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Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg nominated former Louisville Metro Council member James Peden to a city board that reviews police killings and internal investigations. But the Republican isn’t allowed to serve.

Louisville Metro Council voted Thursday to send an ordinance approving a subsidized project on the former Urban Government Center site back to a council committee. It comes as a group of residents threaten legal action over the planned development.

A new Kentucky law will allow medical marijuana dispensaries to open in Louisville next year, but city officials are still working on local regulations.

Metro Council members are returning to work this week after their summer break. Their last major action before the hiatus was passing the budget for the current fiscal year, which started July 1.

Louisville planners want to allow “middle housing” options, creating more density than traditional single-family homes, in areas that currently prohibit them. They say it could help residents struggling to find affordable places to live.

Metro Council members failed to pass a resolution that would have acknowledged the ways the Louisville Metro Police Department has harmed local communities.

After weeks of discussion, Louisville Metro Council members voted Thursday to approve a $1.1 billion city budget, which includes restoring a portion of funding for two environmental agencies.

A Metro Council committee voted Tuesday to advance a financing tool for development on the old Urban Government Center site. They also stripped influence from nearby neighborhood associations that have opposed the project.

Louisville Metro is working to get regulations in place for medical marijuana dispensaries and growing facilities before the state starts taking license applications July 1.

District 3 Democrat Shameka Parrish-Wright filed a resolution urging Metro Council to formally acknowledge the harms inflicted by the Louisville Metro Police Department on the city’s residents.