The city of Louisville plans to buy Colonial Gardens and market it for redevelopment. [WDRB] New Albany Housing Authority Executive Director Bob Lane has some tough decisions to make. With Congress unable to reach an agreement, Lane is attempting to adjust to an 18 percent annual budget cut due to the federal sequester. [News & [...]

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The director of the J.B. Ogle Animal Shelter in Jeffersonville, Ind. has resigned, according to a press release from the city’s mayor. [WDRB] Wanna dig in to Kentucky’s immigration chart and basic immigration concepts? It’s a 75-page PDF file, so have at it. [Click the Clicky] Another day, another pedestrian hit and killed in Louisville. [...]

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Alexcia Simmons has been named the Kentucky Youth of the Year by Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) for her sound character, leadership skills and willingness to give back to the community. [WDRB] The public has been invited to open-house events for the east-end crossing of the Ohio River Bridges Project. [News & Tribune] [...]

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Kentucky’s public university presidents say they’d like to see the state’s U.S. senators help overhaul the country’s immigration system. [WDRB] The University of Louisville is considering offering buyouts to longtime faculty and staff in an effort to save $2.5 million as the state’s financial support dwindles. [C-J/AKN] There’s all kinds of important stuff to cover [...]

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Louisville’s congressman expects just one part of the president’s gun control plans to pass Congress this year. He sees it as a start in efforts that re-awakened the nation and Louisville’s interest in gun violence issues. [WDRB] When storms, disease or old age down trees and limbs in city parks, the wood waste will now [...]

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As state funding continues to decline, public universities are relying more and more upon their endowments. Endowments overall were essentially flat at just under negative one percent. The University of Louisville’s endowment, though, fell a whopping $45 million – or a negative 5.9% for the fiscal year. From $772 million to $726 million. The UofL [...]

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How many years did that take? Fourth Street Live in downtown Louisville changes its dress code in response to claims of racial discrimination. Be sure you check all the racist comments out. Way to go, Louisville mouth-breathers. [WDRB] The University of Louisville board of trustees voted Thursday to extend the appointment of School of Nursing [...]

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We get a lot of questions about the fancy new arena downtown and the Arena Authority. Lately, those questions almost always include mentions of the University of Louisville. Could that be because the majority of those connected to the construction of the Yum! Center are either boosters, board members or otherwise connected folks at UofL? [...]

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There’s a new report, produced by Denis Frankenberger, set to hit Louisville in a day or so about the arena debacle. To say it’s damning would be an understatement. The University of Louisville Athletic Association won’t be happy. The too long, didn’t read of the report? That the KFC Yum! Center will fail and leave [...]

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We’re not sure why it was necessary to spend time on the floor of the U.S. Congress to discuss the Cardinals but that’s what John Yarmuth did:

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