Jacob Munoz

Jan 7, 2025 | wkms.org | Jacob Munoz

Americans with criminal convictions can struggle to reintegrate with their communities even many years after serving their sentences. Background checks make finding a job or housing much more challenging. However, expungement offers a way out. In Kentucky, residents convicted of most misdemeanors and class D felonies can get their records cleared if they’ve served their full sentence and go another five years without being convicted of another crime.

Jan 7, 2025 | lpm.org | Jacob Munoz

When Kentucky lawmakers voted to legalize sports betting in 2023, playing catch-up to surrounding states, they required a small portion of its tax dollars to support a new state fund. The Problem Gambling Assistance Fund is meant to help people and organizations address unhealthy gambling behaviors. They can apply for money through the fund to work on new initiatives or build on existing ones.

Jan 6, 2025 | lpm.org | Jacob Munoz

Americans with criminal convictions can struggle to reintegrate with their communities even many years after serving their sentences. Background checks make finding a job or housing much more challenging. However, expungement offers a way out. In Kentucky, residents convicted of most misdemeanors and class D felonies can get their records cleared if they’ve served their full sentence and go another five years without being convicted of another crime.

Nov 28, 2024 | lpm.org | Jacob Munoz

Earlier this month, Louisville’s Development Review Committee approved a plan to create new buildings on a roughly 6-acre part of the Algonquin neighborhood, bordering the nearby Park Hill community. Re:land Group, a local Black-owned developer, is leading a project to build affordable housing, commercial space and an outdoor area on the site. The plan would transform the northern portion of a nearly 17-acre property that’s gone unused for three decades and has a history of chemical activity.

Nov 19, 2024 | lpm.org | Jacob Munoz

Louisville Metro Council could vote on a new tool Thursday that aims to help prevent residents from being priced out of their neighborhoods. The council unanimously passed legislation a year ago requiring the city to create an anti-displacement assessment tool. After months of delays, the finished product is now publicly available and on the verge of becoming a groundbreaking example for city governments that want to tackle unwanted displacement and gentrification.