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Louisville Metro Animal Services promotes Interim Director Ashley Book to Director role

Riotheart Media

Apr 14, 20232 min read

It’s OK to not be OK

Our community has experienced a horrible and traumatic event this week. Whether it affected you directly or indirectly, it’s OK to not be OK

Methanol barge successfully removed from McAlpine Dam

Riotheart Media

Apr 8, 20232 min read

Methanol barge successfully removed from McAlpine Dam

In the early afternoon, the salvage experts determined that enough methanol had been transferred to safely pull the stranded tank barge.

Legislation Supporting Workforce Development signed by Gov. Beshear

Riotheart Media

Mar 24, 20235 min read

Legislation Supporting Workforce Development signed by Gov. Beshear

Bills support military families, health care workers, truck drivers, students, school employees

Legislation Supporting Law Enforcement, Public Safety, signed by Gov. Beshear

Riotheart Media

Mar 24, 20235 min read

Legislation Supporting Law Enforcement, Public Safety, signed by Gov. Beshear

Gov. Andy Beshear joined lawmakers and local officials to sign three pieces of legislation that support law enforcement and public safety.

Legislation to Fight Kentucky Addiction signed by Gov. Beshear

Riotheart Media

Mar 24, 20235 min read

Legislation to Fight Kentucky Addiction signed by Gov. Beshear

Today, Gov. Andy Beshear joined lawmakers, recovery and addiction prevention experts and an addiction survivor...

Protect Yorktown Tenants Facing Displacement

Riotheart Media

Mar 18, 20232 min read

Housing Rights

Protect Yorktown Tenants Facing Displacement

Despite the recent decision by the Cherokee Triangle ARC to deny Louisville Collegiate School permits to demolish Yorktown Apartments...

JaredRIOT

Feb 22, 20231 min read

Community Outreach

Call for Support of a Youth in Crisis

For years Grand Masters Khalid and Romeo of the Arabian Federation Martial Arts Academy have operated a community driven dojo in the West...

EPA demands Norfolk Southern handle all cleanup after the Ohio toxic train wreck

JaredRIOT

Feb 21, 20233 min read

Housing Rights

EPA demands Norfolk Southern handle all cleanup after the Ohio toxic train wreck

The US Environmental Protection Agency is ordering Norfolk Southern to handle all necessary cleanup...

Tyre Nichols Body Camera Footage (Unedited)

Riotheart Media

Jan 27, 20231 min read

Civil Rights

Tyre Nichols Body Camera Footage (Unedited)

VIEWERS DISCRETION STRONGLY ADVISED

Mayor Craig Greenberg Announces Historic Investments in Fight to Prevent & End Homelessness

Riotheart Media

Jan 26, 20235 min read

Mayor Craig Greenberg Announces Historic Investments in Fight to Prevent & End Homelessness

$8.25 Million in Assistance to Keep People In Their Homes

Louisville Tenants Union Oppose Collegiate Plans to Demolish Yorktown Apartments

Riotheart Media

Jan 25, 20232 min read

Housing Rights

Louisville Tenants Union Oppose Collegiate Plans to Demolish Yorktown Apartments

Collegiate is one of the most expensive schools in the state, with an annual tuition around $25K; meanwhile, the average rent at Yorktown.

Increased Calls for Medical Cannabis in Kentucky

JaredRIOT

Jan 23, 20232 min read

Kentucky Hemp/Cannabis

Increased Calls for Medical Cannabis in Kentucky

Executive orders, the proposed constitutional amendment, and potentialy two bills; it appears it could be a good year for KY Legalization.

Testimony on House Bill 1: Tax Cuts Benefit the Wealthy at the Expense of Everyone Else

Riotheart Media

Jan 23, 20234 min read

Testimony on House Bill 1: Tax Cuts Benefit the Wealthy at the Expense of Everyone Else

I come before you today with this background to ask you to reconsider the practical and policy implications of continuing to move forward...

Prospect sues to stop low-income apartment development

Riotheart Media

Jan 18, 20233 min read

Prospect Cove

Prospect sues to stop low-income apartment development

The lawsuit filed Friday is the latest salvo in the years-long fight over Prospect Cove, a proposed three-story apartment complex...

Louisville Tenants Union Organizer Harassed by Authorities

JaredRIOT

Jan 18, 20233 min read

Louisville Tenants Union Organizer Harassed by Authorities

Louisville Tenant Union leader Shemaeka Shaw is facing a 2019 burglary charge for removing her own property during a set out eviction.

Fischer administration had process for burying records requests that were 'embarrassing'

Riotheart Media

Jan 16, 20236 min read

Fischer administration had process for burying records requests that were 'embarrassing'

Political appointee of former Louisville Mayor improperly screened open records requests and withheld information considered "embarrassing."

JaredRIOT

Jan 5, 20231 min read

Metro Council

Who Will Take the Metro Council Seats?

Many have expressed concerns related to the process in which these seats will be chosen.

Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg Inauguration

JaredRIOT

Jan 2, 20232 min read

Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg Inauguration

Craig Greenberg was sworn in this morning as Louisville's 51st Mayor with the local press and a select number of community officials present

Protesters Speak with Mayor Greenberg at Inaugural Open House

JaredRIOT

Jan 2, 20231 min read