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Kentucky Faces the Nation’s Highest Number of Rural Hospitals at Risk of Closure if Congress Cuts Medicaid

Analysis

Kentucky Faces the Nation’s Highest Number of Rural Hospitals at Risk of Closure if Congress Cuts Medicaid

If Congress' plan to cut Medicaid becomes law, Kentucky could lose up to $28 billion of federal funding for the program over the next 10 years, leaving hundreds of thousands without health coverage.

Dustin Pugel and Ember Jones  | June 17, 2025

Analysis

Trouble Looms If Congress Passes the Buck to the Kentucky State Budget 

Jason Bailey  | June 10, 2025

Op-Ed

Job Corps Closings Raises Question of What Cuts Are Really All About

Jason Bailey  | June 9, 2025

Analysis

House Budget Plan Includes Largest Ever Cut to Federal Food Assistance  

Jessica Klein  | May 15, 2025

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1 Taking Medicaid Away Through Work Reporting Requirements Would Harm Kentucky

House Bill 5 Would Cost Kentucky More Than $1 Billion Over the Next Decade

2 The Wealthiest Kentuckians Would Be Runaway Winners from Federal Tax Cut Extension

3 Red Tape, Empty Plates: An Analysis of the SNAP Work Requirement in Kentucky

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Budget & Tax

Trouble Looms If Congress Passes the Buck to the Kentucky State Budget 

Analysis

Trouble Looms If Congress Passes the Buck to the Kentucky State Budget 

Congress is considering huge cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, energy and higher education in an attempt to pay for just a portion of the enormous cost of tax cuts skewed to the wealthy.

Analysis

Program Cuts and Tariff Costs Will Leave Many Kentucky Families Worse Off, Even with Modest Tax Cuts 

On Thursday, May 22nd, the House of Representatives passed its major tax and spending legislation,...

Analysis

Tracker: How the White House and DOGE Are Cutting Kentucky Jobs and Services 

The Trump administration, with the help of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), is...

Analysis

U.S. House Tax Plan Widens Inequality by Extending and Expanding Breaks for the Wealthiest  

Last week, leaders in the House released their proposed bill to extend and expand tax...

Criminal Justice

children in the balance

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Children in the Balance: Kentucky Reforms Successfully Diverted More Kids from Detention, but Now Those Gains Are at Risk

Executive Summary In 2014, the Kentucky General Assembly passed Senate Bill (SB) 200 with the goal of reforming the state’s juvenile justice system.

Analysis

New FBI Data Shows No Evidence of a Violent Crime Wave in Kentucky

Recently-released FBI crime data for 2023 shows a slight increase in total violent crime in...

Analysis

More Kids Will Be Locked in Kentucky’s Troubled Juvenile Detention Facilities Due to Laws Going Into Effect This Month  

Several of the most harmful criminal legal system policy changes in recent Kentucky history go...

Analysis

The 2024 Kentucky General Assembly Was the Most Regressive for Criminal Legal System Policies in Recent Memory

More than any legislative session in recent memory, the 2024 Kentucky General Assembly doubled down...

Economic Security

Red Tape, Empty Plates An Analysis of the SNAP Work Requirement in Kentucky

Report

Red Tape, Empty Plates: An Analysis of the SNAP Work Requirement in Kentucky

Recent state and federal policy debates around the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) have frequently returned to the requirement that certain adults report work hours in order to receive food assistance.

Op-Ed

Slashing Federal Programs Would Deal Another Blow to Rural Kentuckians

Rural Kentucky, and eastern Kentucky in particular, is no stranger to extraction. For a long...

Analysis

The Four Ways Congress Is Threatening to Cut SNAP in Kentucky

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) helps one in eight Kentuckians keep food on the...

Data Tracker

Tracking SNAP in Kentucky

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

Education

Kentucky Teacher Pensions Are Getting Smaller

Analysis

Kentucky Teacher Pensions Are Getting Smaller

Kentucky has fallen to 42nd among states in teacher salaries, and the average district is paying its teachers 20% less than it was before the Great Recession after adjusting for inflation.

Analysis

Why the Legislature May Change What’s in the SEEK Formula 

Senate Bill (SB) 6 in the 2025 Kentucky General Assembly makes the most significant change...

Analysis

Federal Education Funding Supplies Over $1 Billion to Kentucky Kids Every Year 

The Trump administration is reportedly considering dismantling the federal Department of Education (DOE), while Congress...

Analysis

Teacher Pay Remains 20% Less Than 2008 Despite Small Gain in 2025 School Year

This school year, average district pay for Kentucky teachers is $13,888 less than 2008 once...

Health Care

Kentucky Faces the Nation’s Highest Number of Rural Hospitals at Risk of Closure if Congress Cuts Medicaid

Analysis

Kentucky Faces the Nation’s Highest Number of Rural Hospitals at Risk of Closure if Congress Cuts Medicaid

If Congress' plan to cut Medicaid becomes law, Kentucky could lose up to $28 billion of federal funding for the program over the next 10 years, leaving hundreds of thousands without health coverage.

Analysis

What the U.S. House Plan to Cut Medicaid Would Mean for Kentucky

The United States House of Representatives has passed a plan to reduce Medicaid spending by...

Op-Ed

House Plan Contains Biggest Medicaid and SNAP Cuts in History to Fund Tax Cuts for the Wealthy

The U. S. House of Representatives is now considering a radical budget and tax plan...

Analysis

Medicaid Is Crucial to Kentucky’s Economy

Medicaid plays a central role in the health care of one in three Kentuckians, but...

Jobs & The Economy

Job Corps Closings Raises Question of What Cuts Are Really All About

Op-Ed

Job Corps Closings Raises Question of What Cuts Are Really All About

The budget axe wielded by DOGE and the Trump administration fell on Job Corps last week, when the administration announced it was closing 99 of the program’s 123 centers across the country.

Op-Ed

Kentuckians Need a New Trade Policy, Not a Chaotic Trade War

Fruit of the Loom apparel plants once dotted the Kentucky landscape, with 11,000 workers at...

How Have Federal Workforce Cuts Affected You?

Tens of thousands of Kentuckians work for the federal government or other employers that receive...

Analysis

HB 398 Would Weaken Kentucky Worker Health and Safety Protections 

For more than 50 years, Kentucky has been one of many states that operate their...

Research

Kentucky Faces the Nation’s Highest Number of Rural Hospitals at Risk of Closure if Congress Cuts Medicaid

Analysis

Kentucky Faces the Nation’s Highest Number of Rural Hospitals at Risk of Closure if Congress Cuts Medicaid

Kentucky Teacher Pensions Are Getting Smaller

Analysis

Kentucky Teacher Pensions Are Getting Smaller

Trouble Looms If Congress Passes the Buck to the Kentucky State Budget 

Analysis

Trouble Looms If Congress Passes the Buck to the Kentucky State Budget 

Perspectives

Job Corps Closings Raises Question of What Cuts Are Really All About

House Plan Contains Biggest Medicaid and SNAP Cuts in History to Fund Tax Cuts for the Wealthy

Slashing Federal Programs Would Deal Another Blow to Rural Kentuckians

Kentuckians Need a New Trade Policy, Not a Chaotic Trade War

Kentucky Voters Buried Private School Vouchers. One More Idea Must Die to Truly Reinvest in Our Public Schools

The Experts

Kentucky Teacher Pensions Are Getting Smaller

Jason Bailey

Federal Funding Cuts to Medicaid and Public Health Will Worsen Kentucky’s Opioid Crisis

Joy Girgis

House Budget Plan Includes Largest Ever Cut to Federal Food Assistance  

Jessica Klein

Program Cuts and Tariff Costs Will Leave Many Kentucky Families Worse Off, Even with Modest Tax Cuts 

Patience Martin

Kentucky Faces the Nation’s Highest Number of Rural Hospitals at Risk of Closure if Congress Cuts Medicaid

Dustin Pugel

Slashing Federal Programs Would Deal Another Blow to Rural Kentuckians

Adam K. Raymond

Federal Funding Cuts to Medicaid and Public Health Will Worsen Kentucky’s Opioid Crisis

Ashley Spalding

Children in the Balance: Kentucky Reforms Successfully Diverted More Kids from Detention, but Now Those Gains Are at Risk

Pam Thomas

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