Ashley Spalding

Kentucky Among Worst States in Nation for Higher Education Cuts, Harming Students Who Already Face the Greatest Barriers

After more than a decade of cuts to the state’s public colleges and universities, college affordability in Kentucky has continued...

Analysis

SB 36 Would Protect Children from Automatically Being Tried as Adults

Senate Bill (SB) 36, sponsored by Senator Whitney Westerfield, would eliminate a provision in Kentucky law mandating that children charged with certain felony offenses be prosecuted as adults, rather than...

Analysis

HB 126’s Reformed Felony Threshold Would Reduce Incarceration for Low-Level Theft

The House Judiciary committee is scheduled to hear a bill sponsored by Representative Ed Massey, House Bill (HB) 126, on Wednesday, February 3. HB 126 would increase the threshold at...

Analysis

New Data Helps Pave the Way for Bail Reform in Kentucky

Legislators and advocates have been discussing bail reform for years, with general agreement that too many Kentuckians are incarcerated while awaiting trial, many because they cannot afford bail. Past bail...

Report

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...

Analysis

More College Students Can’t Meet Their Basic Needs in the COVID-19 Pandemic, Requiring Federal and State Action

Too many college students in Kentucky returning to school in-person and online during the pandemic face challenges getting adequate food and housing. Meeting such basic needs was already a struggle...

Analysis

Kentucky Must Continue Momentum Reducing Jail and Prison Population

As we enter the seventh month of the COVID-19 pandemic, jails and prisons have been among the top “hotspots” for COVID-19 at the same time incarcerated individuals are among the...

Analysis

To Protect Kentuckians from COVID-19, State Needs to Build on Already Significant Declines in Incarceration

In recent weeks, important steps have been taken to address the public health crisis posed by incarceration in Kentucky’s jails and prisons during the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in historic declines...

Analysis

Despite Some Progress, There Is Still an Urgent Need for Kentucky to Do More to Address the Potential Spread of COVID-19 in Jails and Prisons

Reducing the number of people in jails and prisons is increasingly a focus of state, local and also nationwide efforts to protect public health during the COVID-19 crisis. However, despite...

Analysis

Kentucky Not Prepared for Next Recession

Amid the spread of COVID-19 and resulting business closures and layoffs, a recession is under way and could be particularly harmful in Kentucky due to the state’s failure to adequately...

Kentucky Among Worst States in Nation for Higher Education Cuts, Harming Students Who Already Face the Greatest Barriers

SB 36 Would Protect Children from Automatically Being Tried as Adults

HB 126’s Reformed Felony Threshold Would Reduce Incarceration for Low-Level Theft

New Data Helps Pave the Way for Bail Reform in Kentucky

Defeating the Pandemic and Building a Robust Recovery: A Preview of the Budget of the Commonwealth

More College Students Can’t Meet Their Basic Needs in the COVID-19 Pandemic, Requiring Federal and State Action

Kentucky Must Continue Momentum Reducing Jail and Prison Population

To Protect Kentuckians from COVID-19, State Needs to Build on Already Significant Declines in Incarceration

Despite Some Progress, There Is Still an Urgent Need for Kentucky to Do More to Address the Potential Spread of COVID-19 in Jails and Prisons

Kentucky Not Prepared for Next Recession

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