Jim Waters: KYTC’s outdated road construction-bidding policies need to be revisited
A new year would be an opportune time for Kentucky’s Transportation Cabinet to update its costly and outdated road construction-bidding…
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KyCIR: During NTI, ‘participation’ definition varied from school to school; questions abound on future
By Graham Ambrose Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting In March, as the state hunkered down for a pandemic, Kentucky schools launched…
KYCIR: State Senator says he didn’t write the bill he filed restricting public records access
By Kate Howard Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting A state senator who pre-filed a bill that would broadly restrict access…
State Rep. Dan Johnson refuses to resign in face of reports of 17-year-old’s sexual abuse allegations
By KyCIR Staff Kentucky Rep. Dan Johnson refused to resign Tuesday morning and said an allegation that he sexually assaulted…
KyCIR: Fugitive Eastern Kentucky attorney Eric Conn’s latest trick: Turning flight risk into reality
By Eleanor Klibanoff Kentucky Center for Investiogative Reporting Eric Conn, eastern Kentucky’s infamous fraudster, has been running from the law for…
KyCIR: Kentucky’s animal shelters are falling short and failing animals; improvement tricky
By R.G. Dunlop and John Boel Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting LEBANON, Ky.—As the visitors approached, three black dogs at…
KYCIR: Clinton continues to out-pace Trump in campaign fundraising in Kentucky
By Alexandra Kanik and Brendan McCarthy Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting With just weeks left until the presidential election, Kentucky…
KyCIR: Whitfield resigns from U.S. House seat — here’s recap of controversy around him
U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield is resigning from office next week, four months before his term ends. Whitfield, an 11-term congressman…
KYCIR: Ramsey exits presidency but leaves behind extraordinary perks for his UofL deputies
By Kate Howard Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting The University of Louisville’s next president will be saddled with more than…
KyCIR: Consultant’s report paid for by KCTCS used flawed data to justify pay for system’s president
By Kate Howard Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting The president of Kentucky’s community college system makes $375,000 annually, a paycheck that’s right…
KyCIR: Kentucky State Police have regular sales of confiscated weapons — and there’s a big demand
By Kate Howard Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting Every two months, gun dealers from across the region flock to a…
KYCIR: Despite KCTCS budget cuts, loss of jobs, former president McCall gets $800k payoff
By James McNair Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting As the Kentucky Community & Technical College System eliminates 506 jobs, it…
KyCIR: Kentucky Democrats opening wallets, grabbing momentum for 2016 Presidential election
By James McNair Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting Six months of heated competition by their presidential candidates led Republicans in…
KyCIR: State says Gynnya McMillen died of medical condition in juvenile detention center
By Ryland Barton and R.G. Dunlop Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting Sixteen-year-old Gynnya McMillen’s death earlier this year in a…
Gateway: McDaniel calls for comp investigation of all former KY college presidents; Jordan speaks out
In the wake of the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting’s story released Thursday on the incentive package provided to Gateway’s…
Carroll County police officers found not guilty in ‘banishment’ of mentally ill man to Florida
By R.G. Dunlop KyCIR A Carroll County jury late Tuesday found two local police officers not guilty in connection with…
KyCIR: Rand Paul, now out of race, was winner among Kentucky donors to presidential campaigns
By James McNair Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting For all the popularity of Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and…
KyCIR: Inside Kentucky’s unregulated, private probation industry — the high cost of probation
By James McNair Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting Nearly 39,000 state misdemeanor cases ended in probated jail sentences in 2015….
Trouble Behind Bars: Derrick Rose died behind bars, there again for yet another of many misdemeanors
Fourth in a Series By R.G. Dunlop Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting WILLIAMSTOWN, Ky.—Derrick Rose spent a fair amount of…
Trouble Behind Bars: Remedies rare for dangerous jail plagued by death, abuse
Second in a series By R.G. Dunlop Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting Danny Ray Burden fell asleep in mid-sentence as…
Carrollton police send mentally ill man to Florida, despite judge’s orders; now he’s in Campbell court
By R.G. Dunlop Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting Adam Horine leaned on the courtroom podium, wept and begged. He…