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Riotheart Media
Apr 18, 20232 min read
Press Release - LMAS New Director
Louisville Metro Animal Services promotes Interim Director Ashley Book to Director role
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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...
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Riotheart Media
Mar 18, 20232 min read
Protect Yorktown Tenants Facing Displacement
Despite the recent decision by the Cherokee Triangle ARC to deny Louisville Collegiate School permits to demolish Yorktown Apartments...
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JaredRIOT
Feb 22, 20231 min read
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...
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JaredRIOT
Feb 21, 20233 min read
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...
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Riotheart Media
Jan 27, 20231 min read
Tyre Nichols Body Camera Footage (Unedited)
VIEWERS DISCRETION STRONGLY ADVISED
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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
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Riotheart Media
Jan 25, 20232 min read
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.
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JaredRIOT
Jan 23, 20232 min read
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.
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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...
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Riotheart Media
Jan 18, 20233 min read
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...
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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.
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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."
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JaredRIOT
Jan 5, 20231 min read
Who Will Take the Metro Council Seats?
Many have expressed concerns related to the process in which these seats will be chosen.
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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
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JaredRIOT
Jan 2, 20231 min read
Protesters Speak with Mayor Greenberg at Inaugural Open House
Following the inaugural ceremonies, an open house was held today at Louisville's Metro Hall to welcome newly sworn in Mayor Craig...
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