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Don’t Hold Our Best Tool for Fighting Hunger as a Political Hostage

For the last three years, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has helped stave off hunger and mitigate the rise in food prices during several waves of international crises.

Jessica Klein  | May 26, 2023

Report

Facts Don’t Support Economic Argument for Proposed Federal Prison in Letcher County 

Ashley Spalding, Jason Bailey and Dustin Pugel  | May 19, 2023

Analysis

More Than 17,000 Kentuckians Could Lose Food Aid With Return of SNAP Work Reporting Requirements

Jessica Klein  | May 15, 2023

Analysis

Public Schools Are Becoming a Lower State Budget Priority

Jason Bailey and Pam Thomas  | May 9, 2023

Top Reads

1 How Kentucky Can Combat the Growing Scourge of Child Labor

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2 Eroding Kentucky’s Largest Revenue Source Will Bring a Painful Reckoning

3 Nearly 250,000 Kentuckians Covered by Medicaid Will Need to Take Action to Stay Covered

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Budget & Tax

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Analysis

State Budget Changes in 2023 Session Increase Future Risk

The General Assembly reduced future revenues substantially this session by passing House Bill (HB) 1, a law that will further shrink Kentucky’s largest revenue source by cutting the state income tax rate, continuing a process that endangers the future of vital public services in the commonwealth.

Op-Ed

Shorting State Workers’ Pay Hurts Us All

Last year, the General Assembly provided the first meaningful raise to workers in state government...

Analysis

HB 444 Leaves $110 Million On the Table for State Worker Pay

Last year, the General Assembly provided a badly-needed 8% raise for state workers in fiscal...

Analysis

‘Transplant’ Bill Would Give Large Windfall to Companies Recruiting Remote Workers

A bill aimed at relocating higher-income remote workers to Kentucky could cost the state up...

Criminal Justice

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Report

Facts Don’t Support Economic Argument for Proposed Federal Prison in Letcher County 

In the wake of last year’s devastating eastern Kentucky floods, the federal government reintroduced a previously defeated proposal to build a new Bureau of Prisons (BOP) prison and “prison camp” in Letcher County.

Analysis

Progress Made on Drug Policy in 2023, Though the Legislature Increased Other Criminal Penalties

If Kentucky were a country, it would be the seventh most incarcerated place in the...

Analysis

House Bill 3 Proposes Harmful, Regressive Policy Changes to Kentucky’s Juvenile System

A robust body of research shows that locking kids behind bars harms their mental and...

Analysis

SB 225 Proposes Much-Needed Changes to Kentucky’s Persistent Felony Offender (PFO) Law 

For the last 40 years, Kentucky’s persistent felony offender (PFO) law has added decades to...

Economic Security

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Op-Ed

Don’t Hold Our Best Tool for Fighting Hunger as a Political Hostage

For the last three years, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has helped stave off hunger and mitigate the rise in food prices during several waves of international crises.

Analysis

More Than 17,000 Kentuckians Could Lose Food Aid With Return of SNAP Work Reporting Requirements

An estimated 17,300 Kentuckians will soon be at risk of losing much-needed grocery money due...

5 Policy Changes Kentucky Moms Deserve this Mother’s Day

The last year has not been kind to Kentucky mothers, who’ve endured the loss of...

Op-Ed

Eroding Kentucky’s Largest Revenue Source Will Bring a Painful Reckoning

The next time the Kentucky state legislature meets, barring a special session, will be early...

Education

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Analysis

Public Schools Are Becoming a Lower State Budget Priority

Preschool through 12th grade public education has become less of a Kentucky budget priority in recent years, according to the official analyses of enacted budgets published by the Office of the State Budget Director.

Op-Ed

The School Year Will Soon End, but a New Strategy to Dismantle Public Education Is Just Beginning

Public schools are at the heart of our communities, yet powerful interests have led a...

Analysis

Average Kentucky Teacher Pay Fell More Than 5% This Year, When Adjusted for Inflation

The modest raises provided by most districts this school year were not enough for average...

Op-Ed

Sending Public Money to Private Schools Breaks Kentucky’s Commitment to Students

Ample public investment in K-12 education is essential for Kentucky’s children to thrive. But instead...

Health Care

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Analysis

Medicaid Renewal Process Underway for the First Time Since Start of Pandemic

Kentucky, like every other state, is re-starting its Medicaid renewals process after a three-year pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing downturn.

Analysis

Nearly 250,000 Kentuckians Covered by Medicaid Will Need to Take Action to Stay Covered

For the past three years, 1.7 million Kentuckians on Medicaid have not had to take...

Analysis

Kentucky Will Start Providing 10,000 More New Mothers with a Year of Postpartum Medicaid Coverage

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) just approved a plan to allow Kentuckians...

Op-Ed

Coalition Letter: Kentucky General Assembly Must Use Special Session to Protect the Health of Kentuckians, Our Workforce and Our Children’s Education

A coalition of Kentucky organizations sent this letter to the Kentucky General Assembly on September...

Jobs & The Economy

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Analysis

Three Years of Kentucky’s Jobs Recovery in Four Charts

In April 2020, the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic bottomed out the economy, and Kentucky lost 294,900 jobs – or 15.0% of the workforce – in just two months.

Analysis

How Kentucky Can Combat the Growing Scourge of Child Labor

Nearly 100 years after President Franklin Roosevelt called child labor an “ancient atrocity” and took...

Report

The State of Working Kentucky 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing economic downturn reshaped Kentucky’s economy in ways that are still...

Op-Ed

State Workers Help Us All; It’s Past Time to Help Them Too

Everyone in the commonwealth relies on services provided by the state government, and the workers...

Research

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Analysis

Three Years of Kentucky’s Jobs Recovery in Four Charts

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Report

Facts Don’t Support Economic Argument for Proposed Federal Prison in Letcher County 

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Analysis

Medicaid Renewal Process Underway for the First Time Since Start of Pandemic

Perspectives

Don’t Hold Our Best Tool for Fighting Hunger as a Political Hostage

The School Year Will Soon End, but a New Strategy to Dismantle Public Education Is Just Beginning

Eroding Kentucky’s Largest Revenue Source Will Bring a Painful Reckoning

Shorting State Workers’ Pay Hurts Us All

Cutting Bourbon Industry Taxes Harms the Communities That Sustain It

The Experts

Facts Don’t Support Economic Argument for Proposed Federal Prison in Letcher County 

Jason Bailey

Don’t Hold Our Best Tool for Fighting Hunger as a Political Hostage

Jessica Klein

Three Years of Kentucky’s Jobs Recovery in Four Charts

Dustin Pugel

Facts Don’t Support Economic Argument for Proposed Federal Prison in Letcher County 

Ashley Spalding

Public Schools Are Becoming a Lower State Budget Priority

Pam Thomas

What Could Kentucky Do With $1.2 Billion a Year? 

Adam K. Raymond

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