When the U.S. Supreme Court upheld an Oregon city’s ban on “public camping” by homeless people on Friday, it undermined a planned legal challenge to a similar ban in Kentucky that will take effect ...
COVINGTON, Ky. – Joseph Boles used to camp with a group of guys near the Ohio River. It was safer that way because he'd be less likely to have his things stolen when he was around people he knew, he ...
Sandy Chester said it always felt like people were looking at him and judging him for sleeping in his car. Even during the day, he could feel eyes on him, sure that people could tell he didn’t have ...
SERVED SINCE THE SAFER KENTUCKY ACT BECAME LAW IN JULY. LMPD HAS ISSUED AROUND 70 CITATIONS FOR ILLEGAL OR UNLAWFUL CAMPING. WE OPEN RECORDS, REQUESTED ALL OF THE CITATIONS HANDED OUT. SO FAR. THESE ...
Can cities criminalize camping by homeless people who have nowhere else to go? Yes, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday in a 6-3 decision. Though the case originated thousands of miles away in Oregon, ...
Kentucky lawmakers weighing a bill to make sleeping on a sidewalk or under a bridge illegal shared a meal of fried chicken and green beans Wednesday with people who could be most affected by the ...
Kentucky's Safer Kentucky Act, which prohibits homeless encampments, has not resulted in mass incarceration of homeless people as some critics feared. Since the law's enactment, only a small fraction ...
The Supreme Court ruled Friday that cities can criminalize camping by homeless people who have nowhere else to go. The new Supreme Court ruling means Kentucky will likely be able to implement a new ...