(The Center Square) – Kentucky Auditor Allison Ball sent a letter to Gov. Andy Beshear warning the state could lose federal funding if the governor doesn't join efforts to stop taxpayer fraud.
Auditor Allison Ball told The Center Square: “Over the course of the last two and a half years, my office has identified and recommended corresponding solutions to over a billion dollars of wasted taxpayer money in Kentucky.
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