Expired $600 Unemployment Insurance Boost Leading to Hardship Among Jobless Kentuckians
On July 25, the extra $600 per week in unemployment benefits known as Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (PUC) expired for...
Why the Senate COVID Proposal Fails to Meet Kentucky’s Economic Needs
The new Senate aid proposal, known as the Health, Economic Assistance, Liability and Schools (HEALS) Act, falls far short of the breadth and depth of aid needed to fight the...
With Looming Expiration of Federal Aid, 1 in 4 Renting Kentuckians Might Not Make Next Month’s Rent
According to new weekly Census data, 26.1% of all Kentuckians who rent their homes have no confidence or only slight confidence that they will be able to pay next month’s...
Letting Enhanced Unemployment Insurance Benefits Expire in a Month Would Harm Families and Weaken Kentucky’s Economy
Since the end of March, when Kentucky began making Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (PUC) payments – the $600 per week enhancement to benefits – Kentucky has received at least $1.5 billion...
An Equity-Focused Pandemic Policy Response Helps Us All
Acknowledging the disparate infection and death rates for Black Kentuckians from the COVID-19 pandemic, last week Governor Andy Beshear committed to ensuring that all Black Kentuckians have health coverage. The...
Covering All Uninsured Black Kentuckians Is Crucial to Achieving Universal Coverage
Black Kentuckians have had higher rates of infection and death from COVID-19 due to disparities in health caused by historical inequities in wages, the justice system, education, housing, health care...
Kentucky’s Largest Cities Spend a Quarter of Their Budgets on Police
Amid growing attention to harmful overpolicing of Black communities, many are calling on cities to begin shifting public resources away from policing toward social services, mental health, affordable housing and...
Black Kentucky Workers Have Been Disproportionately Laid Off During the COVID-19 Downturn
Black Kentuckians are experiencing job loss at a higher rate as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic than white Kentuckians, according to new unemployment insurance data. A long history of...
COVID-19 Downturn Is Hitting Certain Industries and Regions of the State Especially Hard
Kentucky lost 15.5% of its jobs in April due to the COVID-19 pandemic with industries like hotels, restaurants and manufacturing especially hard hit. Because urban areas tend to have more...
What’s in the HEROES Act for Kentucky
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the HEROES Act, a bill that would provide the kind of substantial economic relief Kentucky and other states need in the face of...