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Jared Bennett is a deputy editor and reporter covering criminal justice and economic justice for the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting.

An illustration of two hands raised. The hands are constructed of voting symbols, like a ballot box, an elephant, a donkey and the US capitol.
Posted inWho Counts?

In Kentucky, rare bipartisan support for expanded voting access

by Jared Bennett October 6, 2022October 5, 2022

Kentucky surprised many in 2020 when, at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, officials reached a bipartisan compromise expanding vote by mail and early voting access in a state that historically had some of the most restrictive voting access laws in the country. Kentucky has continued to buck national trends ever since. Lawmakers in the […]

An illustration of two hands raised. The hands are constructed of voting symbols, like a ballot box, an elephant, a donkey and the US capitol.
Posted inWho Counts?

In Indiana, extreme gerrymandering and low voter turnout go hand-in-hand

by Jared Bennett October 6, 2022October 5, 2022
Posted inInequality

America’s most powerful medical-debt collector

by Jared Bennett and Olga Khazan January 21, 2020January 28, 2022
Posted inInequality

Under Trump, millions of low-income people lose access to cellphones

by Jared Bennett and Ashley Wong November 5, 2019November 6, 2019
Posted inState Politics

Lawmakers target anti-poverty programs after paid trips to Disney

by Jared Bennett September 4, 2019January 28, 2022
Posted inState Politics

Why state attorneys general races are the next frontier for out-of-state influence

by Jared Bennett November 3, 2018January 28, 2022
Posted inFinance, Inequality

Noncompete clauses: They’re not just for executives anymore

by Jared Bennett October 24, 2018January 28, 2022
Posted inInequality

Connecticut in Crisis: How inequality is paralyzing ‘America’s country club’

by Jared Bennett July 25, 2018January 28, 2022
Posted inInequality

Why Mark Zuckerberg’s Senate hearing could mean little for Facebook’s privacy reform

by Allan Holmes and Jared Bennett April 10, 2018January 7, 2022
Posted inInequality

The investment industry threatens state retirement plans to help workers save

by Jared Bennett April 2, 2018January 28, 2022
Posted inInequality

Is Congress expanding credit for the poor or enabling high-interest lenders?

by Jared Bennett December 22, 2017January 28, 2022
Posted inInequality

Saving face: Facebook wants access without limits

by Jared Bennett July 31, 2017January 28, 2022
Posted inInequality

Who is killing the CFPB’s arbitration rule?

by Jared Bennett July 28, 2017January 28, 2022
Posted inFinance, Inequality

Trump, Wall Street and the ‘banking caucus’ ready to rip apart Dodd-Frank

by Jared Bennett February 1, 2017January 7, 2022
Posted inInequality

Lobbying muscle may help tech titans trump Trump

by Allan Holmes and Jared Bennett December 13, 2016January 28, 2022
Posted inDemocracy

What we knew about Donald Trump’s inner circle, when we knew it

by Jared Bennett December 2, 2016January 28, 2022
Posted inBuying of the President, Democracy, Elections, Source Check

Pro-Trump super PAC back in the fray — this time in Spanish

by Jared Bennett November 3, 2016January 28, 2022
Posted inFinance, Inequality

HUD mortgage sales harm black neighborhoods, lawsuit says

by Jared Bennett August 17, 2016January 7, 2022
Posted inDemocracy

9 things to know about Jill Stein

by Michael Beckel and Jared Bennett August 6, 2016January 28, 2022
Posted inDemocracy

9 things to know about Gary Johnson

by Michael Beckel and Jared Bennett July 6, 2016January 28, 2022
Posted inState Politics

E-cigarette laws written with the help of Reynolds American

by Nicholas Kusnetz and Jared Bennett March 25, 2016January 28, 2022
Posted inInequality

Members of Congress call for reforms to bulk mortgage sales

by Jared Bennett March 3, 2016January 28, 2022
Posted inInequality

HUD loan investment program draws scrutiny

by Jared Bennett February 3, 2016January 28, 2022
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Hedge funds get cheap homes, homeowners get the boot

by Jared Bennett September 23, 2015January 28, 2022
Posted inFinance, Inequality

How bulk home loan sales benefit hedge funds over homeowners

Avatar photo by Yue Qiu, Chris Zubak-Skees and Jared Bennett September 23, 2015January 28, 2022
Posted inInequality

11 things we learned investigating how the government sells mortgages to investors

by Jared Bennett and Kimberley Porteous September 23, 2015January 28, 2022
Posted inDemocracy

9 things to know about Lawrence Lessig

by Dave Levinthal and Jared Bennett September 6, 2015January 28, 2022
Posted inBuying of the President, Democracy, Elections

9 things to know about Jim Gilmore

by Michael Beckel and Jared Bennett July 30, 2015January 28, 2022
Posted inDemocracy

9 things to know about John Kasich

by Michael Beckel and Jared Bennett July 21, 2015January 28, 2022
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12 things to know about Scott Walker

by Reity O'Brien and Jared Bennett July 13, 2015January 28, 2022

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