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From prison to the voting booth

Activists push state lawmakers to restore the voting rights of felons who’ve served their time

It’s a cool, overcast afternoon in the Smoketown neighborhood, and in the parking lot of the Presbyterian Community Center a crowd is gathering; about 30 volunteers, many of them young

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A life and death decision

A confessed killer who once sought execution now fights for his life before the state Supreme Court

Two days after Christmas in 2003, Shawn Windsor killed his estranged wife and the couple’s young son inside his downtown Louisville apartment.

Inbox — Sept. 23, 2009

Letters to the Editor

Shepparding Out

Jim King: The full interview

The Metro councilman and mayoral candidate talks with LEO Weekly

Metro Councilman Jim King recently sat down with LEO Weekly to discuss his candidacy for mayor.

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Herding the Sheppard

Residents mixed on city’s plan to demolish more public housing

Living in public housing wasn’t something Keishanna Hughes planned, but with four small children and skyrocketing rent there was little choice.

Daddy dearest

Report suggests King family violated campaign finance laws, but in the end will it really matter?

Katie King ran a well-financed campaign for district judge that covered every corner of the city last fall.

Jerry's kids

Facts, rumors and political innuendo

If there’s a wild card candidate in the mayoral race, political activist Tyler Allen must be it.

Tyler Allen: The full interview

The mayoral candidate talks with LEO Weekly

Louisville businessman Tyler Allen — co-founder of the grassroots 8664 group and a wild card mayoral candidate — recently sat down with LEO to talk about mayoral power, the upcomi

Inbox — Sept. 16, 2009

To Clarify

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I reserve the right to be angry

How the health care debate went off the rails

Here’s the thing. I just spent my 49th birthday at a town hall meeting on health care.