The 2021 General Assembly Can Meet the Moment with Policies that Advance Racial Equity
The last year has brought much-needed new attention to issues of racism across the country and in Kentucky, spurred in...
10 Ways the Kentucky General Assembly Can Advance Race Equity and Shared Prosperity
The last year has brought much-needed new attention to issues of racism across the country and in Kentucky, spurred in large part by the killings of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd...
Voucher Would Drain Much-Needed Resources from Kentucky’s Public Schools
Over the next couple months, the 2021 Kentucky General Assembly will decide whether to enact House Bill 149, a private school voucher program that between now and 2040 would take...
Voucher Proposal Takes Dollars from Kentucky’s Public Schools and Gives Them to Unaccountable Private Schools
All Kentucky children deserve a high-quality education that equips them to live well and contribute fully to their community and the state’s economy. The most efficient and equitable way to...
Defeating the Pandemic and Building a Robust Recovery: A Preview of the Budget of the Commonwealth
In the 2021 short legislative session, the Kentucky General Assembly will be tasked with crafting a new state budget for 2022. In addition to protecting Kentucky’s existing critical services, there...
New Survey Shows Extreme Hardship Among Kentuckians as President Halts Talks on New COVID-19 Aid Bill
Yesterday President Trump tweeted that he was ending Congressional talks on a critical new aid package. A new survey of Kentucky households illustrates that in the current absence of badly-needed...
New Census Data on Poverty, Income, Housing Insecurity and Food Scarcity Reveal Many Kentuckians on the Brink in the Pandemic
Despite living through the longest economic expansion on record, before COVID-19, 16.3% of Kentuckians were still living below the poverty line and median state incomes were relatively stagnant, according to...
Even Before COVID-19, Kentucky’s Uninsured Rate Was Rising. Medicaid Funding and “Welcome Mat” Approach Critical to Protecting Kentuckians in Crisis
In 2019, before the COVID-19 health and economic crisis began, the share of Kentuckians without health insurance rose for the third year in a row, new Census data released today...
Inequality Between Rich and Poor Kentucky School Districts Grows Again Even as Districts Face New COVID Costs and Looming Revenue Losses
As schools across the commonwealth face unprecedented new costs and challenges from a surging pandemic and historic recession, prior cuts in state core funding for K-12 education make the challenge...
An Equity-Focused Pandemic Policy Response Helps Us All
Acknowledging the disparate infection and death rates for Black Kentuckians from the COVID-19 pandemic, last week Governor Andy Beshear committed to ensuring that all Black Kentuckians have health coverage. The...