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How Kentucky Turned Away Half a Billion Dollars in Grocery Help

February 2023 is the last month many low-income food assistance recipients across the country will get additional help buying groceries due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dustin Pugel  | February 1, 2023

Op-Ed

Income Tax Reduction Is Another Blow to Rural Kentucky

Jason Bailey  | January 30, 2023

Analysis

Reducing the Income Tax Will Weaken the Commonwealth

Jason Bailey  | January 23, 2023

Op-Ed

Coalition of Kentucky Organizations Sends Letter to Lawmakers: Fund Kentucky’s Future, Not Tax Cuts

admin  | December 15, 2022

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1 What Could Kentucky Do With $1.2 Billion a Year? 

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2 With Mounting Needs and Fear of Recession, State Should Suspend Tax Cuts

3 When Disaster Strikes, Disaster SNAP Helps Feed Kentuckians

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Budget & Tax

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Top House Priorities Show Conflict Between Reducing Revenues and Rising Costs

The House's top priority (HB 1) in the 2023 legislative session is a bill to continue reducing the state's income tax, the source of nearly half of state revenue.

Analysis

Reducing the Income Tax Will Weaken the Commonwealth

House Bill 1 in the 2022 Kentucky General Assembly is the next step in a...

Analysis

Kentucky’s ‘Booming’ Bourbon Industry Doesn’t Need Another Tax Cut

Kentucky’s bourbon and spirits industry had a banner year in 2022, with announcements of over...

Testimony

Testimony on House Bill 1: Tax Cuts Benefit the Wealthy at the Expense of Everyone Else

Pam Thomas, Senior Fellow for KyPolicy, delivered the testimony below to the House Appropriations and...

Criminal Justice

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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

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Analysis

How Kentucky Turned Away Half a Billion Dollars in Grocery Help

February 2023 is the last month many low-income food assistance recipients across the country will get additional help buying groceries due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Data Tracker

Tracking SNAP in Kentucky

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

Op-Ed

SNAP Is a Vital Tool for Fighting Hunger That Should Be Strengthened, Not Attacked

This Thanksgiving, many Kentuckians will show gratitude for their good fortune by serving meals to...

Analysis

More Than 3,400 Struggling Parents Denied Food Assistance for Falling Behind on Child Support

Since March 2022, more than 3,400 Kentuckians have lost food assistance through the Supplemental Nutrition...

Education

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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 teacher pay to keep up with rapid inflation, KyPolicy analysis of new data from the Kentucky Department of Education shows.

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...

Analysis

Most Kentucky Teachers and School Staff Start Year Without Meaningful Raises

Stagnant salaries are contributing to a growing teacher shortage in Kentucky and across the nation,...

Op-Ed

Public Resources Should Stay in Public Schools

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

Health Care

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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

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 work in greater numbers and Kentucky’s economy is beginning to improve.

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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...

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...

Research

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How Kentucky Turned Away Half a Billion Dollars in Grocery Help

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Top House Priorities Show Conflict Between Reducing Revenues and Rising Costs

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Analysis

Reducing the Income Tax Will Weaken the Commonwealth

Perspectives

Income Tax Reduction Is Another Blow to Rural Kentucky

Kentucky Should Not Volunteer for Greater Inequality by Becoming More Like Tennessee

Regressive Kentucky Laws Are Bringing Back the Bad Old Days

Coalition of Kentucky Organizations Sends Letter to Lawmakers: Fund Kentucky’s Future, Not Tax Cuts

SNAP Is a Vital Tool for Fighting Hunger That Should Be Strengthened, Not Attacked

The Experts

Top House Priorities Show Conflict Between Reducing Revenues and Rising Costs

Jason Bailey

SNAP Is a Vital Tool for Fighting Hunger That Should Be Strengthened, Not Attacked

Jessica Klein

How Kentucky Turned Away Half a Billion Dollars in Grocery Help

Dustin Pugel

The Devastating Economic Harms of Banning Abortion in Kentucky

Ashley Spalding

Kentucky Should Not Volunteer for Greater Inequality by Becoming More Like Tennessee

Pam Thomas

What Could Kentucky Do With $1.2 Billion a Year? 

Adam K. Raymond

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