• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
Kentucky Center for Economic Policy

Kentucky Center for Economic Policy

      

  • About Us
  • Press Room
  • Donate

Research That Works for Kentucky

  • Topics
    • Budget & Tax
    • Criminal Justice
    • Economic Security
    • Education
    • Health Care
    • Jobs & The Economy
  • Types
    • News
    • Op-Ed
    • Research

      

  • About Us
  • Press Room
  • Donate

Copyright © 2025 KyPolicy Privacy Policy Terms & Conditions Sitemap

Ashley Spalding

KY Capitol

Analysis

The 2021 Legislative Session Criminal Justice Wrap Up: Some Important Wins that Should Be Built on to Achieve Systemic Change

This year, the Kentucky General Assembly took important steps forward in criminal justice with the passage of policies that will...

Ashley Spalding, Carmen Mitchell and Pam Thomas | April 16, 2021

Op-Ed

The 2021 Legislative Session Saw Important Criminal Justice Progress, But We Must Continue to Work for Systemic Change

With Kentucky’s 2021 General Assembly now behind us, and with issues of police violence against Black Americans remaining in the national spotlight this week, it’s a good time to recognize...

Ashley Spalding | April 15, 2021

college student website

Analysis

Student Debt Forgiveness Would Benefit Hundreds of Thousands of Kentuckians, Help With Economic Recovery and Improve Race Equity

The student debt crisis has been garnering increased attention recently, with calls for the federal government to forgive between $10,000 and $50,000 in student debt. In February, a group of...

Ashley Spalding | April 6, 2021

Spending cash in store

Analysis

What’s in the American Rescue Plan for Kentuckians

The new COVID relief bill, known as the American Rescue Plan (ARP), will soon become law. It will send billions in aid to Kentucky’s families, communities and state and local...

Dustin Pugel, Ashley Spalding and Jason Bailey | March 9, 2021

college student website

Analysis

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 to worsen according to a new report by the Center...

Ashley Spalding | February 17, 2021

Gavel and scales

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...

Ashley Spalding and Carmen Mitchell | February 4, 2021

Empty courtroom

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...

Ashley Spalding | February 2, 2021

administrative release 1

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...

Ashley Spalding | January 21, 2021

budget preview cover image

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...

Dustin Pugel, Ashley Spalding, Pam Thomas and Anna Baumann | December 14, 2020

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...

Ashley Spalding and Jessica Klein | September 10, 2020

  • « Go to Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Page 3
  • Page 4
  • Page 5
  • Page 6
  • Page 7
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Page 25
  • Go to Next Page »

Sidebar

Primary Sidebar

Get KyPolicy news updates in your inbox

Sign Up

Ky. Policy

Footer

Research that works for Kentucky

433 Chestnut Street, Berea, KY 40403

859-756-4605

General information and inquiries: info@kypolicy.org

     

Help us make the facts free and accessible to everyone. That’s how Kentucky will thrive.

Donate

  • Topics
    • Budget & Tax
    • Criminal Justice
    • Economic Security
    • Education
    • Health Care
    • Jobs & The Economy
  • Work
    • News
    • Op-Ed
    • Research
  • About Us
  • Press Room
  • Contact

Get KyPolicy news updates in your inbox

Sign Up

Copyright © 2025 KyPolicy Privacy Policy Terms & Conditions Sitemap

made by P&P
We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it.Ok