Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting (https://kycir.org/author/gambrose/)
Graham Ambrose is an investigative reporter covering social services and youth issues. He is a Report for America Corps member.
For many people raising abused or neglected children they’re related to, whether the state offers them financial help depends entirely on what year they happened to take the children in.
Uncooperative landlords have blocked hundreds of tenants in Kentucky from eviction prevention money. The government could pay tenants directly, but won’t.
A lawsuit says remote eviction proceedings are violating the rights of Louisville tenants after the location of virtual eviction hearings was changed without notice.
A 2019 law requires that the state keep track of how many children are living outside the custody of their parents, but data still isn’t available.
Women are making strides in police forces across the country. But in Kentucky, progress remains distant.
The Trump administration rarely got involved in local policing. But might Louisville Metro Police see federal intervention under President-elect Biden?
Housing advocates say their investigation points to a modern-day practice of “digital redlining” reminiscent of the policies that racially segregated Louisville.
No law explicitly permits churches to harbor law-breakers or to protect individuals from the state. Instead, church sanctuaries are part of a long tradition that has typically been respected by the government.
Kentucky’s rural post offices are threatened. Over the last decade, more post offices have been closed in Kentucky than in any other state, according to data from the U.S. Postal Service. Closures have hit every region, from coal towns in Appalachia to villages in the open fields of the Jackson Purchase.
Six cases of a rare coronavirus-related inflammatory condition have been identified in Kentucky youth since March, according to public records from the state. Case data suggest the syndrome is disproportionately impacting young people of color. MIS-C, or multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, has been identified in Kentuckians as young as five and as old as 19. Symptoms of the rare but serious condition include the inflammation of multiple body parts, fever, rash or vomiting. The cause of MIS-C is unknown, though it’s linked to the new coronavirus.