One candidate has made improving worker safety a talking point in his campaign for governor.
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Drones, Guns And Light Bills: How Kentucky Police Spend Seized Cash
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Kentucky law says seized money must be used for direct law enforcement purposes. A KyCIR review of $3.7 million in spending records shows agencies take varied interpretations of that law.
Fatal Flaws
Kentucky Democrats Seek To Restore Worker Safety Board Bevin Eliminated
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House Bill 322 would restore the OSHA Standards Board and require it to meet more frequently.
David Dickerson
Amid Worker Safety Scrutiny, Kentucky Labor Secretary Proposes Merging Cabinets
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Cabinet leaders said eliminating the Labor Cabinet would save money, streamline government and improve the functions of Kentucky’s Occupational Safety and Health agency, which has been under federal scrutiny since a critical audit released in August.
Fatal Flaws
KY OSH Promises To ‘Raise The Bar’ With Training, Pay Raises
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The Labor Cabinet has purchased equipment and raised salaries in its embattled worker safety program. The Cabinet hasn’t specified how much the raises would be.
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As Neighboring States Raise Worker Safety Inspector Pay, Kentucky Lags Behind
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Kentucky pays its entry-level safety compliance officers less than any of the surrounding states, according to a KyCIR review of salary data.
Government
Former Staffer Alleges Sexual Assault, ‘Nearly Daily Touching’ By Ky. Rep. Jeff Hoover In Sealed Deposition
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Hoover, the former Speaker of the House, has said he exchanged inappropriate texts but denied any sexual contact. The staffer said under oath that Hoover sexually assaulted her.
KY OSH
Ky. Labor Cabinet: ‘Unacceptable’ Worker Safety Issues Under Review
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The acting Labor Secretary wrote in an op-ed published Tuesday in the Lexington newspaper that the “hard work of turning the program around is well underway.”
Government
How A Kentucky State Employee Kept His Job After Sexual Harassment Allegation, Felony
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Newly released documents shed light on the process by which the Labor Cabinet investigated, and then closed, the sexual harassment allegation.
Louisville Police Close More Than Half Of Rape Cases Without Arresting Anyone
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The Louisville Metro Police Department closed hundreds of rape investigations in three years. Officers identified the suspects, knew where to find them and had probable cause to arrest them. But in a majority of these closed cases, LMPD officers made no arrests. The officers determined that arrests were just not possible in 51 percent of all 2014-16 rape cases. The agency marked the cases “cleared by exception,” a status intended for exceptional situations, and closed the case.
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Seized: Few Kentucky Police Agencies Report What They Take Through Asset Forfeiture
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In Kentucky, 11 percent of police agencies report how much suspected drug money they seize every year. How much nearly 300 other agencies take is unclear.