Dustin Pugel

Budget Agreement Includes Only Modest Increases in Most Areas of Budget, Salary Increases for State Workers

The 2022-2024 budget agreement announced today includes only very modest funding increases for critical state services across the budget. Investments...

Analysis

Senate Version of HB 7 Still Makes It Harder to Get and Keep Food and Medical Assistance, Particularly for Working Families

Although substantially changed, the newest Senate version of House Bill 7 (HB 7) still puts up numerous paperwork barriers to food and medical assistance for Kentucky families and workers. HB...

Analysis

HB 7 Will Cost $255 Million from Kentucky’s Budget and Harm the State’s Economy

House Bill 7 (HB 7) would introduce many new barriers to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Medicaid, resulting in tens to hundreds of thousands of fewer Kentuckians receiving...

Analysis

New Version of HB 7 Still Makes Food and Medical Assistance Much Harder to Get and Keep

Although substantially changed in committee last week, House Bill 7 (HB 7) still puts up numerous barriers to food and medical assistance for Kentucky families and workers. To Kentucky’s safety...

Op-Ed

This Legislative Session Threatens to Lower the Quality of Life in the Commonwealth

Every year, the General Assembly proposes a host of bills ostensibly aimed at improving Kentuckians’ quality of life. Though it’s always telling to ask “whose quality of life,” this year’s...

Analysis

HB 7 Puts New, Costly Barriers in Front of Kentuckians Seeking Food and Medical Help

House Bill 7 (HB 7) would implement several harsh measures making it harder to get and keep food assistance through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and medical assistance through...

Analysis

Kentucky’s Jobs Recovery Is Very Strong — False Claims to the Contrary Are Being Used to Justify Harmful Benefit Cuts

Kentucky is currently experiencing a historically strong recovery from the devastating job losses that occurred as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. By April 2020, Kentucky had lost 294,900 jobs,...

Analysis

State Funding for Education Has Been Stagnant for Many Years, But the 2022-2024 Budget Presents a Unique Opportunity to Begin Reinvesting

In 1991, following a Kentucky Supreme Court decision finding that Kentucky’s system of funding education was unconstitutional, the Kentucky General Assembly responded by increasing taxes to begin reinvesting in Kentucky’s...

Statement: House Passage of HB 4 Threatens Kentucky Workers, Economy

We are deeply concerned by the House passage of HB 4, legislation that will harm Kentucky workers, families and communities, and lead to deeper, longer and more painful recessions. Among...

Analysis

HB 4 Would Slash Unemployment Benefits, Harming Economy and Deepening Hardship for Kentucky Workers

Working Kentuckians have faced widespread, unprecedented layoffs during the pandemic that worsened existing hardship and inequities. Despite extreme difficulty in navigating the outdated unemployment insurance (UI) system, unemployment benefits have...

Budget Agreement Includes Only Modest Increases in Most Areas of Budget, Salary Increases for State Workers

Senate Version of HB 7 Still Makes It Harder to Get and Keep Food and Medical Assistance, Particularly for Working Families

HB 7 Will Cost $255 Million from Kentucky’s Budget and Harm the State’s Economy

New Version of HB 7 Still Makes Food and Medical Assistance Much Harder to Get and Keep

This Legislative Session Threatens to Lower the Quality of Life in the Commonwealth

HB 7 Puts New, Costly Barriers in Front of Kentuckians Seeking Food and Medical Help

Kentucky’s Jobs Recovery Is Very Strong — False Claims to the Contrary Are Being Used to Justify Harmful Benefit Cuts

State Funding for Education Has Been Stagnant for Many Years, But the 2022-2024 Budget Presents a Unique Opportunity to Begin Reinvesting

Statement: House Passage of HB 4 Threatens Kentucky Workers, Economy

HB 4 Would Slash Unemployment Benefits, Harming Economy and Deepening Hardship for Kentucky Workers

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