Nov 1 Politics Bevin Administration Seeks To Recover Millions From Law Firm Bevin's administration has sued a Louisville law firm it says unlawfully received $4.2 million as part of a state settlement with Purdue Pharma. By Associated Press Nov 1 Politics Bevin Administration Seeks To Recover Millions From Law Firm Associated Press
Sep 30 Politics Conway Still Has Edge In Close Governor’s Race, Bluegrass Poll Shows Democratic Attorney General Jack Conway still holds a narrow lead in a three-way governor’s race between Republican Matt Bevin and Independent candidate Drew Curtis. Conway holds a five point lead a month before the election, according to the Bluegrass Poll released Wednesday.. The political landscape of the race remains largely unchanged since Kentucky voters were surveyed for July’s […] By Ashley Lopez Sep 30 Politics Conway Still Has Edge In Close Governor’s Race, Bluegrass Poll Shows Ashley Lopez
Sep 30 Investigations Attorney General Still Reviewing Political Makeup of Democrat-Heavy University Boards Gov. Steve Beshear’s recent appointments to the University of Louisville Board of Trustees violated state law regarding minority representation and board diversity, according to an opinion issued Tuesday by Attorney General Jack Conway. The opinion notes that the board is not reflective of the minority racial composition of Kentucky and thus out of compliance. Louisville Public […] By Brendan McCarthy Sep 30 Investigations Attorney General Still Reviewing Political Makeup of Democrat-Heavy University Boards Brendan McCarthy
Sep 30 Politics Matt Bevin Says He Wouldn’t Vote For Rand Paul Republican gubernatorial candidate Matt Bevin said Wednesday he wouldn’t vote for Kentucky’s U.S. Senator Rand Paul in next year’s Republican presidential primary, and would instead cast a ballot for Detroit neurosurgeon Ben Carson. “I like Ben Carson, he’s not taking shots at people. He’s intelligent, he’s articulate, he’s respected. There’s a lot about him that I […] By Ryland Barton Sep 30 Politics Matt Bevin Says He Wouldn’t Vote For Rand Paul Ryland Barton
Jan 23 Local News Attorney General Jack Conway Requests More Information From Zappos Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway is joining nine other state attorneys general in requesting information from the online retailer Zappos regarding a recent data breach. Last week, Zappos was hacked. Millions of customers’ names, addresses and partial credit card numbers were released. Conway, a longtime supporter of increased cyber security, says the attorneys general are […] By cforrest Jan 23 Local News Attorney General Jack Conway Requests More Information From Zappos cforrest
Nov 8 Local News Live Blog From Frankfort: 7:00 Hour Democratic supporters are making their way into the Kentucky Convention Center in Frankfort, with the band “The Torque” setting a celebratory mood as counting begins in Eastern Kentucky. Attorney General Jack Conway was among the first of the Democratic candidates to arrive at the convention center. Conway says he’s confident in today’s vote, but says […] By Devin Katayama Nov 8 Local News Live Blog From Frankfort: 7:00 Hour Devin Katayama
Oct 30 Local News Election Day Looms. Who’s Doing What? State of the News [Audio] The general election is just over a week away, and the big news this week was that former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani came to town to campaign for Attorney General candidate Todd P’Pool, saying the race has national implications for health care and energy policy. Friday on State of the News, we talked […] By Laura Ellis Oct 30 Local News Election Day Looms. Who’s Doing What? State of the News [Audio] Laura Ellis
Oct 5 Local News UK Gets Grant to Study Economic Development in Eastern KY, White House Praises KY Sentencing Reforms, Conway Releases TV Ads in Attorney General Race, Future Uncertain for Salvation Army Boys & Girls Clubs: Afternoon Review The University of Kentucky has received nearly half a million dollars from the National Science Foundation to study economic development in eastern Kentucky. An official in the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy is praising Kentucky’s sentencing reforms for non-violent offenders. In the race for attorney general of Kentucky, Democratic incumbent Jack Conway […] By Laura Ellis Oct 5 Local News UK Gets Grant to Study Economic Development in Eastern KY, White House Praises KY Sentencing Reforms, Conway Releases TV Ads in Attorney General Race, Future Uncertain for Salvation Army Boys & Girls Clubs: Afternoon Review Laura Ellis
Jul 21 Local News Passport Health Plan is Reimbursed for Misappropriation of Funds Members of Passport Health Plan will pay back $26.4 million dollars that the Medicaid provider misappropriated. When Passport’s surplus grew to around $90 million dollars, it tried to hand money back to Norton Hospital, Jewish and St. Mary’s Inc., University Medical Center and University Physicians Associates. Passport executives did this to try to lower their […] By Devin Katayama Jul 21 Local News Passport Health Plan is Reimbursed for Misappropriation of Funds Devin Katayama
Jun 13 Local News In-Depth: Despite Investigations and Complaints, For-Profit Colleges Have Supporters in Frankfort Complaints about for-profit colleges in Kentucky continue to raise eyebrows in Frankfort. But the schools also have many legislative defenders. Currently there are 141 for-profit colleges in Kentucky, which are seeing significant growth. National enrollment in proprietary colleges is nearing two million students, compared to a half-million in 1998. The schools cater mostly to students […] By Tony McVeigh Jun 13 Local News In-Depth: Despite Investigations and Complaints, For-Profit Colleges Have Supporters in Frankfort Tony McVeigh
Jun 6 Local News AG’s Office Rules Form Letters Cannot Delay Open Records Form letters are not the proper way to delay a response to an Open Records request in Kentucky. That’s the legal opinion of the attorney general’s office. On April 4th, Thomas Clifford sought medical records relating to himself from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services in Frankfort. The cabinet had three days to respond, but […] By Tony McVeigh Jun 6 Local News AG’s Office Rules Form Letters Cannot Delay Open Records Tony McVeigh
May 25 Local News Judge Rules for Marathon in Gouging Case A Frankfort judge, in a price gouging case against Marathon Petroleum, has refused to force the oil company to roll back gas prices in Kentucky. In the wake of April flooding, Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway accused Marathon Petroleum of price gouging during a State of Emergency declared on April 26th. Conway wanted Franklin Circuit […] By Tony McVeigh May 25 Local News Judge Rules for Marathon in Gouging Case Tony McVeigh
May 16 Local News Nothing Resolved In Marathon Price Gouging Lawsuit Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway and attorneys for Marathon Oil faced off in Franklin Circuit Court this morning. Conway accuses Marathon of gasoline price gouging during a state of emergency. Attorney Sheryl Snyder, who represents Marathon, says the case appears to have more to do with price control than price gouging. “They’re not even alleging that […] By Tony McVeigh May 16 Local News Nothing Resolved In Marathon Price Gouging Lawsuit Tony McVeigh
Apr 1 Politics Conway Asks Floridians to Support Prescription Tracking Program A letter from Conway appeared in Friday's Sun Sentinel newspaper. It asks readers to lobby their state lawmakers to keep the program. The letter comes days after Scott announced plans to use federal grant funds from the new healthcare law to create a task force to fight prescription abuse. By Gabe Bullard Apr 1 Politics Conway Asks Floridians to Support Prescription Tracking Program Gabe Bullard
Mar 11 Politics AG’s Office Rules That Tourism Officials Cannot Withhold Ark Encounter Studies State Representative Darryl Owens of Louisville had sought economic impact studies for a northern Kentucky park that would present a literal interpretation of the biblical flood story. The park has received preliminary approval for up to $37 million in tax incentives. Owens's open records request for the economic studies was denied, because tourism officials said the documents were proprietary. By Gabe Bullard Mar 11 Politics AG’s Office Rules That Tourism Officials Cannot Withhold Ark Encounter Studies Gabe Bullard