community Birth Of A Budget Gabe Bullard