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A state attorney general’s investigator now under scrutiny by his office has been accused at least three times of lying to grand juries in recent years.In…
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University of Louisville’s president and its entire governing board are out.With scandals mounting and dissent growing, Gov. Matt Bevin announced the…
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The Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting examined five years’ worth of investment returns of 11 collegiate endowments across Ky.
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In the wake of former Kentucky official Tim Longmeyer’s admission of accepting bribes while running a state agency, one central question remains…
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Drug companies and drug industry groups, flush with money to spend on lobbyists, are flocking to Frankfort like never before.In just four years, the…
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This story has been updated to include a statement from the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, Hayter and an attorney representing Gynnya McMillen’s…
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This is Part 2 of KyCIR’s “Trouble Behind Bars” series. Read Part 1. Danny Ray Burden fell asleep in mid-sentence as he was booked into the Grant County jail, toppling over on the bench where he sat. Prodded awake, he coughed,
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HAZARD, Ky. — Larry Trent was just one of the 154 or more inmates who died in a Kentucky jail during the past 6½ years. Arrested on July 5, 2013, in his car outside a Hazard doughnut shop, the 54-year-old
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A week after announcing the receipt of $6.3 million from the foundations of businessmen “Papa” John Schnatter and Charles Koch, the University of…
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FRANKFORT — Top Kentucky elected officials say a measure could remedy the costly issue of elected county jailers who have no jails to run—slashing their pay scales. The Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting recently revealed that the state has 41