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Proposed Bill Would Lure Moviemakers to Kentucky With the Promise of Tax Breaksnew
Kentucky House Bill 31, sponsored by state Rep. Mary Lou Marzian, D-Louisville, would provide tax incentives to movie studios that set up shop and film their movies, commercials, TV pilots, intra-organizational training videos, documentaries and cartoons right here in the commonwealth.
LEO Weekly |
Jonathan Meador |
03-11-2009 |
Movie News
Tags: Kentucky, film industry
Amended Bill Would Keep Kentucky's Public Defender System From Shutting Its Doorsnew
Some of Kentucky's leading lawyers and legal experts predicted the massive state budget shortfall would force the struggling public defender's office to shut down by next month, likely bringing the criminal justice system to a screeching halt. That warning got the attention of lawmakers in Frankfort.
LEO Weekly |
Sarah Kelley |
03-11-2009 |
Economic Issues
Smartpark, Dumb Enforcement?new
Tom Dehen didn’t know he could be threatened with arrest for walking on Portland city property with a camera and a sketch pad.
Willamette Week |
Joshua Bolkan |
03-11-2009 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties, Portland
The RIAA vs. Free Speechnew
The US recording industry is attempting to block the free public Webcast of its courtroom proceedings against Joel Tenenbaum, a Boston University grad student accused of illegally downloading music,
Boston Phoenix |
Kyle Smeallie and Harvey Silverglate |
02-05-2009 |
Civil Liberties
Judge Dismisses RNC Protest Casenew
After their arrests at 2008's Republican National Convention, a group of protestors known as the Wall 7, asked for a jury trial -- and got what they deserved.
Boston Phoenix |
Jeff Inglis |
02-05-2009 |
Civil Liberties
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Does Anyone Know Why Our Gas Prices are So High?new
Greg Brenzel finally left the gas business in October, 35 years after his family opened its first Chevron station in Louisville. It wasn't so much his choice, he says, as Chevron's: The supplier priced Brenzel out of business.
LEO Weekly |
Stephen George |
07-14-2008 |
Economic Issues
Sojourn Church: Conservative Christianity Paraded as Hip Youth Culturenew
In its purest form, Sojourn is a Southern Baptist church. Pastors counsel a strict adherence to scripture, which means abortion is murder, men are the natural-order leaders and homosexuality is a sin from which gays need to be converted and redeemed. That doesn't usually go with pearloid buttons and horn-rimmed glasses.
LEO Weekly |
Stephen George |
04-11-2008 |
Religion
Is Doug Hawkins Afraid of Mexicans?new
The Louisville councilman's crusade against illegal immigration quietly continues.
LEO Weekly |
Stephen George |
04-08-2008 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration, Louisville
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The Battle Over a Woman's Right to Choose Rages Outside Louisville's Only Abortion Clinicnew
While the Stupak Amendment suggests there's a movement afoot in the nation's capital to scale back accessibility to abortion, Kentucky is already among a contingent of socially conservative states that make it especially difficult for a woman to terminate her pregnancy.
LEO Weekly |
Farrah Johnson |
11-18-2009 |
Sex & Reproductive Issues
Soldier: Coming Home from Iraqnew
It shames me personally to think that I've become so detached from the war that I didn't realize until days later the simple cause of Rocky's candor and joy: The guy was giddy to be back safe at home. Even more so, he was thrilled to finally find a couple of guys who gave enough of a shit to ask.
LEO Weekly |
Dominic Russ |
09-10-2009 |
War & Peace
The Kids on the Bus: The Never-Ending Trouble With School Integrationnew
Fifty-five years after Brown; 45 years after the Civil Rights Act; and 34 years after Louisville started busing, the issue remains controversial. Consensus seems elusive, and like so many things in contemporary life, one's views may hinge on whose ox is being gored.
LEO Weekly |
Cary Stemle |
08-21-2009 |
Education
Fifteen Years After the Murder of Trent DiGiuro, His Killer Is Freenew
After a years-long investigation and a convoluted legal battle, the conviction of accused killer Shane Ragland was overturned.
LEO Weekly |
Sarah Kelley |
07-10-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Shane Ragland, Trent DiGiuro
Louisville's War on Drugs Is a Never-Ending Storynew
With the help of federal dollars, Louisville wages a war on drugs. But is this fight futile?
LEO Weekly |
Jonathan Meador |
07-10-2009 |
Drugs