James McNair
Investigative Reporter/KyCIRJames McNair is a veteran investigative reporter who specializes in business and finance issues. McNair has spent 30 years in journalism, including 12 as a business writer at the Miami Herald, as well as stints at other newspapers in Florida, Ohio, Virginia and Tennessee. His reporting has unearthed fraudulent schemes and unethical business practices. He exposed standardized test result discrepancies at a high-profile Cincinnati high school and gave an in-depth look at the aggressive investment practices of the Kentucky Retirement Systems. He also spent seven years as an independent researcher for a hedge fund.
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Kentucky Treasurer Allison Ball filed legal papers today to overturn the state pension system’s payment of $50,000 to cover the cost of its ousted chairman’s lawsuit against Gov. Matt Bevin. -
A decision by Kentucky Retirement Systems to pay the legal fees of its former chairman as he sues Gov. Matt Bevin is drawing criticism.
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Through May 31, Trump received only $43,861 in individual contributions, not even half the amount given to Ohio Gov. John Kasich. -
The Kentucky community college system reassigned its top attorney earlier this month to a newly created “special assistant” position soon after wrapping up a monthslong investigation of his office behavior. -
After three months of trailing Sanders in the chase for campaign money in Kentucky, Clinton posted her best fundraising month in April. -
Out of 11 Kentucky college endowments compared, U of L’s endowment ranked ninth in average annual return over the last five calendar years. -
The Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting examined five years’ worth of investment returns of 11 collegiate endowments across Ky. -
News of the $815,741 paid last year to retired Kentucky Community & Technical College System President Michael McCall has drawn outrage.
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As the Kentucky Community & Technical College System eliminates 506 jobs, it disclosed that it paid $815,741 last year to former president Michael McCall. -
A 50-page FBI affidavit offers the most detailed glimpse yet into the plot featuring former Personnel Secretary Tim Longmeyer as a central figure.
