Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting (https://kycir.org/tag/board-of-trustees/)
John Schnatter had deep ties to the University of Louisville well before he landed seats on the school’s board of trustees and its foundation. But just how deep? No one will say.
Leaders of the University of Louisville and its foundation pledged to continue working through their differences even amid more public dissent.
Gov. Matt Bevin on Thursday withdrew a motion from former Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear that would have dismissed a lawsuit accusing Beshear of breaking state law when he did not appoint a single African-American to the University of Louisville’s Board of Trustees last year.
A Louisville activist is accusing state Attorney General Jack Conway of refusing to weigh in on the legality of the absence of African Americans on the University of Louisville Board of Trustees.
Louisville NAACP President Raoul Cunningham’s criticism of Gov. Steve Beshear continued Friday upon learning that three black candidates were nominated by not chosen for the University of Louisville Board of Trustees, which is without a black representative for the first time in 45 years.
The University of Louisville releases much-anticipated audit exploring school’s financial controls. A series of thefts at the university prompted the deeper probe.
Following the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting’s appeal of public records denial, the University of Louisville has until July 2 to hand over high-profile audit to the attorney general’s office. The audit examines the institution’s financial controls in the wake of several thefts at the school.
University has shared documents with trustees, but say much-anticipated audit is not yet ready for public view. Meanwhile, officials have signed a contract extension for a firm to implement audit recommendations.
Hi, I’m Jasmine Demers, a reporter for KyCIR covering issues related to youth and social services. I’m also a corps member with Report For America, a national program that places journalists into local newsrooms to report on under-covered issues and communities.