The last-minute additions include a freeze on city zoning laws, a study on the makeup of the Metro Council, and changes to the review process for LMPD complaints.

A bill filed in the Kentucky General Assembly would address what its sponsors see as issues that grew out of Louisville’s city-county merger.

In some neighborhoods of Louisville Metro, dissatisfaction over local government policies and services is fueling debate over whether residents should form their own city.

Government and economic leaders cited business-related benefits in their pitch for a Louisville-Jefferson County merger 20 years ago. But those advantages were disputed then, and the results are unclear today.

Nearly half of all Louisville residents live in areas where they have to arrange services like trash pickup household by household. They pay lower taxes, but some are still looking for ways to get their services consolidated, similar to what other people in the city have.

The city-county merger created the Louisville Metro Police Department. But merger-era leaders' focus on getting the department up and running left gaps in accountability policies — and foreshadowed later patterns of misconduct.