Lobbyist on Trial for Allegedly Bribing Official on WC Claims Management Contract

A jailed state official is set to testify today against a lobbyist who, prosecutors say, spent thousands of dollars in bribes to win a claims management contract for Kentucky state government's public-employee workers' compensation program. Former state cabinet Secretary Tim Longmeyer, who pleaded guilty in 2016 to his role in the wide-ranging bribery scandal, was brought from federal prison in Alabama to Lexington, where he was set to take the stand today against James Sullivan in a federal courthouse. Sullivan, who prosecutors said was one of the most active and influential lob...