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Jared Bennett
Investigative ReporterJared Bennett is an investigative reporter for LPM's Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting team. Previously, he was a reporter and digital editor at the Center for Public Integrity, and a digital producer for WBUR in Boston.
Email Jared at jbennett@lpm.org.
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Prompted by research from legislative analysts late last year that showed a lack of competition drives up road paving costs, Kentucky lawmakers said they’d issue a full report on the issue by January this year. They haven't done it.
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UofL Hospital officials had previously threatened to send the man back to Guatemala because he doesn’t have insurance and cannot pay for his treatment.
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Police in Louisville shot and killed two people this month. Mayor Craig Greenberg offered few additional details this week.
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The plan to build a prison in Letcher County is generating opposition from a burgeoning national coalition that includes formerly incarcerated people.
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The Federal Bureau of Prisons is moving one step closer to building a prison in Letcher County despite concerns of locals, activists.
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The sweeping Republican-backed crime bill could lead to more incarceration, which could bring problems for many Kentucky jails that are already overcrowded with people in state custody.
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State GOP leaders say Kentuckians charged in connection to the riot at the U.S. Capitol have been wrongfully detained. Experts disagree and court records show scope of violence.
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Local governments use federal funds to buy hundreds of homes damaged during last year’s deadly floods.
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Single-bid contracts often lead to higher costs for road work in Kentucky, but lawmakers seem unbothered.
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Norton Healthcare has filed thousands of lawsuits over unpaid medical bills in Jefferson County District Court. Many of those people were likely eligible for free or discounted care.