Lobbying

The Kentucky Senate passed a bill this week that would allow pharmacists to dispense cheaper versions of biologic drugs, even though no such alternatives are yet on the market.

Drug companies and drug industry groups, flush with money to spend on lobbyists, are flocking to Frankfort like never before.

This story was reported and produced by FairWarning.Big rig crashes kill nearly 4,000 Americans each year and injure more than 85,000. Since 2009,…

An examination of Congressman Ed Whitfield's ties to a failing tech company, which featured his wife as a board member. Whitfield didn't disclose the relationship in a Congressional hearing and later told reporters his wife had no stock or involvement in the company, when she did.

A congressional ethics subcommittee has been directed to investigate whether U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield violated House rules in connection with his wife's lobbying work for The Humane Society of the United States.

Although the battle over how beer gets to consumers will be openly fought in the Kentucky General Assembly this month, the campaign to win the votes of lawmakers actually began in 2014.

Whitfield said his lobbyist wife “most certainly did not convince me” to sponsor or support legislation. He also acknowledged a second ethics complaint against him, the focus of a recent KyCIR report.

A House committee on Friday announced an inquiry into a possible ethics violation by U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield of Kentucky.The statement followed an…

Our latest investigation into money, politics and ethics explored the business ties between longtime U.S. Congressman Ed Whitfield, his lobbyist wife, and…

U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield generally flies under the radar. But his connections and financial ties to a lobbyist have generated unwelcome publicity for him…