The mother of a suspect in a home break-in is pleading for her daughter to turn herself in. [WHAS11] Jefferson County Public Schools is bracing for a record number of students this fall — renewing debate about whether the district should build new schools in suburban areas and close others. Maybe JCPS could start with [...]

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We’re closer and closer to hitting our goal and launching our new project. Consider helping make that happen because it’s so close we can taste it. [Support Our New Project!] You have to believe to receive from Saint Nick. Sterling Riggs swapped gigs with an elf to see what kids want from Santa this year. [...]

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Okay. Watch this holiday video from Uncle Jimbo and Aunt Shirl: Our favorite moment wasn’t the Back to the Future guy but this: Putting the “L” in holidays, for sure.

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Ruh ro, the University of Louisville is holding two “town hall” meetings to hear what faculty and staff have to say. You know what this means. All kinds of aggrieved folks will show up to ask difficult questions. That is, if they’re not pre-screened and hand-selected. Here’s the message all about it from Uncle Jimmy: [...]

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Dear Mark Hebert: please help Jim Ramsey with his foot-in-mouth disease. Maybe? They pay you enough and your job isn’t hard. So. Maybe just put some duct tape over his mouth and prevent him from texting and sending email, too? Some things never change: The budget timeline has the budget going to the Board of [...]

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Today, President Barack Obama kicks off the third day since his State of the Union address in Ann Arbor, Michigan. There, he’s focusing on keeping college affordable and within reach of all Americans. His key issue of the effort? Reforming student aid to promote affordability and value: To keep tuition from spiraling too high and [...]

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Does everyone remember when they tried to put a silly LOUISVILLE sign on the waterfront and only got so far as the L before everybody freaked out at how dumb and wasteful it was? That’s what Greg Fischer reminds us of right now. That sign with its lonely, temporary L. [Woah, Flashback] Speaking of Greg, [...]

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Does Louisville really need a “director of performance improvement” to be hired by Greg Fischer? At the tune of $112,000 per year? She’s supposed to “bring the best of private sector accountability, transparency and efficiency to metro government.” This story reads like a straight-up press release. [C-J/AKN] Here’s Jim Ramsey complaining about budget cuts. He [...]

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Maybe the University of Louisville Foundation’s investments are more messy than those of the Kentucky Retirement Systems. [Page One] Everyone we speak to on Metro Council and in Metro Government says Greg Fischer is talking out of his butt about cuts being necessary to balance the budget. What’s necessary is to stop flushing money down [...]

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The University of Louisville says Steve Beshear’s rejection of a hospital merger plan will lead to cuts in indigent care. Which means it’s time for Steve Beshear to finally grow a set of balls, fire Jim Ramsey, empty out the board of trustees, nix the foundation board and get some folks hired who can solve [...]

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