Eleanor Klibanoff, Author at Kentucky Center for Investigative ReportingKentucky Center for Investigative Reporting

Fatal Flaws

Beshear Reinstates Worker Safety Board Bevin Dissolved

By Eleanor Klibanoff | January 10, 2020

Gov. Andy Beshear announced Friday that he has reinstated the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board, which former Gov. Matt Bevin abolished in July 2018. “This is just one step that we are going to take to make sure that when our Kentuckians leave their family in the morning and head to work, it’s in the safest environment possible and that they know that they’ve got a state government that is looking out for their safety,” Beshear told KyCIR. The OSH Standards Board is responsible for adopting, modifying or suspending the state’s worker safety regulations. As a state-run OSHA plan, Kentucky’s worker safety regulations must be “as effective as” the federal standards. The board is chaired by Labor Secretary Larry Roberts.

KyCIR Amplify

KyCIR Amplify: A Sexual Assault Survivor On Getting Justice

By Eleanor Klibanoff | December 20, 2019

“I know that so many people do not have the courage, or the ability, or even the safety to speak about what happened to them and I am really thankful that I do.”

Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer ‘Confident’ In LMPD Rape Investigations

By Eleanor Klibanoff | December 13, 2019

KyCIR’s investigation found rape cases in Louisville are sometimes rejected by a prosecutor and “cleared by exception” before much investigating.

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Prosecution Declined

By Eleanor Klibanoff | December 5, 2019

LMPD asks prosecutors to review their rape cases and decide whether they should make an arrest. More often than not, the prosecutors say no.

Education

Florida Fired Him. Now, He’s U of L’s Title IX Coordinator

By Eleanor Klibanoff | October 16, 2019

A U of L spokesperson said they knew David Parrott had been fired at his previous job for improper financial administration but he received “glowing” references.

Criminal Justice

After Clearing Backlog, Rape Kit Testing Takes Seven Months — Or Longer

By Eleanor Klibanoff | September 20, 2019

End the Backlog, a national non-profit, defines a backlog as any kits not tested within 30 days of receipt.

KyCIR Amplify

KyCIR Amplify: Sexual Assault Survivor Meghan Wright, On Getting A Rape Kit

By Eleanor Klibanoff | September 3, 2019

“It’s hard to explain but, in many ways, your body becomes the crime scene.”

Criminal Justice

Lacking Sexual Assault Nurses, Some Ky. Hospitals Illegally Turn Victims Away

By Eleanor Klibanoff | September 3, 2019

Kentucky state law requires emergency rooms to perform forensic sexual assault exams on-site, but hospitals without specially trained nurses sometimes send rape victims away.

Fatal Flaws

New Federal Audit Optimistic About Changes At Kentucky OSHA

By Eleanor Klibanoff | July 18, 2019

The new audit determined that Kentucky has either resolved or made progress toward addressing all of the findings from the previous year, but improvements are still underway in fatality investigations.

Department of Corrections

State Board Finds Ky. Prison Mishandled Sexual Harassment Complaints

By Eleanor Klibanoff | May 21, 2019

At Little Sandy Correctional Complex in northeastern Kentucky, prison leaders created a culture that “may have contributed to acts of sexual harassment and a reluctance to report allegations of sexual harassment,” according to a state report.