Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting (https://kycir.org/tag/kentucky-general-assembly/)
State Sen. Christian McDaniel read from a Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting article on the Senate floor Thursday and called for an investigation of the compensation of all former state university and college presidents.
The Kentucky Senate passed a bill this week that would allow pharmacists to dispense cheaper versions of biologic drugs, even though no such alternatives are yet on the market.
Drug companies and drug industry groups, flush with money to spend on lobbyists, are flocking to Frankfort like never before.
A panel to review deaths and near-deaths in Kentucky’s correctional facilities would be created by legislation introduced in the state House of Representatives. The proposal was sparked by KyCIR’s investigations into jail deaths.
Kentucky jailers who don’t have a jail to run would have to file quarterly progress reports with their county fiscal courts under a bill that passed the state Senate on Tuesday. The bill follows KyCIR’s 2015 investigation into no-jail jailers.
State legislators are once again being called upon to allow casino gambling in Kentucky as a way to pump revenue into the ailing pension systems for public employees.
A Kentucky senator has filed legislation to increase accountability for the state’s no-jail jailers. This follows a KyCIR investigation into the inefficient, nepotism-laced jailers system that costs taxpayers about $2 million annually.
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.
State data show pollution in Kentucky rivers and creeks has skyrocketed alongside a steep decline in enforcement of environmental protection laws.
Spurred by a contract extension and hefty raise for Kentucky Retirement Systems’ director, two state lawmakers are introducing a bill to make the state’s public pension agencies more transparent.
