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Republican Scott Reed, a Republican representing District 16 on Louisville Metro Council, is facing one of his most serious electoral challenges ever.

Louisville Republicans are zeroing in on neighborhoods in the South End ahead of the Metro Council elections in November.

Louisville Metro Council approved redevelopment plans and incentives for the Urban Government Center on Thursday, eight years after city agencies abandoned the property near downtown.

Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg told lawmakers this summer that the city’s affordable housing stock increased by 18,000 units in five years. We checked it out.

The community center on South 37th Street in Shawnee will begin an extended closure this week.

Louisville lawmakers passed an ordinance last year to curb city funding for projects that could displace residents. Its implementation is late, but the ordinance’s creator thinks the wait could pay off.

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.