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What the New Climate and Health Legislation Will Mean for Kentucky

The Senate passed new legislation Sunday that takes critical steps toward addressing the climate crisis, improves access to affordable health care, creates jobs in clean energy and puts downward pressure on the inflation burdening families.

Ashley Spalding and Dustin Pugel  | August 7, 2022

Analysis

Personnel Cabinet Recommends Improving Compensation to Stave off State Workforce Crisis

Dustin Pugel and Pam Thomas  | July 13, 2022

Analysis

The Economic Implications of an Abortion Ban in Kentucky

Ashley Spalding and Dustin Pugel  | July 6, 2022

Analysis

Temporary Surplus Should Not Trigger Permanent Tax Cuts that Threaten Future Budgets

Jason Bailey  | July 11, 2022

Top Reads

1 Addressing Corporate Power Is Key to Tackling Inflation

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2 Public Resources Should Stay in Public Schools

3 What Kentuckians Say About Student Loan Cancellation

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Budget & Tax

aluminum cans

Op-Ed

Let’s learn from Braidy, and seek more answers from each other

News that a company called Steel Dynamics will take over what’s left of Braidy Industries and abandon the proposed Ashland aluminum plant is likely the end of this five-year debacle.

Analysis

What the New Climate and Health Legislation Will Mean for Kentucky

The Senate passed new legislation Sunday that takes critical steps toward addressing the climate crisis,...

Analysis

Temporary Surplus Should Not Trigger Permanent Tax Cuts that Threaten Future Budgets

Driven by a strong economic recovery and by high inflation, the state ended the year...

Analysis

Corporate Tax Break Watch: 2022 General Assembly

Last year, the Kentucky General Assembly passed new business subsidies and tax breaks at a...

Criminal Justice

Bills Increasing and Decreasing Incarceration in KY 2011 22

Analysis

The 2022 General Assembly Passed More Bills Increasing Incarceration Than Decreasing It, and Failed to Make Other Badly Needed Justice Changes

Kentucky has one of the worst rates of incarceration in the country.

Analysis

Pretrial Bills in the Kentucky General Assembly Are a Mixed Bag

Kentucky’s pretrial system — which determines whether a person charged with a crime waits for...

Analysis

While Failing to Address Kentucky’s Overdose Crisis, HB 215 Would Keep People Incarcerated Longer

Kentucky is currently in the midst of an overdose crisis, particularly with fentanyl, a synthetic...

Op-Ed

There’s Still Time for Kentucky to Reverse Course on Harmful Criminal Policies

The 2022 General Assembly has a big opportunity to build on positive changes in criminal...

Economic Security

Doctor and patient

Analysis

The Economic Implications of an Abortion Ban in Kentucky

The Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision overturned Roe v.

Op-Ed

For Kentuckians Facing Hunger, This Summer Brings a Triple Threat

If you’ve gone grocery shopping in Kentucky lately, you saw prices in every aisle that...

Data Tracker

Tracking SNAP in Kentucky

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is a vital source of assistance that helps put...

Analysis

Lost SNAP Benefits Due to SJR 150 Likely Growing to at Least $350 Million

Recent news that the U.S. Department for Health and Human Services (HHS) will extend the...

Education

Op-Ed

Public Resources Should Stay in Public Schools

All Kentucky children should receive a high-quality education that helps them thrive.

Analysis

What Kentuckians Say About Student Loan Cancellation

Nearly one in five Kentucky adults has federal student loan debt. For these 616,000 Kentuckians...

Op-Ed

Cancel Student Debt, and Recommit to Education as a Public Good

President Biden’s recent statements that he will cancel some student loan debt is hopeful news...

Analysis

Charter School Funding Proposal Is Inefficient, Costly and Will Harm Public Education

Legislation introduced in the Kentucky House would create a duplicative, wasteful and unaccountable system for...

Health Care

Mother child and doctor

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 who have recently given birth and are covered by Medicaid to keep their coverage for 12 months (up from the 60-day coverage window previously allowed).

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...

Op-Ed

Medicaid Filled the COVID Coverage Gap

Last year when COVID-19 cases were escalating and the bottom fell out of the economy,...

Analysis

The 2021 Legislative Session Health Care Wrap Up: Steps in the Right Direction

The 2021 General Assembly passed several measures that will improve the affordability and accessibility of...

Jobs & The Economy

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 providing them are our friends, neighbors and family.

Analysis

Personnel Cabinet Recommends Improving Compensation to Stave off State Workforce Crisis

Kentucky faces a crisis-level shortage of workers in state government. Past legislative actions resulting in...

Data Tracker

Tracking the Economic Recovery from COVID-19 in Kentucky

As more Kentuckians are vaccinated, and as consumer demand remains strong, people are returning to...

Op-Ed

Addressing Corporate Power Is Key to Tackling Inflation

Inflation is straining Americans’ budgets. While the immediate cause is the COVID-19 pandemic, the preexisting...

Research

Two generations holding hands

Analysis

What the New Climate and Health Legislation Will Mean for Kentucky

Total Kentucky State Government Employees 1991 2021

Analysis

Personnel Cabinet Recommends Improving Compensation to Stave off State Workforce Crisis

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Analysis

Temporary Surplus Should Not Trigger Permanent Tax Cuts that Threaten Future Budgets

Perspectives

Let’s learn from Braidy, and seek more answers from each other

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

Public Resources Should Stay in Public Schools

For Kentuckians Facing Hunger, This Summer Brings a Triple Threat

Addressing Corporate Power Is Key to Tackling Inflation

The Experts

Let’s learn from Braidy, and seek more answers from each other

Jason Bailey

Senate Version of HB 7 Still Makes It Harder to Get and Keep Food and Medical Assistance, Particularly for Working Families

Jessica Klein

The 2022 General Assembly Passed More Bills Increasing Incarceration Than Decreasing It, and Failed to Make Other Badly Needed Justice Changes

Carmen Mitchell

What the New Climate and Health Legislation Will Mean for Kentucky

Dustin Pugel

What the New Climate and Health Legislation Will Mean for Kentucky

Ashley Spalding

Personnel Cabinet Recommends Improving Compensation to Stave off State Workforce Crisis

Pam Thomas

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