Mayor Greg Fischer has closed the door on any new tree protection ordinance or even a stop-gap, “no-net-loss” tree policy — at least for now. Fischer sent his economic development director Ted Smith to the Louisville Metro Tree Commission meeting yesterday evening — the first since the commission questioned the mayor’s resolve on his pledge [...]

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It’s the annual effort to make Louisville appear clean to the rest of the world. Hundreds of volunteers line up to make the community a little brighter. [WDRB] United Parcel Post has agreed to forfeit $40 million it made in payments from pharmacies that shipped controlled substances to Americans without valid prescriptions. [NPR] Jeffersonville Police [...]

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We’re closer and closer to hitting our goal and launching our new project. Consider helping make that happen. [Support Our New Project!] Despite eight years in business and more than $20 million in taxpayer subsidies, Fourth Street Live has not turned a profit. At least, not according to the confidential profit-and-loss statements that the developer [...]

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A group opposed to the Ohio River Bridges Project is asking a judge to force Kentucky and Indiana to stop spending money on the plan until a federal lawsuit challenging the project is resolved. [C-J/AKN] The “Roll Out” fitness event on the University of Louisville’s campus was designed to encourage those with disabilities that they [...]

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You’ve read us for several years and now you’ve got the chance to help create our new ad-free project. Your contribution can be public or private (but you have to tell us in writing that you want it to be public) – it’s up to you. [Our New Project] April 8, 2009 started off with [...]

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Who will win the school board seat? David Jones or David Kaplan? Kaplan has the political network and experience and Jones has the money. Jones won’t take the time to get to know people and won’t take the right advice seriously. Kaplan gets frightened easily and runs in whatever direction his friends in Frankfort tell [...]

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We’re not going to shut up about you giving to the Red Cross for tornado relief efforts. This will take a long time. [Click Here To Give] Do you need a pee-alert worthy story to read this morning? Check out this piece by a woman offering suggestions of what to do in Louisville during March [...]

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You can afford to read this site at this moment so you can afford to give something to the Red Cross. Watch these videos to see why your help is needed. [Page One] And then head over to the Red Cross site and make a donation marked for disaster relief. [Red Cross] Kentucky Emergency Management [...]

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State Rep. Reggie Meeks dropped a piece of news in his weekly email blast that has the potential to do more good than we can imagine: The number of students whose tuition and costs are paid for under the Metropolitan College Program – a partnership made up of United Parcel Service (UPS), Jefferson County Technical [...]

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Ready for this big we-told-you-so moment? The University of Louisville Hospital’s latest partner search is bringing out the very company it tried to merge with last year. [C-J/AKN] Guess it’s fitting that a story about the growth of Catholic hospitals limiting access to reproductive care has hit the national stage. This one specifically mentions Kentucky [...]

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