Few pieces of legislation in Kentucky received as much attention from national media outlets as the Safer Kentucky Act. Critics of the law’s prohibition of homeless camps feared that it would lead to ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Emergency Shelter of Northern Kentucky typically shifts to winter operations Nov. 1. The parking lot outside the Emergency Shelter of Northern Kentucky has become a haven for people who have no ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville's street camping ban is facing a constitutional challenge from the woman police cited while in labor in September. The woman gave birth the same day she was cited under ...

The U.S. Supreme Court is considering a case on whether camping bans that appear to target homeless people are constitutional when that person has nowhere else to go. Now, the case may focus on a ban ...

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (Reuters) - The state of Kentucky passed a camping ban last year, frustrated by the growing ranks of homeless people and their encampments. Then came the human consequences.

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 ...