Politics & health reporter, @heraldleader. H-L Guild prez. Past: @bangordailynews, @the_forecaster. @report4america, @SaltInstitute, @WKU alum | she/her
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Alex Acquisto retweeted
Jun 4
NEW: Owner of KY's Addiction Recovery Care has been federally indicted on charges of wire fraud, and other money crimes.
Tim Robinson faces 3 counts related to the sale, and attempted re-sale, of tax receivables. @AcquistoA
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Alex Acquisto retweeted
May 27
New: Daniel Cameron was one of the brightest young stars in the national GOP — plum RNC slot, SCOTUS longlist, “chosen one” status in KY, etc.
Now he’s lost twice. What happened?
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Alex Acquisto retweeted
May 7
New: a fmr college classmate alleges KY state Rep Daniel Grossberg assaulted her & made unwanted sexual advances in 2005 when she was a freshman and he was a 26-yr-old senior.
She is making these claims on the record & has an accompanying police report.
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Alex Acquisto retweeted
May 5
Personal News: After 4 years at the @heraldleader, I am leaving. My last day is May 22. Helping people understand Kentucky, and holding its powerful to account, has been a dream job.
Thanks to every reader and everyone I met along the way! Hope I did Kentucky proud.
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Alex Acquisto retweeted
Quite the story from our partners @heraldleader: They Needed Treatment for Drug Addiction. The Company They Turned to May Have Used Them to Commit Fraud. by @AcquistoA @TaylorSixHL propublica.org/article/kentu…
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Alex Acquisto retweeted
Apr 9
“It was just herding cattle: get them in, get them out, get them in, get them out.”
Really great reporting from @AcquistoA & @TaylorSixHL on Kentucky's addiction treatment empire & the allegedly fraudulent billing practices fueling its rise.
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Alex Acquisto retweeted
Jan 21
Addiction Recovery Care has agreed to a settlement with the Department of Justice to the tune of nearly $28 million for alleged Medicaid fraud, according to a NY lawsuit filed Jan. 12.
A Bahamian trust says ARC owes them $8M. @AcquistoA
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Alex Acquisto retweeted
10 Oct 2025
On Comment on Kentucky, Bill Bryant @kynewsmakers welcomes @AcquistoA of @ heraldleader, @MarioAndersonTV of @SpectrumNews1KY and @isaiah_km Martinez of @WHAS11. Watch tonight at 8 on KET.
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Alex Acquisto retweeted
2 Oct 2025
New: Three West Virginia jails are being used to house the country’s immigrant detainees in a deal with ICE that has made the state’s corrections division more than $333,000 so far this year.
Inmates are moved to accommodate ICE detainees. westvirginiawatch.com/2025/1…
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Alex Acquisto retweeted
1 Oct 2025
Herald-Leader chosen by ProPublica for Local Reporting Network partnership kentucky.com/news/state/kent…
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Alex Acquisto retweeted
18 Sep 2025
Andy Wolfson, longtime Courier Journal legal affairs reporter, dies at 70 courier-journal.com/story/ne…
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Alex Acquisto retweeted
18 Sep 2025
Kentucky’s highest court has reversed Lexington’s ban on no-knock warrants, ruling that a city ordinance banning their use directly conflicts with state law.
The city has not officially commented on the ruling.
@_AustinHorn
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Alex Acquisto retweeted
17 Sep 2025
Possibly lost in the sauce of this morning's news: Despite a new wave of KY Dems running for Senate in '26, not all the horses may be out of the barn just yet.
There's talk of a very prominent Kentucky horse trainer joining the field. kentucky.com/news/politics-g…
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Alex Acquisto retweeted
17 Sep 2025
So, Harper’s Ferry has been told to take down material depicting suffering of slaves following Trump order to remove signs or displays that “emphasize negative aspects of American history or historical figures.”
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11 Sep 2025
Addiction Recovery Care closes five more locations, including flagship in Louisa
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Alex Acquisto retweeted
2 Sep 2025
Fight heats up over proposed KY power line. Residents, Berea College oppose plan
Some opponents believe the line could impact drinking water and the college forest
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Alex Acquisto retweeted
2 Sep 2025
Big Frankfort news.
This upcoming session will be Senate Transportation Chair Jimmy Higdon's, R-Lebanon, last one. He's not running for reelection next year.
Pretty big shoes to fill both in his district and in the very powerful committee role.
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Alex Acquisto retweeted
2 Sep 2025
New: Here’s the bulk of my interview with Sen. Mitch McConnell.
He has lots of thoughts about his legacy in KY, his future, Andy Beshear & one thing that “irritates the hell out of” him.
Check it out!
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29 Aug 2025
Just now in the Natural Resources & Energy Cmte, two GOP lawmakers presented a bill to outlaw geoengineering in KY skies, incl. cloud seeding.
Sen. Steve Rawlings blamed cloud seeding on the deadly July floods in Texas - a claim that has been widely debunked by experts.
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29 Aug 2025
Still, this conspiracy theory has been fanned by some in the GOP, incl. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who filed a bill very similar to the one that'll be filed here in Kentucky.
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29 Aug 2025
Rawlings, R-Burlington, is filing the bill with Rep. John Hodgson, R-Fisherville. They said they aren't aware of any geoengineering actually happening rn in Ky.
Co-chair Rep. Jim Gooch said in jest, "I just personally don't know what could go wrong when man starts playing God."
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