John Cheves

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Government Accountability Reporter, Bluegrass Politics at Lexington Herald-Leader

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Ky. juvenile detention staff let teens brawl in closet ‘fight club,’ state probe finds

1 week ago | corrections1.com | John Cheves

By John ChevesLexington Herald-LeaderLEXINGTON, Ky. — At least three rank-and-file state workers lost their jobs in March at Kentucky’s juvenile detention facility in Graves County amid investigations into employees who apparently had sex in the control room on multiple occasions and allowed an alleged fight club for youths in a classroom closet.
KY juvenile justice workers removed after investigations into workplace sex, ‘fight club’

1 week ago | kentucky.com | John Cheves

At least three rank-and-file state workers lost their jobs in March at Kentucky’s juvenile detention facility in Graves County amidinvestigations into employees who apparently had sex in the control room on multiple occasions and allowed an alleged fight club for youths in a classroom closet. Additionally, the facility manager was notified March 24 that he will be fired and the deputy manager was demoted that same day to the position of youth worker.
Cruel pranks, broken bones, sexual harassment: A recent history of KY juvenile justice

1 week ago | kentucky.com | John Cheves

The Lexington Herald-Leader has reported for more than four years on serious problems inside the Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice, and the revelations helped trigger a federal civil rights investigation that still continues. Here are some recent stories from just the past six months. Sept.
Herald-Leader used open records law to pull at threads until it got juvenile justice story

1 week ago | kentucky.com | John Cheves

For the past four years, the Lexington Herald-Leader has written extensively about the abuse and neglect of youths held by the Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice, helping to trigger a civil rights investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice. To do this, the newspaper frequently uses the state’s Open Records Act to get reports from the Internal Investigations Branch at the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet.
KY juvenile justice workers removed after investigations into workplace sex, ‘fight club’

1 week ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | John Cheves

At least three rank-and-file state workers lost their jobs in March at Kentucky’s juvenile detention facility in Graves County amid investigations into employees who apparently had sex in the control room on multiple occasions and allowed an alleged fight club for youths in a classroom closet. Additionally, the facility manager was notified March 24 that he will be fired and the deputy manager was demoted that same day to the position of youth worker.
Police get bigger open records loophole in bill Gov. Beshear allows to become law

4 weeks ago | kentucky.com | John Cheves

Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear is letting a bigger loophole for law enforcement agencies in the Kentucky Open Records Act become law without his signature. Beshear’s office filed House Bill 520 with the secretary of state on Wednesday without his signature or veto. The bill lowers the government’s burden of proof when it wants to withhold crime incident reports, 911 tapes, investigative files and other related law enforcement documents.
Police get bigger open records loophole in bill Gov. Beshear allows to become law

4 weeks ago | yahoo.com | John Cheves

Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear is letting a bigger loophole for law enforcement agencies in the Kentucky Open Records Act become law without his signature. Beshear’s office filed House Bill 520 with the secretary of state on Wednesday without his signature or veto. The bill lowers the government’s burden of proof when it wants to withhold crime incident reports, 911 tapes, investigative files and other related law enforcement documents.
Gov. Beshear allows bill weakening coal mine safety to become law without his signature

4 weeks ago | kentucky.com | John Cheves

Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear has allowed to become law House Bill 196, which will reduce from two to one the number of mine emergency technicians, or METs, who must be present at Kentucky coal mines when there are 10 or fewer miners working. The bill, passed overwhelmingly in the Republican-dominated legislature, went to the secretary of state’s office on Monday without Beshear’s signature or veto. It became law on Tuesday.
Gov. Andy Beshear vetoes coal-backed bill that would allow pollution in more KY water

4 weeks ago | kentucky.com | John Cheves

Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear on Tuesday vetoed a controversial bill that would benefit the coal industry and other polluters by making it easier for them to contaminate water sources without repercussions from state environmental officials. Beshear said Senate Bill 89 “threatens the quality of Kentucky’s water,” and imperils residents’ drinking water supply.
Ky. Gov. Andy Beshear vetoes business-backed bill weakening state's worker safety protections

1 month ago | thebrunswicknews.com | John Cheves |Lexington Herald-Leader

By John Cheves, Lexington Herald-Leader LEXINGTON, Ky. - Gov. Andy Beshear on Monday vetoed a business-backed bill that would weaken Kentucky's state-regulated workplace protections. In his veto message, Beshear, a Democrat, said he opposed House Bill 398 because it "would make Kentuckians less safe in the workplace and hand over much of the authority to regulate, investigate and enforce Kentucky workplace safety and health standards to the federal government."

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