To the extent LMPD seeks to overcome its own past, we encourage the department to develop specific guidelines to govern circumstances under which an individual may be detained for purportedly violating the anti-mask ordinance.

In their friend-of-the-court brief filed today in U.S. v. Skrmetti, Kentucky parents and a wide array of civil rights groups say laws like Tennessee’s and Kentucky’s discriminate against transgender people and harm youth and their families.

The ACLU of Kentucky today sent an open letter to Kentucky college and university presidents reminding them of their obligation to uphold students’ free speech rights.

The Supreme Court ruled today that cities can punish unhoused people for sleeping in public, even if they have nowhere else to go. This decision goes against longstanding Supreme Court precedent that it is cruel and unusual to criminalize a person’s status.   

The Supreme Court of the United States has decided to review the Sixth Circuit’s decision preventing transgender youth from receiving necessary medical care in Tennessee and Kentucky.

The Louisville Metro Department of Corrections reported the death of Richard Graham, a 34-year-old Black man housed in the Louisville jail Sunday morning. 

The final passage of House Bill 5 is not a surprise, but it is a disappointment.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Citizens with outstanding bench warrants for low-level and nonviolent offenses in Jefferson County had an opportunity to resolve their cases without fear of arrest, thanks to the work of a group of government, justice, and community partners.

Newly filed SB 93 seeks to remove any training or efforts focused on diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging from our primary schools.  SB 93 also seeks to remove any language related to a trauma-informed approach in Kentucky K-12 schools.