The State Has Halted Debt Collections — But Not Collection Notices
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A spokesperson for the Department of Revenue said collections have stopped. But the agency couldn’t stop the automatic letters.
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Insult To Injury: State Adds 32% When It Collects UK Medical Debt
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Kristin Hurst walked into the Kentucky lottery office in Lexington in May of last year expecting to claim a $1,000 prize from a scratch-off lottery ticket. Instead, the lottery employee told Hurst there was a red flag on her account. From the parking lot, she made a nervous call to her fiancé. It was his ticket she was trying to cash in, but something was wrong. She had to go to the main Kentucky lottery office to find out what.
Hi, I’m Jasmine Demers, a reporter for KyCIR covering issues related to youth and social services. I’m also a corps member with Report For America, a national program that places journalists into local newsrooms to report on under-covered issues and communities.