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School’s Out? Let’s Work Together To Help Our Kids And Each Other During This COVID Surge

By Erica Rucker

Jan 19 2022

We’re back to NTI, homeschooling and early pandemic life in many ways. For a lot of parents in Jefferson County and parts of Indiana, the back and forth with the school system is putting a strain on their levels of... Read More ›

Kentucky’s 2022 Legislative Session Will Likely Be A Chaotic, Grandstanding Mess. We Still Have Hope.

By Scott Recker

Jan 05 2022

The 2022 Kentucky General Assembly session reflects many other political situations: There’s a decent amount of room for opportunity, and even more room for failure. By the time you read this, the redistricting process will most likely be well under... Read More ›

These Two Years Have Been Rough For Louisville And The World. But We’re Still Here, And I’m Glad

By Erica Rucker

Dec 15 2021

Chile, when I say these last two years have been rough, they have been killer. I’m tired. I know y’all are too. If we journey back to the start of 2020 when we were out for our last meal, dropping... Read More ›

A Slow Clap For Louisville’s Journalists

By Scott Recker

Dec 01 2021

When I first moved to Louisville about eight years ago to work for LEO, there were online skirmishes and sniping between members of different local media outlets, sometimes hashed out on #loumedia Twitter, other times through various other visceral social... Read More ›

Kentucky Lawmakers, Just Legalize Marijuana Already

By Erica Rucker

Nov 17 2021

The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce recently announced it supports de-felonizing drug possession during the upcoming legislative session. Cool, I’m down with that. Several Republicans and many Democrats are also down with that. Same goes for legalizing marijuana. Certainly, there is... Read More ›

Louisville’s Upcoming Election Cycle Is Crucial — Here’s How We Should Approach It

By Scott Recker

Oct 27 2021

Next year, because of an election cycle that puts numerous powerful positions up for grabs, Louisville has the opportunity to start moving toward what it has spent this century pretending to be: a progressive, forward-thinking city that values equity and... Read More ›

Erika Shields Is Promoting The School To Prison Pipeline By Pushing For Officers In Schools

By Erica Rucker

Sep 29 2021

Erika Shields, Louisville’s police chief, came to the city after resigning in Atlanta following the killing of Rayshard Brooks, who was accused of pointing a taser — a non-fatal weapon — at police... while also running away. Yes, I raised... Read More ›

Kentucky GOP’s Special Session Performance Was A Power Grab

By Scott Recker

Sep 15 2021

We’re heading into our second pandemic winter, with a surge of variant-fueled cases and sadly stagnant vaccine numbers, while state politicians continue to play power-struggle games. During last week’s special session, where the GOP-controlled legislature essentially inherited control of the... Read More ›

The Lesson From The Meade County Cat-astrophe: Dress Codes Are Silly, Kids

By Erica Rucker

Sep 01 2021

Controversy doesn’t always make sense and sometimes, it’s a fucking riot. This is definitely one of those moments. Last week, I wrote a blog: "Meade County Students Are Dressing Like Cats And We Support it." Look it up. But here’s... Read More ›

JCPS School Board Member Chris Kolb’s Resignation As Vice Chair And The Facade Of Professionalism And Kindness

By Scott Recker

Aug 18 2021

Last week, Chris Kolb, the then-vice chairman of Jefferson County’s school board told Republican state Sen. Whitney Westerfield “Fuck you” on Twitter, and it caused a little bit of a local internet sparring match. And then it caught fire and... Read More ›

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