Jacob Munoz
Business and Development ReporterJacob Munoz is LPM's business and development reporter. A Chicago native, he previously worked as an editorial assistant at Northwestern Magazine and as a digital and print intern with Smithsonian Magazine. Jacob also served as an editor and reporter for the online student publication North By Northwestern.
Email Jacob at jmunoz@lpm.org.
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                        City leaders set aside more than $24 million in Louisville’s latest budget, which will go toward improving, reopening and building new libraries.
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                        The $8 million sale comes after years of development projects that failed.
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                        Gov. Andy Beshear announced the 75-acre Olive Branch Community could be developed starting early next year.
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                        The Kentucky Manufacturing Extension Partnership will open next month in downtown Louisville.
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                        Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg visited Louisville on Tuesday, touring the UPS Worldport and meeting with local leaders and employees as the holidays approach.
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                        The school plans to take down the Yorktown Apartments complex, which it owns, to create a parking lot.
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                        More than 30 residents live in the Yorktown Apartments and have to vacate by the end of January.
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                        State transportation agencies are expanding Louisville area highways to keep up with demand, a practice some say is flawed.
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                        The county coroner’s office identified Pamela Renee Pruitt as the victim of the early Sunday morning crash.
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                        Reporters at the Louisville paper voted 22 to 4 in favor of organizing. They’ll now seek a new contract with their employer Gannett.