New Data on Poverty and Hardship in Kentucky Shows Need for Robust Federal Recovery Package
New economic data released today shows that economic loss and hardship from COVID-19, including variants currently ravaging the state, are...
Monthly Child Tax Credit Payments Begin Arriving for Families July 15
Beginning today, July 15, the families of nearly 1 million Kentucky children — and 66 million children nationwide — will begin receiving much-needed monthly payments through the improved Child Tax...
Nearly 1 Million Kentucky Children Eligible To Receive First Monthly Child Tax Credit Payment Next Month
The Biden Administration has named today “Child Tax Credit Awareness Day” to raise awareness about the hundreds of dollars per month in much-needed relief that’s coming for families with children...
Chocolates and Flowers Are Nice, But Better Policies Are What’s Needed This Mother’s Day
More than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, this Mother’s Day is a critical time to acknowledge the harms of the pandemic on women in Kentucky — particularly women of...
HB 563 Diverts Public School Dollars to Unaccountable Private Entities
Kentucky still has a lot of work to do to make sure all students can thrive, but taking money out of public schools and diverting it to private entities and...
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 large part by the killings of Breonna Taylor and other...
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...