May 7, 2012 - 6:39pm
“It is an honor to receive this award,” said President King. “The education I received at Jefferson Community College laid the foundation for my career. It was affordable yet excellent.”
Jefferson Community Technical College has announced Metro Council President Jim King will receive its Distinguished Alumnus Award today, in honor of his extraordinary community contributions in Louisville. King will receive the award during the 2012 JCTC graduation ceremony at the Kentucky...
July 29, 2012 - 8:07pm
A very well attended meeting in Louisville's Shawnee neighborhood discussed vacant properties, data surrounding them and public health issues such as opossums as tennants.
Yesterday afternoon Metro Council representatives Cheri Bryant-Hamilton, Attica Scott, Kelly Downard and Jerry Miller participated in a public meeting about housing, and specifically vacant and abandoned properties.Councilwoman Scott facilitated the meeting.The meeting, held at a tiny...
January 10, 2012 - 6:26pm
"I am proud to say we are entering our tenth year as a Metro Government and as a Council and we have clearly matured as an institution. We have learned to work together to make our city all it can be,” said King. “I’m grateful for the cooperative bipartisan nature of that process. Frankly, most of what we accomplished this past year was done without any partisanship whatsoever.”
Monday evening, Louisville’s 26-member Metro Council convened for its first 2012 meeting, and elected its officers for the year. Councilman Jim King (D-10) was reelected president, for the second year in a row. King was the only councilman nominated for president, and received 24...
December 16, 2011 - 8:30am
Local news for Dec. 16, 2011
"Senate President David Williams, who lost a bid for governor this year, will keep his leadership position in the legislature. Williams, a Burkesville Republican who has headed the Senate since 2000, said after a retreat Thursday for Senate Republicans that there will be no leadership changes...
December 9, 2011 - 9:00am
Local news for Dec. 9, 2011
"In stinging statement, Louisville Metro Councilman Brent Ackerson, D-26, called for the Government Accountability and Ethics Committee to begin investigating the city’s overtime compensation to public employees. Earlier this week, Mayor Greg Fischer ordered a review of the practices and...
