City News

An Air Quality Alert has been issued in Louisville for Wednesday, June 29. Ground-level ozone pollution is forecast to be at levels that are unhealthy for sensitive groups. Sensitive groups include children, older adults, those with asthma, COPD, and other breathing ailments, and any other residents that are active outdoors. Sensitive groups should...

The Louisville Metro Revenue Commission (LMRC) will be taking part in REACH's upcoming English/Spanish language Business Compliance seminar. Members of the LMRC will address local tax requirements for businesses operating in Louisville/Jefferson County with topics ranging from Occupational License Taxes, when to file taxes for a business, and what...

Clinic will be Offered July, 2nd at Charlie Vettiner Park's New Pickleball Courts LOUISVILLE, KY: Councilmen Stuart Benson (District 20), Robin Engel (District 22) and Kevin Kramer (District 11) are hosting a Free Pickleball Clinic and Meet & Greet with the pickleball community at Charlie Vettiner Park on Saturday, July 2, 2022. The clinics are...

NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING VAPSTAT JOINT MEETING The Louisville and Jefferson County Landbank Authority, Inc. ("Landbank") will hold a Special VAPStat Joint Meeting on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, at 3:00 p.m. The VAPStat Joint Meeting is open to the public and those interested in participating can attend the meeting in the Auditorium of the Old Jail...

An Air Quality Alert has been issued in Louisville for Saturday, June 25.

Promotion runs through July 6th and applies to adoptions of kittens, puppies, and dogs under 40lbs. In recognition of Independence Day, Louisville Metro Animal Services (LMAS) announces ‘Let Freedom Wag’ $10 adoptions of kittens, puppies and dogs weighing less than 40lbs., through Monday, July 6th. “What better way to celebrate our independence...

Increased funding will go to paving, sidewalks, parks, homeless services, and more Louisville – The Louisville Metro Council unanimously approved the amended Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Capital and Operating Budgets on Thursdays, June 23. Ahead of Thursday’s full Council vote, the Budget Committee also passed both amended budgets unanimously. After two...

Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer joined Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) Superintendent Dr. Marty Pollio and SummerWorks participants, employers, and supporters at Story Louisville today to kick-off the 2022 SummerWorks season and to celebrate the program’s impact over its 12 years. Mayor Fischer founded SummerWorks at the start of his first...

In a press event held today at the Main branch of the Louisville Free Public Library, Mayor Greg Fischer signed into law an ordinance allocating a fourth round of the city’s share of American Rescue Plan funds – more than $79 million toward projects that range from expanding the Main library and opening two new branches, to investments in childcare...

Roads and Alleys, Sidewalks, Libraries, Parks, and Services to Louisville’s Homeless Receive Increased Funding After two months of hearings, public input and deliberations, Louisville Metro Council’s Budget Committee unanimously approved amendments to the proposed Louisville Metro FY 23 Capital and Operation Budgets on Tuesday, June 21. The...

Council President James named Honorary Chair for the event Louisville – Metro Council President David James (D-6) is encouraging all Louisville men to take advantage of the free prostate cancer screenings available on Saturday, June 25, at the Republic Bank Foundation YMCA. Other than skin cancer, prostate cancer is the most common cancer for...

Mayor Greg Fischer today joined representatives of the city’s Office for Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods (OSHN) and its Youth Engagement Services (YES!) team, as well as Louisville Parks & Recreation to announce the 50 recipients of city-funded grants for the “Mayor’s Safe Summer Bash” initiative, aimed at keeping Louisville’s youth active, engaged...

Louisville Metro Government’s Office of Advanced Planning and Sustainability is hosting a Public Engagement Day on Thursday, June 23, with three opportunities for people to connect with the Preston Corridor Plan project team and review draft concepts developed from community feedback. Once completed, the Preston Corridor Plan will be a visionary...

Mayor Greg Fischer was joined Saturday by members of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Louisville Buffalo Soldiers and U.S. Marine Corps to rededicate a west Louisville park in honor of Brigadier General Charles D. Young. The small park on Lytle Street in the Portland neighborhood, less than an acre in size, was named in the 1950s for Young, a native...

As the war and suffering in Ukraine continues, Mayor Fischer has ended Louisville’s “sister city” activities with Perm, Russia, as an expression of Louisville’s frustration with the international values broken by Russia. “It is completely unacceptable that Russia is continuing its unprovoked and totally unjustified invasion of Ukraine, a sovereign...