Lily Burris

The city’s ethics commission won’t decide if Metro Council Member Anthony Piagentini broke ethics laws for at least another week. The commission first needs a copy of additional records and a transcript of the trial.

The third day of the ethics trial for Louisville Metro Council’s top Republican focused largely on how the COVID-19 relief grant was awarded in 2022 to the nonprofit that gave him a job.

Council member Anthony Piagentini faces seven counts of breaking local ethics laws. His public trial started today.

Jefferson County Public School officials say they have several short and long term solutions to address the issues that led to delayed buses on the first day of school.

Federal disaster assistance can be offered to individuals through the Small Business Administration, but many eastern Kentuckians recovering from the July 2022 floods don’t qualify. And many who do are hesitant to take on the loan.

As spring temperatures go up, there’s help for utility bills through nonprofit offices across Kentucky. People who earn an income near the poverty line — about $3,200 a month for a family of four — are eligible.

A new bill easing some of last year’s changes to Kentucky unemployment system passed out of a legislative committee.

On Dec. 10, 2021, a series of more than 20 tornadoes swept through western and central Kentucky, taking than 80 lives and damaging hundreds of homes.

Judge Mary Shaw, who signed the warrant that led to the death of Breonna Taylor, has been defeated by challenger Tracy Davis.

Disclosures filed by judges and candidates for judicial office don’t reveal much about the candidates’ financial holdings, while gaps in oversight and lax enforcement make it difficult to hold judges accountable for potential conflicts of interest that might come up in court.