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The mood was celebratory as Kentucky and federal officials crowded into the Capitol Rotunda on a cold January day in 2001 to announce the end of five years of federal oversight of the state’s problem-ridden juvenile justice system. “We’re never going to slide back to where we were in 1995,” said then-Juvenile Justice Commissioner Ralph […] The post Juvenile justice: ‘From nothing to something and then right back to nothing’ appeared first on Kentu...

The mood was celebratory as Kentucky and federal officials crowded into the Capitol Rotunda on a cold January day in 2001 to announce the end of five years of federal

In a brief 10-minute interview, Department of Corrections officials repeatedly say the system is working well.

The Herald-Leader used the Kentucky Open Records Act to pry loose internal affairs reports on corrections employees.

Linda Blackford: We’re taking advice from billionaires and not from people who do this work on the ground?

"When the General Assembly returns to Frankfort on Jan. 2, one of the many problems it’s been asked to address is youth smoking — particularly vaping, which studies suggest has become more far com

Herald-Leader journalists have been fact-checking claims made throughout the race between Gov. Andy Beshear and Attorney General Daniel Cameron.

“As of June, 73 percent of Kentucky’s 277 nursing homes were listed as going more than two years without a so-called ‘annual’ inspection. It’s putting patients at risk,” the Lexington

Mitch McConnell bought Wall Street a $4.5 million digital Fort Knox. Where the hell did it go?

Linda Blackford: On U.S. Democracy Day, let’s ponder the lack of transparency in Kentucky’s government, from both parties and at every level.