The University of Louisville (UofL) is a public research university in Louisville,Kentucky. It is part of the Kentucky state university system. When founded in 1798,it was the first city-owned public university in the United States and one of the first universities chartered west of the Allegheny Mountains. The university is mandated by the Kentucky General Assembly to be a "Preeminent Metropolitan Research University". It enrolls students from 118 of 120 Kentucky counties,all 50 U.S. states,and 116 countries around the world.
Interstate 265 (I-265) is a 41.8-mile (67.3 km) Interstate Highway partially encircling the Louisville metropolitan area. Starting from I-65 in the southern part of Louisville,it runs through Jefferson County,Kentucky,crosses the Ohio River on the Lewis and Clark Bridge into Indiana,meets I-65 for a second time,and then proceeds westbound to terminate at the I-64 interchange.
The Frazier History Museum,previously known as the Frazier Historical Arms Museum and the Frazier International History Museum,is a history museum located on Museum Row in the West Main District of downtown Louisville,Kentucky.
Simmons College of Kentucky is a private historically black college in Louisville,Kentucky. Founded in 1879,it is the nation's 107th HBCU and is accredited by the Association for Biblical Higher Education.
Since it earliest days,the economy of Louisville,Kentucky,has been underpinned by the shipping and cargo industries. Today,Louisville,Kentucky is home to dozens of companies and organizations across several industrial classifications.
Scott Jennings is an American writer and conservative commentator. He is an on-air contributor for CNN,and writes for CNN.com,USA Today,and the Los Angeles Times.
Eugenia Crittenden Blackburn "Crit" Luallen is an American politician who served as the 56th lieutenant governor of Kentucky from November 13,2014,to December 8,2015. Luallen previously served as Kentucky State Auditor.
Adam Edelen is an American businessman,solar energy entrepreneur,and politician who served as the Auditor of Public Accounts for the Commonwealth of Kentucky from January 2,2012,to January 4,2016. Prior to that,he was the Chief of Staff for Democratic Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear from July 2008 until September 15,2010. He resigned from his position as the governor's Chief of Staff to work as a business consultant,before running for the Auditor of Public Accounts for the Commonwealth of Kentucky. In 2019,he ran for Governor of Kentucky with running mate Gill Holland,where he fell short of the Democratic nomination finishing in third place.
The 2014 United States Senate election in Kentucky took place on November 4,2014,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the Commonwealth of Kentucky,concurrently with elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
James Richardson Comer Jr. is an American politician from the Commonwealth of Kentucky who represents the state's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. As the chair of the Oversight Committee from 2023,Comer has declined or stopped investigations into former President Donald Trump,instead starting investigations into President Joe Biden and his family.
The 2015 Kentucky gubernatorial election took place on November 3,2015. Incumbent Democratic Governor Steve Beshear was ineligible to run for a third term due to term limits. Primary elections were held on May 19,2015.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Kentucky on November 3,2015. All of Kentucky's executive officers were up for election. Primary elections were held on May 19,2015.
The 2016 United States Senate election in Kentucky was held November 8,2016 to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Kentucky,concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. The primaries were held May 17.
Heine Brothers' is a coffee roaster and coffee shop chain founded in 1994 by Gary Heine and Mike Mays in Louisville,Kentucky. Mike Mays is a President now.
Kentucky Public Radio,doing business as Louisville Public Media,is a non-profit organization that operates the three National Public Radio member stations in Louisville,Kentucky—news and talk WFPL,classical WUOL-FM,and adult album alternative WFPK.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Kentucky on November 5,2019,with all executive offices in the state up for election. Primary elections were held on May 21,2019.
The Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting(KyCIR) is a nonprofit digital newsroom. It is focused on watchdog journalism related to the U.S. state of Kentucky. Launched in 2013,the center is headquartered in Louisville,Kentucky. It is a service of Louisville Public Media,the NPR member organization in Louisville. Kate Howard has been the KyCIR's managing editor since 2018.
Neeli Bendapudi is an American academic administrator who is the 19th president of the Pennsylvania State University. From 2018 until 2021,she served as the 18th president of the University of Louisville. In December 2021,the Pennsylvania State University announced that it had named Bendapudi as its next president,to succeed Eric J. Barron upon his retirement. She assumed office in May 2022 and is the first woman and the first non-white person to serve as Penn State's president.
The 2019 Kentucky Attorney General election was conducted on November 5. Primary elections occurred on May 21,2019. The general election was held on November 5,2019. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Andy Beshear declined to seek reelection to a second term to instead successfully run for Governor. Republican nominee Daniel Cameron won with 57.8% of the vote. He became the first Republican elected attorney general of Kentucky since Eldon S. Dummit in 1944,and the state's first black attorney general.
