To Improve Health Through Work, Kentucky Needs to Commit to Better Job Quality
With the state’s new barriers to Medicaid coverage soon to be erected under the guise of encouraging work, we’ve heard...
What Happened With Criminal Justice This Session
In January, lawmakers headed into the 2018 Kentucky General Assembly with information about and the need to address the state’s rapidly growing inmate population and corrections costs; our status as...
Budget Cuts Will Impact College Affordability, Quality and Equity in Kentucky
After a decade of budget cuts, Kentucky’s public universities and community colleges are cut approximately 6 percent in the new state budget (pending action from the Governor). This amounts to...
Budget Agreement Includes Cuts, Full Pension Contributions and Some New Revenue
Click here to download a PDF of KCEP's analysis of the Free Conference Committee Report on the budget. The state budget passed today by the General Assembly for fiscal years...
Amendment to SB 231 Could Reduce College Affordability for Low-Income KEES Recipients
A proposed amendment to Senate Bill 231, a bill focused on the Work Ready Kentucky Scholarship, would make changes to the state’s Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship (KEES) that would result...
Fact Sheet: HB 169 “Gang” Bill is Not an Evidence-Based Approach
House Bill 169 is not a data-driven solution to gang violence prevention. Research shows such an approach does not reduce violent crime, could intensify gang activity and would likely disproportionately...
If You Hate Gangs, Don’t Support this Bill
No one wants to see Kentucky’s young people drawn into gangs. But to prevent that from happening, we need evidence-based strategies that help people make better choices and strengthen communities....
Four Main Ways House Criminal Justice Bill Creates Savings
The criminal justice reform bill that follows recommendations from the state’s Criminal Justice Policy Assessment Council, House Bill 396, is scheduled to be heard in committee this week. Supporters of...
Governor’s Proposed Additional Investment in Justice System Still Limited
Even with some increased investment in the justice system proposed in the governor’s budget, many areas within the system would continue to just get by, while others would be facing...
2 Gen Approach to Kentucky’s Opioid Epidemic Needed
Click here to view a pdf of the brief. As one of the states hardest hit by the national opioid epidemic, Kentucky struggles with high rates of addiction, incarceration, overdose...