Jacob Munoz
Business and Development ReporterJacob Munoz is LPM's business and development reporter. A Chicago native, he previously worked as an editorial assistant at Northwestern Magazine and as a digital and print intern with Smithsonian Magazine. Jacob also served as an editor and reporter for the online student publication North By Northwestern.
Email Jacob at jmunoz@lpm.org.
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A group of Louisville Metro Council members on Tuesday advanced a tax increment financing measure for the long-planned One Park project. Its developer says he needs the subsidy, potentially worth $114 million, to complete the venture, but some residents are critical of the idea. -
Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg allowed a measure aimed at reducing displacement to become law without signing it. Metro Council unanimously passed the ordinance last month after it spent years in progress.
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A judge with the National Labor Relations Board, which oversees private-sector unions, ruled last week that the Louisville-Jefferson County Public Defender Corporation broke federal labor law.
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Workers with Louisville-based Sunergos Coffee are walking off the job at all five stores from Friday to Sunday. Their union wants the company to meet key negotiating demands after months without a contract agreement.
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Metro United Way is leading the YALift! program, which gave $500 to young adults each month for a year. The Louisville organization plans to publish findings from its guaranteed basic income pilot in 2024.
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The Federal Aviation Administration is recommending new ways for planes to fly in and out of Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport. The proposal aims to help reduce aircraft noise impacting nearby communities.
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Carrie Butler, executive director of TARC, will resign on Dec. 31, the agency said Tuesday. During her time at the helm, TARC set long-term goals and dealt with some controversy.
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Employees at two Louisville Ford plants rejected a contract offer Sunday. The deal, negotiated by the United Auto Workers union, affects about 57,000 Ford workers in the United States and needs a simple majority to pass.
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Around 12,000 hourly workers at Ford’s Kentucky Truck Plant and Louisville Assembly Plant are voting Sunday on whether to approve a new contract. They’re members of the United Auto Workers union, which recently agreed to the tentative deal after striking for a month.
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Louisville Metro Council unanimously passed two ordinances last week revising local rules for landmarking buildings. The sponsor said they would discourage late landmarking petitions that interfere with development plans.
