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Fatal Flaws
New Federal Audit Optimistic About Changes At Kentucky OSHA
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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.
Government
With Race Horse Deaths Under Scrutiny, Kentucky Keeps Details Secret
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Officials from other major racing states share which horses die, where and when. The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission largely keeps that secret.
Department of Corrections
State Board Finds Ky. Prison Mishandled Sexual Harassment Complaints
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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.
Fatal Flaws
Ky. Worker Safety Leaders Promise Grieving Families They’ll Do Better
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Mike and Pam Oakley have been talking for years about how Kentucky’s worker safety agency failed their 17-year-old son. State officials never listened. They’re listening now.
2019
Kentucky Horse Tracks Paid For Their Own Video Gambling Regulations
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Keeneland, Ellis Park, Kentucky Downs and two machine manufacturers paid more than $845,000 for testing services with virtually no direct oversight from the horse racing commission.
Government
Judge Orders State To Pay KyCIR’s Legal Bills For ‘Willfully’ Withholding Records
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The judge ordered the Labor Cabinet to pay more than $16,000 in legal fees and an $800 penalty because it disregarded legal precedent when it redacted the name of an employee who was accused of sexual harassment.
Top Story
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.
Featured in Category
With Permanent Leadership And No Legislation, Ky. Labor Cabinet Merger Unlikely
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The merger proposal was presented as one possible antidote to the Labor Cabinet’s recent troubles.
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.