Jul 30 Investigations Fired Unemployment Director Testifies About Chaotic Pandemic Response The former executive director of the Kentucky Office of Unemployment Insurance told legislators Thursday the agency’s chaotic rush to deliver benefits in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic led to months-long delays — and may have violated federal unemployment regulations. By Eleanor Klibanoff and Jared Bennett Jul 30 Investigations Fired Unemployment Director Testifies About Chaotic Pandemic Response Eleanor Klibanoff and Jared Bennett
Jul 23 Investigations Josh Benton To Leave Role At Education and Workforce Development Benton has been the face of the state’s unemployment office in recent months. By Eleanor Klibanoff and Jared Bennett Jul 23 Investigations Josh Benton To Leave Role At Education and Workforce Development Eleanor Klibanoff and Jared Bennett
Jul 23 Investigations Cabinet Officials Defend Hiring, Firing Of Unemployment Director As KyCIR first reported Monday, the executive director, Muncie McNamara, was quietly fired in early May amid a mounting unemployment crisis caused by the coronavirus. By Eleanor Klibanoff and Jared Bennett Jul 23 Investigations Cabinet Officials Defend Hiring, Firing Of Unemployment Director Eleanor Klibanoff and Jared Bennett
Jul 23 Economy Attorney General Revives Lawsuit Against State Pension Officials and Hedge Funds Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron has revived and expanded a lawsuit accusing hedge fund managers and Kentucky Retirement System officials of mishandling the state’s troubled pension fund. By Jared Bennett Jul 23 Economy Attorney General Revives Lawsuit Against State Pension Officials and Hedge Funds Jared Bennett
Jul 20 Investigations Well-Connected Kentucky Unemployment Director Quietly Fired Amid Crisis The head of the Office of Unemployment Insurance was quietly fired on May 5, amid an unprecedented number of jobless claims, a race to overhaul an archaic computer system and a belatedly-reported data breach. By Eleanor Klibanoff and Jared Bennett Jul 20 Investigations Well-Connected Ky. Unemployment Director Quietly Fired Amid Crisis Eleanor Klibanoff and Jared Bennett
Jul 5 Local News Large Mural That Includes Faces of Breonna Taylor, David McAtee Unveiled Artist Braylyn Resko Stewart said they wanted the work to be large so that visitors or passersby will be “engulfed” by the faces of victims of police and racist violence. By Jared Bennett Jul 5 Local News Large Mural That Includes Faces of Breonna Taylor, David McAtee Unveiled Jared Bennett
Jul 1 Investigations LMPD Officers Given Commendations, Back On Patrol Before Shooting Investigation Is Complete The officers have not been cleared of wrongdoing in the Shelby Gazaway case, but they're back on patrol. By Jared Bennett Jul 1 Investigations Shooting Investigation Isn't Complete But LMPD Officers Back On Patrol Jared Bennett
Jun 25 Community Armed Protest Scheduled For Saturday Planned By Member Of The Kentucky National Guard The rally comes after weeks of protests against racism and police violence in Louisville after LMPD officers killed 26 year-old Breonna Taylor. By Jared Bennett Jun 25 Community Armed Protest Saturday Planned By Member Of The Ky. National Guard Jared Bennett
Jun 24 Election 2020 Kentucky Primary Election Results Won’t Be Announced Until June 30 Typically, the State Board of Elections will announce preliminary results the day votes are cast. That's not the case this year. By Jared Bennett Jun 24 Election 2020 Kentucky Primary Election Results Won't Be Announced Until June 30 Jared Bennett
Jun 17 Investigations LMPD Report On Police Shootings Doesn’t Name Breonna Taylor, David McAtee Despite weeks of daily calls from protesters to "say their name," neither Breonna Taylor nor David McAtee is listed by name in the police shooting database. By Jared Bennett Jun 17 Investigations LMPD Report On Police Shootings Doesn’t Name Breonna Taylor, David McAtee Jared Bennett
Jun 10 Metro Louisville Breonna Taylor Family’s Lawyer Challenges Lack Of Body Camera Footage In court documents filed on Tuesday, Louisville attorney Sam Aguiar alleges the officers who killed Breonna Taylor had used body cameras in other cases. By Jared Bennett Jun 10 Metro Louisville Breonna Taylor Family’s Lawyer Challenges Lack Of Body Camera Footage Jared Bennett
Jun 9 Community Protesters Say They Were Assaulted Before Arrest, Feared COVID-19 In Jail “They put us in there to stop our spirits,” 24-year-old protester Markice Armstrong said. But that’s not how it worked out. By Jess Clark and Jared Bennett Jun 9 Community Protesters Say They Were Assaulted Before Arrest, Feared COVID-19 In Jail Jess Clark and Jared Bennett
Jun 7 Community More Families Of People Killed By LMPD Officers Demand Answers The families of Shelby Sinclair Gazaway and De’mon’jhea Jordan want answers in the deaths of their sons. By Jared Bennett Jun 7 Community More Families Of People Killed By LMPD Officers Demand Answers Jared Bennett
Jun 7 Community On Sunday, Louisville Faith Leaders Seek Healing And Justice During a visit to Louisville, Rev. Jesse Jackson called on Gov. Andy Beshear to increase accountability for police shootings. By Eleanor Klibanoff , Ryan Van Velzer and Jared Bennett Jun 7 Community On Sunday, Louisville Faith Leaders Seek Healing And Justice Eleanor Klibanoff, Ryan Van Velzer and Jared Bennett
Jun 5 Health Some Green River Inmates Still Waiting for Coronavirus Retesting The state committed to retesting all the inmates at the Green River Correctional Complex by last Friday. Almost a week after that deadline, retesting has not been completed. By Jared Bennett Jun 5 Health Some Green River Inmates Still Waiting for Coronavirus Retesting Jared Bennett
