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The Metropolitan Sewer District board will consider its annual budget for the next fiscal year as well as a proposed 6.5 percent rate increase during a special session Monday.Last week, Mayor Greg Fischer announced his support for an MSD, Louisville Water Company merger, which was recommended by a task force earlier this year. The possible savings from merger could be anywhere between $14 million to $24 million, according to an outside audit firm.MSD director Greg Heitzman says a merger could eventually translate to cost-savings for customers and lower rate increases.“The Water Company is on about a 4 percent annual rate increase rate, MSD has been on a 6.5. We pull the two together we can begin to pull those rate increases down," he said.This would MSD’s fourth consecutive 6.5 percent rate increase. According to correspondence between board members in May, the rate increase would boost the average monthly waste water bill from $35.60 to $37.91.According to the National Association of Clean Water Agencies Service Charge Survey, the average national rate for the same time period is projected to be $36.18 per month. The NACW estimates the average rate increase this year will be 7.4 percent.MSD officials say the rate increase in Louisville is in large part necessary to comply with the Clean Water Act and the Environmental Protection Agency. MSD is under a consent decree, which Heitzman said is common among large cities east of the Mississippi.Last week, Heitzman called the nearly $850 million consent decree set in 2005 affordable. He said while it is a liability to the community, MSD is on schedule and under budget to date.One report shows Louisville pays around 50 cents more for sewage bills than the national average.

The Louisville Tea Party has developed new education initiatives the group plans to support through fund raising. There are four initiatives on the

The bill gives independents until December 31st to choose which party’s primary they want to vote in the following May. The first election it would affect would be in 2012.

The Ohio River town of Maysville has been in talks with an undisclosed company looking to develop a proposed hyperscale data center campus that could span thousands of acres.

Federal and state authorities say the Sherman Minton Bridge will reopen in about six months. The bridge closed three weeks ago after a crack was found in…

Halfway into its first year, Louisville city officials and residents say a plastic bag ban for yard waste has been met with a surprisingly positive…

As Program Director of WFPK I spend A LOT of time listening to new music, and let me tell you, this was a stellar year. It makes it hard to choose, but…

Vote totals in Kentucky’s 6th District U.S. House race will be rechecked for accuracy next week. The recanvass is being sought by the man who appears to have lost his first bid for public office.

A federal appeals court will hear lawsuit challenging laws against same-sex marriage in Kentucky and three Midwestern states on the same day this...

Democrat Gary Clemons, a U.S. Army veteran and president of United Steelworkers Local 1693, won the vacant southwest Louisville Senate seat.

Here's where we stand as Thursday dawns in Louisville and Southern Indiana. Officials say the traffic plan is working well and they don't plan significant…

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., received an emergency briefing from federal officials regarding the Sherman Minton Bridge on Wednesday.The bridge was recently…