Voters are Revolting Over Affordability. Here’s How to Respond.
For the second election in a row, voters made it clear that affordability is their chief concern. The inflation numbers...
Higher Prices Are Costing Kentucky Households $4,100 a Year
For the second election in a row, voters have made it clear that affordability is their key concern. A look at data from the past two years shows why. Here...
State SEEK vs. Local School Taxes in Your District
Kentucky school districts get their core funding from two places: the state's SEEK formula and the taxes the district levies locally. Enter your district to see how the state's SEEK...
Three-Fourths of Kentucky School Districts Are Receiving Less in State SEEK Payments This Year
School districts across Kentucky face challenges in the 2026-2027 year, and falling state funding is a primary reason why. Tentative projections from the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) show that...
Deep Medicaid Cuts Have Been Averted in the Past. Is This Time Different?
Over the next few years, Kentucky is facing the largest Medicaid cuts in the program’s history. Starting in January, the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) will take Medicaid...
Meta Data Center Receiving Approximately $50 Million a Year in Tax Breaks from Mason County
KyPolicy has previously warned that Big Tech companies are seeking to minimize the taxes they pay to local governments and school districts on data centers, even as Kentucky communities debate...
Kentucky Can Reform Property Taxes While Protecting Residents, Schools and Other Public Services
The property tax is essential to how Kentuckians fund schools, public safety and other vital local services, and is the primary source of local revenue for school districts and most...
Wendell Berry’s Death Should Be His Revival
Throughout his life, Kentucky writer Wendell Berry described death not as an end, but as a stage in a cycle of renewal. Those who die return in body to the...
How Data Centers Could Skirt Local Taxes
As Kentucky's local governments weigh whether to welcome hyperscale data centers, supporters point to a tempting promise: a surge in local tax revenue from property taxes and school district utility...
Is Kentucky About to Give Billions in Tax Breaks to Data Centers?
The massive surge in proposed data centers is prompting intense debates about their costs and benefits. One question emerging across the country is whether and to what extent states should...