Roberto Roldan
City Politics and Government ReporterRoberto Roldan is the City Politics and Government Reporter for WFPL. His coverage focuses on a wide range of topics, including public policy, community initiatives and holding Louisville Metro Government accountable. Before joining WFPL, Roldan covered Richmond (Va.) City Hall for VPM. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of South Florida and a master’s from Aberystwyth University in Wales.
Email Roberto at rroldan@lpm.org.
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Districts 3 and 6 were left without a representative when Keisha Dorsey and David James resigned last month to take leadership roles in Mayor Craig Greenberg’s administration. -
An Office of Immigrant Affairs will work to ensure government and nonprofit resources are available to the city’s foreign-born residents. Craig Greenberg is also creating an Office of Philanthropy.
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Katie Crews was sentenced to two years of probation Monday for her actions leading up to the death of local restaurant owner David “YaYa” McAtee in June 2020.
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Democrat and small business owner Tammy Hawkins is the new District 1 representative on Louisville Metro Council.
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Louisville Metro will direct nearly $40 million in federal funding toward affordable housing and services for residents experiencing homelessness.
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Twenty-eight people applied to replace former Louisville Metro Council Members David James and Keisha Dorsey, according to records released by the Council Clerk on Wednesday.
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Metro Council member Dan Seum, Jr. wants to see new development projects and infrastructure improvements in southwest Louisville, an area he says city government has forgotten.
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A controversial amendment to Louisville’s laws around camping in public spaces took effect earlier this month, despite pushback from advocates for the city's unsheltered.
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Republican Jeff Hudson, District 23’s new representative on Louisville Metro Council, says he wants to find bipartisan solutions to the city’s most pressing problems.
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After a little more than two weeks as Louisville mayor, Craig Greenberg was in Washington D.C. Thursday for a winter meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
