Metro Council wants to hear from residents about how to spend millions in federal tax dollars Updated: 11:32 PM EDT Jul 13, 2021 Share Updated: 11:32 PM EDT Jul 13, 2021
Hide Transcript
Show Transcript SIGNIFICANT CHANGE HERE IN LOUISVILLE BECAUSE OF THESE FEDERAL TAX DOLLARS? THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO DECIDE HOW SPEND IN A WAY THAT IS LONG-LASTING AND TRANSFORMATIVE. SHAQUILLE: FIGURING OUT WHERE TO SPAN MOST OF THE $400 MILLION AMERICAN RESCUE TAX DOLLARS IS THE BIG ITEM ON THE AGENDA THAT METRO COUNCIL WILL BE LOOKING TO TACKLE SOON. ON TUESDAY, A SPECIAL BUETDG HEARING WAS LDHE, DESPITE METRO COUNCILMEMBERS BEING ON A BREAK, TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN SPEND IT ON UNDER THE GUIDANCERO F THE DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY, WHICH IS STILL CHANGING. IT WAS NOT CLEAR THAT YOU COULD USE THIS F AOR TYPE OF PARKING, FOR EXAMPLE. AND THEN, MAYBE YOU CAN. SHAQUILL SEVERAL PRIORITIES WERE MENTIONED THAT LOUISVILLE COULD BENEFIT FROM FUNDING, INCLUDING HOMELESSNESS,
Mitch McConnell: 1619, American slavery starting point, not an important date in history Morgan Watkins, Louisville Courier Journal
Mitch McConnell: 1619, starting point for American slavery, not one of U.S. history’s most important points
Replay Video UP NEXT
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday he doesn’t think 1619 is one of the most important points in U.S. history.
That s the year the first enslaved Africans were brought to and sold in the Virginia colony, a point often considered as the beginning of American slavery.
“I think this is about American history and the most important dates in American history. And my view and I think most Americans think dates like 1776, the Declaration of Independence; 1787, the Constitution; 1861-1865, the Civil War, are sort of the basic tenets of American history,” McConnell said during an appearance at the University of Louisville.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday he doesn’t think 1619 is one of the most important points in U.S. history.
That s the year the first enslaved Africans were brought to and sold in the Virginia colony, a point often considered as the beginning of American slavery.
“I think this is about American history and the most important dates in American history. And my view and I think most Americans think dates like 1776, the Declaration of Independence; 1787, the Constitution; 1861-1865, the Civil War, are sort of the basic tenets of American history,” McConnell said during an appearance at the University of Louisville.