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Louisville Metro Council approves $350,000 contract for assessing police bias

Louisville Metro Council voted Thursday night to pay a data analytics company $350,000 for software that promises to “identify potential bias” in policin...

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Ky bill to strip groundwater pollution oversight ‘protects the coal industry,' sponsor says

A Kentucky lawmaker is hoping to limit the definition of “waters of the Commonwealth” protected under anti-pollution laws....

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When Kentucky kindergarteners aren’t ready, lawmakers want to hold them back

An elementary school principal and Republican lawmaker is pitching a bill to mandate kindergarteners repeat the year if they don’t meet state standards....

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Feb 12, 2025 07:10PM
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Louisville Metro Council approves $350,000 contract for assessing police bias

Louisville Metro Council voted Thursday night to pay a data analytics company $350,000 for software that promises to “identify potential bias” in policin...

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Feb 14, 2025 04:51PM
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You had one job: Listeners share Valentine's Day fails 

Nose hair trimmers, bad lasagna and dead flowers: Valentine's Day stories of gifts gone wrong....

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Feb 14, 2025 03:15PM
Feb 14, 2025 03:15PM

‘My biggest fear’: Undocumented Louisville man leaving U.S. to avoid deportation

As federal officials seek to deport thousands of people, Louisville residents and an undocumented father said their fear is pushing them to take action....

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Feb 14, 2025 11:00AM
Feb 14, 2025 11:00AM

McConnell the lone GOP vote against Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence

The U.S. Senate voted to confirm Tulsi Gabbard as the director of national intelligence on a nearly party-line vote, with Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky be...

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Feb 12, 2025 06:51PM
Feb 12, 2025 06:51PM

His genes forecast Alzheimer's. His brain had other plans.

Doug Whitney was supposed to develop Alzheimer's by 50. Now scientists are trying to understand why his brain remains healthy at 75....

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Feb 12, 2025 05:00PM
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Attorney who dropped JCPS transportation lawsuit files to reopen case

Louisville attorney Teddy Gordon filed to reopen parents’ suit against JCPS after KyCIR revealed he dropped it without their permission....

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Feb 12, 2025 02:00PM
Feb 12, 2025 02:00PM

Inside Kentucky’s ICE detention center

The Boone County Detention Center holds people detained for ICE. Civil rights investigators have found deficiencies in the jail’s health and safety protocols....

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Feb 12, 2025 11:00AM
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Polio survivor Mitch McConnell sole GOP Senator to oppose RFK Jr.

The U.S. Senate voted to confirm vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as President Donald Trump’s health secretary five years after the start of a global ...

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Feb 13, 2025 08:58PM
Feb 13, 2025 08:58PM

Kentucky Republicans push legislation to eliminate university diversity initiatives

House Bill 4 would eliminate any diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and offices at Kentucky’s public colleges and universities, mirroring failed l...

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Feb 13, 2025 08:22PM
Feb 13, 2025 08:22PM

Kentucky Gov. Beshear joins lawsuit against Trump administration funding freeze

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has joined 23 Democratic attorneys general who are suing the Trump administration over its federal funding freeze....

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Feb 13, 2025 07:53PM
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Una mirada al interior del único centro de detención de ICE en el estado de Kentucky

El Centro de Detención del Condado de Boone alberga a personas detenidas por ICE, a veces durante un año o más. Investigadores de derechos civiles han enc...

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Feb 13, 2025 05:00PM
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Digging In: How will Trump’s immigration plan impact Kentucky?

KyCIR reporters dug in to find out how Trump’s plan to deport thousands of people could play out in Kentucky....

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Feb 13, 2025 02:00PM
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Louisville police look to data analytics company to track officer stops, bias

The Louisville Metro Police Department is proposing a $350,000 contract with a data analytics company that would help them track and monitor officer interact...

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Feb 13, 2025 11:00AM
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On Track: Why is it so hard (and important) to make friends?

Experts say loneliness is an epidemic — so what's the treatment?...

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Feb 12, 2025 11:00PM
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Trump nominates Kentuckian to head workplace safety agency

A longtime Louisville-based UPS safety chief could become the new face of workplace safety across the country if confirmed by federal lawmakers....

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Feb 12, 2025 10:01PM
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Awarded for: Other Regions are giving property tax dollars back from schools....

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Awarded for: Other Regions are giving property tax dollars back from schools....

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Louisville Metro Council approves $350,000 contract for assessing police bias

Louisville Metro Council voted Thursday night to pay a data analytics company $350,000 for software that promises to “identify potential bias” in policin...

By wfpl
0.0 Ratings
Feb 14, 2025 04:51PM
Feb 14, 2025 04:51PM

You had one job: Listeners share Valentine's Day fails 

Nose hair trimmers, bad lasagna and dead flowers: Valentine's Day stories of gifts gone wrong....

By wfpl
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Feb 14, 2025 03:15PM
Feb 14, 2025 03:15PM

‘My biggest fear’: Undocumented Louisville man leaving U.S. to avoid deportation

As federal officials seek to deport thousands of people, Louisville residents and an undocumented father said their fear is pushing them to take action....

By wfpl
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Feb 14, 2025 11:00AM
Feb 14, 2025 11:00AM

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Polio survivor Mitch McConnell sole GOP Senator to oppose RFK Jr.

The U.S. Senate voted to confirm vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as President Donald Trump’s health secretary five years after the start of a global ...

By wfpl
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Feb 13, 2025 08:58PM
Feb 13, 2025 08:58PM

Kentucky Republicans push legislation to eliminate university diversity initiatives

House Bill 4 would eliminate any diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and offices at Kentucky’s public colleges and universities, mirroring failed l...

By wfpl
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Feb 13, 2025 08:22PM
Feb 13, 2025 08:22PM