Jul 15 Investigations Kentucky Jails Made $9.6 Million Off Jail Communication In FY2020 The auditor's survey found “verbal” contracts, nonspecific “technology grants” and signing bonuses connected to telecom contracts. By Jared Bennett Jul 15 Investigations Kentucky Jails Made Millions Last Year On Telecom Jared Bennett
Jul 14 Investigations The Pandemic Isolated Incarcerated People. Kentucky And Securus Cashed In The Department of Corrections made at least $3.2 million last year off incarcerated people's phone calls. By Jared Bennett Jul 14 Investigations When Prison Visits Stopped, Kentucky And Securus Cashed In Jared Bennett
May 25 Community Police, National Guard Members Won’t Be Charged In David McAtee Killing Commonwealth Attorney Tom Wine says responders were acting in self defense when they killed McAtee last June. By Jared Bennett May 25 Community Police, National Guard Won't Be Charged In McAtee Killing Jared Bennett
May 18 Investigations Ky. National Guard Releases Heavily Redacted Review of 2020 Deployment One “overall recommendation” was that the Kentucky National Guard develop response guidelines. By Jared Bennett May 18 Investigations Review Of Ky. National Guard Deployment Mostly Redacted Jared Bennett
May 5 Investigations National Guard Investigation After David McAtee Shooting Still Not Done The Kentucky National Guard promised to examine its protest response and draft recommendations for the future. By Jared Bennett May 5 Investigations National Guard Investigation After David McAtee Shooting Still Not Done Jared Bennett
Apr 19 Investigations How Many Coronavirus Cases In Ky. Jails? We Don’t Know, And State Won’t Say Although the state has oversight of local jails, state officials have been reluctant to wield it during the pandemic. By Jared Bennett Apr 19 Investigations How Many Coronavirus Cases In Ky. Jails? We Don’t Know, And State Won’t Say Jared Bennett
Mar 31 Investigations Kentucky’s Prison Coronavirus Defense Is Failing The pandemic has stretched on for a tense year, and the state’s protocols have not stopped the spread inside correctional facilities. By Jared Bennett Mar 31 Investigations Kentucky’s Prison Coronavirus Defense Is Failing Jared Bennett
Mar 9 Investigations Former Head of Kentucky Unemployment Office Dead at 39 Attorney Muncie McNamara took over the unemployment office when it had been depleted and left unprepared for the crush of claims to come. By Jared Bennett Mar 9 Investigations Former Head of Kentucky Unemployment Office Dead at 39 Jared Bennett
Feb 9 Investigations In Ky. Unemployment Office, 400,000 Unread Emails And Payment Troubles The state auditor said his findings “should be deeply concerning to taxpayers and those who have filed for UI benefits.” By Jared Bennett Feb 9 Investigations Statewide Audit Reveals More Unemployment Problems Jared Bennett
Jan 17 Kentucky Politics Lots Of Police And Media, But Few Demonstrators At Kentucky Capitol State capitals nationwide boosted security Sunday after the FBI warned of armed protests planned in all 50 states. By Eleanor Klibanoff and Jared Bennett Jan 17 Kentucky Politics Police And Media But No Demonstrators At Ky. Capitol Eleanor Klibanoff and Jared Bennett
Jan 8 Economy Ky. Still Can’t Waive Unemployment Overpayment Debt Ky. made thousands of improper payments at the start of the pandemic, including many to people who believed they were eligible for unemployment benefits. By Jared Bennett Jan 8 Economy Ky. Still Can’t Waive Unemployment Overpayment Debt Jared Bennett
Dec 23 Investigations When COVID-19 Slammed Rural Ky. Counties, It Found More Vulnerable Patients People in rural areas are typically sicker, older and have less access to regular healthcare than other communities. By Jared Bennett Dec 23 Investigations When COVID-19 Slammed Rural Ky. Counties, It Found More Vulnerable Patients Jared Bennett
Dec 22 Economy Auditor: We Don’t Know How Much Kentucky Owes In Unemployment Benefits KyCIR has documented the unemployment office’s hurried steps to make payments quickly as the pandemic shut down businesses in the spring. By Jared Bennett Dec 22 Economy Auditor: Ky.'s Debt To Unemployment Claimants Is Unknown Jared Bennett
Dec 11 Health Kentucky’s Contact Tracing Director On Program’s Challenges, Successes As some Republican legislators are unsatisfied with the program’s results and call for it to be defunded, the program's director says it's still saving lives. By Jared Bennett Dec 11 Health Q&A With Kentucky's Contact Tracing Director Jared Bennett
Nov 30 Investigations How Kentucky Missed Out On A $90 Million Unemployment Upgrade The federal government set aside $7 billion in 2009 to modernize the nation’s unemployment systems. Kentucky left its portion on the table. By Jared Bennett Nov 30 Investigations How Kentucky Missed Out On A $90 Million Unemployment Upgrade Jared Bennett
