The Red Mile TIF: the complete open-records file

Every record produced to The Lexington Times about the Red Mile Mixed-Use Redevelopment TIF's state-level payouts — three productions from two state agencies, June–July 2026, covering the KEDFA agreement (2011) and every annual increment calculation from 2015 through the pending 2025 request. Documents are as produced (agency redactions intact).

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Reporting based on these records: the June 5 investigation · the 2020–2024 payout reveal · the phantom-rate modifier

Cabinet for Economic Development — June 12, 2026

Response to The Lexington Times' June 5, 2026 open-records request. Includes the KEDFA Tax Incentive Agreement (Aug. 25, 2011) with the dual incentive cap ($25,321,000 if historical horse racing legal / $13,786,000 if not), amendments, activation records, and annual increment-request certifications. 3 pages of 2022 W-3 forms redacted under KRS 61.878(1)(l).

Kentucky Department of Revenue — June 22, 2026 (O-26-52R)

First batch of DOR's response: preliminary and final increment letters, signed Exhibit E disbursement requests, and concurrence letters for calendar years 2020–2024, plus the 2025 request (verification pending). Documents the HB 360 "modified new revenues" gross-up in the 2023 and 2024 calculations.

Kentucky Department of Revenue — July 15, 2026 supplemental (O-26-52R, final)

DOR's final supplemental response: increment letters, Exhibit F disbursement requests, and internal calculation emails for calendar years 2015–2019 — including the May 11, 2018 and Dec. 21, 2018 internal emails on excluding gambling-winnings withholding, and the May 29, 2018 correction letter for the 2016 final letter.