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Kentucky’s Basic Cash Assistance Program Just Got a Much-Needed Update

Kentucky’s basic cash assistance program for families with young children was recently overhauled to make long-overdue and badly needed improvements...

Dustin Pugel | April 25, 2023

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Shorting State Workers’ Pay Hurts Us All

Last year, the General Assembly provided the first meaningful raise to workers in state government in 14 years by providing an 8% cost of living adjustment. Though that increase was...

Dustin Pugel | March 17, 2023

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Analysis

HB 444 Leaves $110 Million On the Table for State Worker Pay

Last year, the General Assembly provided a badly-needed 8% raise for state workers in fiscal year 2023, reversing a 14-year trend of low or no cost-of-living increases. At the same...

Dustin Pugel | March 7, 2023

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Analysis

Nearly 250,000 Kentuckians Covered by Medicaid Will Need to Take Action to Stay Covered

For the past three years, 1.7 million Kentuckians on Medicaid have not had to take action to keep their health care coverage. Since that time, thanks to a policy designed...

Dustin Pugel | February 28, 2023

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Analysis

How Kentucky Turned Away Half a Billion Dollars in Grocery Help

February 2023 is the last month many low-income food assistance recipients across the country will get additional help buying groceries due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But in Kentucky that aid ended...

Dustin Pugel | February 1, 2023

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Analysis

Average Kentucky Teacher Pay Fell More Than 5% This Year, When Adjusted for Inflation

The modest raises provided by most districts this school year were not enough for average teacher pay to keep up with rapid inflation, KyPolicy analysis of new data from the...

Dustin Pugel | December 6, 2022

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Analysis

Despite Growing Risk of Recession, Kentucky Will Slash Weeks of Unemployment Benefits by More than Half in January

Since the creation of unemployment insurance in 1938, Kentuckians have been able rely on up to 26 weeks of benefits, giving them the time and flexibility to find a job...

Dustin Pugel | October 20, 2022

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New Census Data Suggests Power of Federal Pandemic Aid for Kentuckians

Kentucky saw improved health insurance coverage, and no change in income or poverty measures, despite the pandemic. For Immediate Release: Sept. 15, 2022 Media Contact: Dustin Pugel, Policy Director, Kentucky...

Dustin Pugel | September 15, 2022

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Op-Ed

Despite Rapid Pandemic Recovery, Kentucky Workers Need More Support

The COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing economic downturn reshaped Kentucky’s economy in ways that are still revealing themselves 30 months after the virus arrived in the commonwealth. Part of the story...

Dustin Pugel | September 6, 2022

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The State of Working Kentucky 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing economic downturn reshaped Kentucky’s economy in ways that are still revealing themselves thirty months after the virus arrived in the commonwealth. Part of the story...

Dustin Pugel | September 1, 2022

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