Kentucky ICE Arrests Approach 5,000 Amid Spike From Local Law Enforcement
New data shows there have been nearly 5,000 ICE arrests in Kentucky since the beginning of the Trump administration, and...
‘Unlawful Camping’ Charges Increase in Second Year of House Bill 5
During the first year after House Bill (HB) 5 (2024) took effect, an average of more than one unhoused person per day was cited or arrested for “unlawful camping” in...
Kentucky Local Governments Have Spent Only 10% of Opioid Settlement Dollars Despite Continued Need
Between 2022 and 2038, Kentucky will receive more than a billion dollars in proceeds from several national opioid settlements with companies complicit in starting the opioid epidemic in the 1990s....
The Economic and Fiscal Impacts of Mass Deportation: What’s at Risk in Kentucky
More than 230,000 people in Kentucky, 4% of the state’s population, are immigrants. [efn_note]KyPolicy analysis of 2024 American Community Survey 1-year microdata estimates. Of the 230,000 immigrants in Kentucky, 81,000...
Amid Mounting Harms, Kentucky Is Ramping Up Anti-Immigrant Enforcement
More than a year in to the Trump presidency, the administration’s mass deportation effort has resulted in a historic high of 70,766 immigrants locked up in detention, and Immigration and...
Initial House Budget Slashes Funding for Many Services, Prioritizes More Tax Cuts
As introduced, the House budget (HB 500) severely cuts or freezes many parts of the state budget and underfunds essential public services, with the apparent goal of triggering more income tax cuts under the legislature’s formula. The filing of the budget...
A State Budget for an Affordable Kentucky: Preview of the 2026–2028 Budget of the Commonwealth
In the 2026 legislative session, the Kentucky General Assembly will perform its most important job — crafting a two-year state budget that funds education, health, social services and other critical...
ICE Arrests Are Surging in Kentucky as Local Law Enforcement Joins Troubling Mass Deportation Effort
Anti-immigration enforcement has ramped up since the inauguration in January, with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arresting more than 1,000 people per day on average nationally and locking up nearly...
FBI Data Shows Violent Crime Dropped in Kentucky Last Year and Is Now Below Pre-Pandemic Levels
New FBI crime data shows violent crime in Kentucky dropped by 6.3% between 2023 and 2024 and is now 0.9% lower than it was in 2019 before a spike in...
Education Funding in Kentucky Remains Inadequate, Inequitable and Uncertain as Kids Head Back to School
As Kentucky students head back to school this month, state funding for K-12 education continues to fall well below past efforts, preventing overdue investments to shrink class size, increase student...