During the past year Louisville's news has been dominated by
several seemingly disparate issues — the troubled relationship between the police department and the African - American community; efforts to build more mixed - income housing in the city; adoption
of a regional plan intended to moderate suburban sprawl;
disagreement about the number and location
of proposed new Ohio River bridges linking Louisville and southern Indiana; a campaign to attract high - tech business to the downtown
area; and a lively election campaign around the issue
of a city - county merger.