Senate Majority Floor Leader Damon Thayer, R-Georgetown, is pushing a bill that would remove Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes from her role as chairwoman of the State Board of Elections.
When Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes hired CyberScout to analyze election security, she ignored her own staff and put her faith in a company run by a political donor. It had never tackled such a challenge.
Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes expanded her sway over the state’s election process with audacity, a willingness to fight — and a board that didn’t appear to pay close attention. The conflict isn’t over.
Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes is taking heat because her staff has routinely examined the voting records of state employees, job applicants and even potential political rivals.
James Edmonds, a homeless and severely mentally ill man, has rolled his wheelchair into downtown Lexington traffic for years, trying to die and often going to jail. “Our institutions have failed him monstrously,” his lawyer said.
James Edmonds, a severely mentally ill homeless man, has been arrested dozens of times around downtown Lexington over the years. He is best known to local residents for rolling his wheelchair into busy streets.
Jessica and Tim Taylor of Martin County, Kentucky collect rainwater to get by when their city water is turned off. That happens too often, they said, and they hope some state or federal agency will come and help during times without water.
BarbiAnn Maynard with the Martin County Water Warriors talks about the lack of reliable water service and clean drinking water in Martin County, Kentucky.
Reliable access to potable water for drinking and living is not available for many in Eastern Kentucky and West Virginia. Money and a plan could change that. Here are five suggestions to solve the water crisis.
Eastern KY water districts share similar struggles: lack of trust in water quality, broken or cracked service lines and failure to raise rates. The Martin County crisis made news, but what about the rest of Appalachia?
Central Appalachia residents say the water in their districts is unsafe, creates health issues and threatens children’s safety. The EPA lists some Eastern Kentucky districts as serious violators of the Safe Water Drinking Act.
Poor management in Eastern Kentucky and Appalachia mean residents are victims of a water crisis and lack reliable clean water service. One Martin County family collects rainwater in buckets to bathe and wash.
For many families in Eastern Kentucky and Southern West Virginia, the absence of clean, reliable drinking water has become part of daily life. Now, those residents are Stirring the Waters, demanding that officials fix their long-failing infrastructure.
The United Nations recognizes access to clean water as a human right. Three reporters in Eastern Kentucky and Southwestern West Virginia explore whether people who live there have that right.
Wanda Delaplane, former Kentucky assistant attorney general, recounts the story of how she lost her father to nursing home neglect in 2006 and how she now advocates for safety in nursing homes.
State Sen. Ralph Alvarado, R-Winchester, opposes bills that would set minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes because those jobs can be hard to fill. “It’s a job that a lot of folks don’t, frankly, want to do,” Alvarado says.
Sherry Culp, executive director of the Nursing Home Ombudsman Agency of the Bluegrass, describes about how to select a nursing home for a loved one. Brookdale Senior Living resident Becky Walters talks about life in her nursing home.
Nearly half of Kentucky’s nursing homes are rated as substandard by the federal government. A big problem is inadequate staffing that puts residents in harm’s way. The legislature’s response: Make it harder to sue nursing homes.
