Lily Burris
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KyCIR
On Dec. 10, 2021, a series of more than 20 tornadoes swept through western and central Kentucky, taking than 80 lives and damaging hundreds of homes.
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The city paid $1.8 million to settle a lawsuit filed by three women who claimed they were coerced into serving as confidential informants and then sexually abused by a Louisville police detective.
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Lily Burris is the newest addition to the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting team. As a Report for America Corps member, she’ll cover issues related to wealth and poverty in Kentucky.
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Kentucky has made some progress. But advocates say lawmakers could do more to help young people – and that they’ve sometimes made matters.
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Benimax is one of several private-equity firms buying hundreds of apartments and single-family homes across Louisville and building rental portfolios.
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Judge Thomas Wingate wrote that “the Department of Revenue improperly collected debts of UK HealthCare using impermissible means to collect unliquidated sums.”
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Amherst Residential has emerged as the biggest private landlord in west Louisville, where most residents are Black and more likely to rent rather than own their homes.
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The Kentucky Department of Corrections evacuated 117 people held at the Letcher County Jail after intense flooding.
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The private contractor operating prison commissaries in Kentucky increased prices by 7.2% on July 1 with DOC approval.
