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Joe Sonka

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Sep 25, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Joe Sonka

    Kentucky’s Addiction Recovery Care ordered to pay $18.4M to creditors (opens the original)

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    A federal judge in New York issued judgments in two lawsuits against Kentucky treatment provider Addiction Recovery Care this week, ordering the belleaguered company to pay more than $18 million to creditors. This comes on the heels of a calamitous summer for the company, known as ARC, which agreed to a $16.2 million settlement with federal prosecutors related to allegations of Medicaid billing fraud and had its founder and now-former CEO Tim Robinson indicted for an allegedly fraudulent money l

  2. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Joe Sonka

    Trump vs. Beshear PAC ad proxy war emerges in Kentucky congressional race (opens the original)

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    A congressional race in Kentucky that many had written off as impossible for Democrats now appears to be quite competitive, as competing political actions committees affiliated with the president and Democratic governor have both launched expensive TV ad buys this week. The 6th Congressional District is an open seat with current GOP Rep. Andy Barr running for Senate. He easily won reelection to a seventh term in 2024 by 27 percentage points, but Democrats are hopeful they can win the open seat t

  3. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Joe Sonka

    DOJ escalates threats on Kentucky voter data in letter to Sec. Adams (opens the original)

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    Kentucky was one of dozens of states that the U.S. Department of Justice sent threatening letters to earlier this month, continuing their demands for sensitive data on registered voters. In the Sept. 4 letter obtained through an open records request, the DOJ told Kentucky’s GOP Secretary of State Michael Adams he is “currently under investigation” for failing to comply with previous demands for voter data, warning that he may be subject to “civil and criminal sanctions” if he doesn’t preserve vo

  4. Article · Sep 16, 2026 · Joe Sonka

    Appeals court order frees former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin from jail (opens the original)

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    An appeals court judge on Wednesday ordered the immediate release of former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin from the Louisville Metro Detention Center, where he has been incarcerated for nearly two weeks of a 60-day sentence for contempt of court. Kentucky Court of Appeals Judge Allison E. Jones granted Bevin’s request for emergency relief, staying his contempt sentence due to his appeal “showing that his present incarceration may be unlawful” and did not give him adequate opportunity to remedy before

  5. Article · Sep 10, 2026 · Joe Sonka

    McClatchy guts Lexington Herald-Leader newsroom, among nationwide layoffs (opens the original)

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    McClatchy, a subsidiary of the Chatham Asset Management hedge fund, began announcing major layoffs at newspapers across the country Thursday morning, including at the Lexington Herald-Leader. The majority of the positions at the Herald-Leader were eliminated, with 13 journalists notified of being laid off, effective in two weeks. The eliminated positions include seven news reporters, three sports reporters, two visual journalists and one editor. This currently leaves the Herald-Leader with just

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