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An investigation commissioned by Gov. Matt Bevin found that state workers under the previous governor’s administration were solicited to donate to Democratic political campaigns, a violation of state law.
Former Personnel Cabinet secretary Tim Longmeyer was sentenced Thursday to 70 months in prison for federal bribery. He will also have to pay $203,500 in restitution.
A 50-page FBI affidavit offers the most detailed glimpse yet into the kickbacks-for-contracts plot featuring former Personnel Cabinet Secretary Tim Longmeyer as a cash-raking central figure. Here’s 10 takeaways.
During Tim Longmeyer’s four-year run as secretary of the Kentucky Personnel Cabinet, giving money to Democratic candidates for state office was a gesture widespread among his so-called “non-merit” employees.
Tim Longmeyer, the state’s former secretary of the Personnel Cabinet and deputy attorney general, pleaded guilty to accepting kickbacks from a state contractor.
Gov. Matt Bevin has launched an investigation into potential corruption under former Gov. Steve Beshear’s administration.
Before landing a $3.1 million no-bid state contract on Gov. Steve Beshear’s last day in office, the software company that counts a Beshear cabinet secretary’s husband as a “partner” had already received $8.1 million worth of business outside of the bidding process.
A former high-ranking state official whose agency awarded at least $1.3 million worth of contracts to a New Jersey-based consulting firm during her time in office joined that firm Monday as a vice president.
Beshear came under fire this summer after he failed to appoint a single African-American member to the board. Attorney General Jack Conway had previously issued an opinion that the board was out of line with state law.
Attorney General Jack Conway has deemed Gov. Steve Beshear’s appointments to the University of Louisville board illegal due to a lack of racial diversity. Conway’s opinion may tip his hand regarding another case up for review: politically-lopsided university boards.