Jacob Ryan
Managing Editor, KyCIRJacob Ryan is an award-winning journalist and managing editor LPM's Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting team who tenaciously reports accountability stories on a variety of subjects.
He is a recipient of a Sidney Hillman award, a national Investigative Reporters and Editors award and numerous regional and local awards.
Jacob, who joined LPM in 2014, is originally from Eddyville, Kentucky. He’s a graduate of Western Kentucky University.
Email Jacob at jryan@lpm.org.
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Several women accused Brian Bailey of sexual abuse, two internal police investigations determined the complaints were credible, but local prosecutors say he shouldn't face the felony sodomy charge.
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Ethics officials said they were puzzled by a Metro Council resolution asking them to review council member Anthony Piagentini’s involvement in a $40 million grant the council gave a local nonprofit.
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An emergency resolution filed Thursday asked the city’s ethics commission to review the behavior of Council Member Anthony Piagentini, who pushed for $40M in grant funding for a nonprofit that was recruiting him for a job and later hired him.
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A Louisville Metro Council member helped a local nonprofit get a $40 million COVID-19 relief grant. Then, the group gave him a job.
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A new report from the local nonprofit Greater Louisville Project found the investment outpaces peer cities. And while advocates warn it’s not a permanent solution — the money should be a boost for youth development programs that have been cut in recent years.
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The two boys accused of killing two other teenagers will be in court again in March, after an initial hearing on Friday.
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One woman’s fight with the land bank could reopen pathways to generational wealth in west LouisvilleMary Hall's push to reclaim her family's land is inspiring change and raising important questions about how Louisville officials have “retained, seized and confiscated” properties in Black communities over the past 50 years.
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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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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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Amherst Residential has emerged as the biggest private landlord in west Louisville, where most residents are Black and more likely to rent.