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 time, coal was king in...
Protect Our Schools KY Launches to Defeat Voucher Amendment
The campaign to protect Kentucky’s public schools from disastrous private school voucher schemes is under way. On Thursday, the Protect Our Schools KY coalition launched at East Perry Elementary in...
Kentucky’s Kids Don’t Need Us to Drag Child Labor Laws Back to the 19th Century
When I was 16, I nearly sliced two fingers off my left hand while working at a plastics factory. A tenacious strip of tissue and pins inserted through my fingertips...
This Year, the Legislature Has the Money to Pass a Budget that Delivers for Kentuckians
What would you do if you had billions of dollars to help meet the needs of your fellow Kentuckians? Would you use the money to address the teacher and bus...
Four Days With Student Leaders at Inaugural Summer Policy Institute
Fifteen students from across Kentucky spent four days in Frankfort last month diving deep into state policy, learning how to advocate for a more thriving commonwealth and building lasting friendships...
What Could Kentucky Do With $1.2 Billion a Year?
Kentucky’s state government should use the $1.2 billion lawmakers are poised to squander each year on tax cuts skewed to the wealthy to instead fund housing, childcare, education and mental...