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| Matt Bevin, Kentucky Governor, Orders Inquiry Into Beshear Administration | Matt Bevin, Kentucky Governor, Orders Inquiry Into Beshear Administration |
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| Kentucky’s Republican governor on Tuesday ordered an investigation into what he described as wrongdoing under his Democratic predecessor, charging that state employees were coerced into contributing to political campaigns and that a contract was improperly steered to a politically connected company. | Kentucky’s Republican governor on Tuesday ordered an investigation into what he described as wrongdoing under his Democratic predecessor, charging that state employees were coerced into contributing to political campaigns and that a contract was improperly steered to a politically connected company. |
| Gov. Matt Bevin’s allegation of “greed and oftentimes corruption” escalates the feud between the new governor, who took office in December, and the Beshear clan: former Gov. Steven L. Beshear and his son, Andy, the state attorney general. Last Monday, Andy Beshear sued Mr. Bevin, claiming that the governor acted illegally in cutting higher education spending without approval by the Legislature; and Steve Beshear is leading a public relations campaign against his successor’s moves to roll back the state’s expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. | |
| A key figure in Steve Beshear’s administration, Timothy M. Longmeyer, faces a federal bribery charge linked to his management of a health insurance plan for state employees, a case Mr. Bevin referred to on Tuesday. | A key figure in Steve Beshear’s administration, Timothy M. Longmeyer, faces a federal bribery charge linked to his management of a health insurance plan for state employees, a case Mr. Bevin referred to on Tuesday. |
| In a brief statement, Mr. Bevin said that in his months in office, his administration had found evidence that state workers were forced to contribute last year to the campaigns of Andy Beshear and Jack Conway, the previous attorney general, who was Mr. Bevin’s Democratic opponent in the race for governor. And he charged that the state had awarded a $3 million no-bid contract to a company with ties to Steve Beshear’s administration. | In a brief statement, Mr. Bevin said that in his months in office, his administration had found evidence that state workers were forced to contribute last year to the campaigns of Andy Beshear and Jack Conway, the previous attorney general, who was Mr. Bevin’s Democratic opponent in the race for governor. And he charged that the state had awarded a $3 million no-bid contract to a company with ties to Steve Beshear’s administration. |
| Mr. Bevin said he had directed an official in his cabinet to hire an outside law firm to investigate the matters. “A thorough, independent investigation like this can expose and cast light upon prior unsavory — and perhaps illegal — practices,” he said. | Mr. Bevin said he had directed an official in his cabinet to hire an outside law firm to investigate the matters. “A thorough, independent investigation like this can expose and cast light upon prior unsavory — and perhaps illegal — practices,” he said. |
| Andy Beshear released a statement saying that “the appropriate agency, however, for investigating the governor’s allegations is the Kentucky Executive Branch Ethics Commission, an independent agency, and not a cabinet that answers to the governor.” He accused Mr. Bevin of overstepping his authority and wasting public funds. | Andy Beshear released a statement saying that “the appropriate agency, however, for investigating the governor’s allegations is the Kentucky Executive Branch Ethics Commission, an independent agency, and not a cabinet that answers to the governor.” He accused Mr. Bevin of overstepping his authority and wasting public funds. |