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Kentucky Nepotism: In Hiring, County Officials Can — and Do — Turn to Relatives

We found Kentucky has a patchwork of ethics policies, many legalizing nepotism, many with rules so infused with loopholes that public officials readily bring their relatives aboard.

Ethics

How Your County Handles (Or Doesn’t Handle) Nepotism Hires

By James McNair | November 12, 2015

Our newsroom put together this handy database examining the nepotism guidelines in every Kentucky county.

Government

In Hiring, County Officials Can — and Do — Turn to Relatives

By James McNair | November 12, 2015

Kentucky has a patchwork of ethics policies, many legalizing nepotism, many with rules so infused with loopholes that public officials readily bring their relatives aboard.