Danielle Kaye

With rising rent prices and the expiration of pandemic-era tenant protections, Louisvillians are struggling to secure safe, stable housing. For immigrants, additional challenges – including language barriers and insufficient credit history – intensify housing instability.

Police officials say the man who was shot and killed by an undercover officer Monday afternoon in the Portland neighborhood was attempting an armed carjacking. But the victim’s family is refuting that accusation, claiming he was not armed and was actually trying to take the car for a joyride.

This week marks the start of summer – and with it, hot weather, underscoring the importance of trees. Cindi Sullivan of TreesLouisville discussed how the geography of trees across the city highlights racial and socioeconomic inequities.

United Parcel Service employees represented by Teamsters Local 89 voted to allow their contract negotiators to call a nationwide strike Aug. 1, should they fail to negotiate a new contract. More than 10,000 workers in Louisville could walk off the job.

A fire at a warehouse in Smoketown will prevent Wayside Christian Mission from moving forward with planned upgrades to two of Louisville’s few homeless shelters.

Louisville’s emergency shelters are full almost every night. As a hot summer approaches, unhoused residents and outreach workers are raising alarm about health risks for those living on the streets – which are only intensified by constant displacement.

Breonna Taylor’s mother joined local and national social justice organizations on Monday to launch a statewide campaign against Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron’s bid to become governor of Kentucky.

A new poll from Republican firm Cygnal shows Democratic incumbent Gov. Andy Beshear and Republican challenger Daniel Cameron in a dead heat in the race for governor, five months out from the General Election.

In Kentucky, evictions follow people for years after court proceedings, often acting as a long-term barrier to stable housing. But state-level efforts to remove evictions from tenants’ records are gaining momentum.

Car manufacturer Toyota will purchase power from an eastern Kentucky solar project – an announcement proponents say is a milestone in efforts to transition away from the state’s declining coal industry, and towards renewable energy.