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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More than 200,000 Louisville residents now have a new representative on the Metro Council. -
Researchers will help evaluate whether the Louisville Metro Police Department’s reform efforts are working as the troubled agency comes under federal oversight. -
The Strengthening the Village project has helped nearly two dozen women — from Cuba, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda — open home child care businesses in Louisville over the last two years. -
J.P. Lyninger won the District 6 primary in May with the endorsement of the Democratic Socialists of America. He’s set to be sworn in as the new district representative in January. -
Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg addressed the ongoing issues facing the city, and how he plans to tackle them in the second half of his term. -
Louisville announced an agreement Thursday to allow federal oversight of its police reform efforts. But the incoming administration of President Donald Trump may show little interest in enforcing a consent decree. -
Mayor Craig Greenberg announced that Louisville and federal officials have reached a “historic consent decree agreement” that will shape the path of the city’s police reform efforts for years to come. -
Louisville Metro will provide additional funding to developers that want to convert downtown office buildings into housing. The program is aimed at giving new life to buildings that have sat vacant since the COVID-19 pandemic. -
Louisville police released body camera footage of a Nov. 19 investigation into a stolen vehicle that resulted in three people being shot, including two officers. There’s still a dispute over the direct cause of the shooting. -
Challenges are growing for people experiencing homelessness in Kentucky, but a group of housing advocates is offering a different path forward.
