by Jere Downs, @JereDowns – When Eurofins microbiology manager Meghan Styke talks to food producers who send samples for testing to her new Louisville laboratories, chances are the sometimes deadly threat of listeria bacteria comes up. “The question I get is: ‘What should we be doing that we’re not?’” said Styke from the Eurofins facility that opened in…
by Tom Loftus, @TomLoftus_CJ – Through the first four months of 2016 many of Frankfort’s top lobbyists have already made much more money in lobbying fees than the $140,000 salary that Gov. Matt Bevin will make for the whole year. The nearly 700 corporations and associations that lobby the General Assembly are required to report exactly how much they pay each…
by Nick Storm, @NickStorm_cn2 – After more than a year since 3,090 previously untested rape kits were identified, two contracts providing for the testing of 600 of what could be more than 5,000 untested rape kits has been approved by the Finance and Administration Cabinet. Since the audit performed by former Auditor Adam Edelen, kits have been collected…
