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Kentucky Teacher Pensions Are Getting Smaller

Analysis

Kentucky Teacher Pensions Are Getting Smaller

Kentucky has fallen to 42nd among states in teacher salaries, and the average district is paying its teachers 20% less...

Jason Bailey | June 16, 2025

Trouble Looms If Congress Passes the Buck to the Kentucky State Budget 

Analysis

Trouble Looms If Congress Passes the Buck to the Kentucky State Budget 

Congress is considering huge cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, energy and higher education in an attempt to pay for just a portion of the enormous cost of tax cuts skewed to...

Jason Bailey | June 10, 2025

Job Corps Closings Raises Question of What Cuts Are Really All About

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Job Corps Closings Raises Question of What Cuts Are Really All About

The budget axe wielded by DOGE and the Trump administration fell on Job Corps last week, when the administration announced it was closing 99 of the program’s 123 centers across...

Jason Bailey | June 9, 2025

Kentuckians Need a New Trade Policy, Not a Chaotic Trade War

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Kentuckians Need a New Trade Policy, Not a Chaotic Trade War

Fruit of the Loom apparel plants once dotted the Kentucky landscape, with 11,000 workers at factories in Jamestown, Frankfort, Campbellsville, Franklin, Greensburg, Princeton and Bowling Green. In 1987, the company was...

Jason Bailey | April 7, 2025

HB 775 Moves Goalposts Again to Give Legislature Permission for More Tax Cuts

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HB 775 Moves Goalposts Again to Give Legislature Permission for More Tax Cuts

House Bill (HB) 775 in the Kentucky General Assembly would move the goalposts yet again on the state's income tax cut trigger formula. As the costs for these cuts grow,...

Jason Bailey | March 11, 2025

kentucky teacher shortage

Analysis

Why the Legislature May Change What’s in the SEEK Formula 

Senate Bill (SB) 6 in the 2025 Kentucky General Assembly makes the most significant change in the history of the core school funding formula created by the Kentucky Education Reform...

Jason Bailey | March 4, 2025

hb 398

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HB 398 Would Weaken Kentucky Worker Health and Safety Protections 

For more than 50 years, Kentucky has been one of many states that operate their own program to protect worker health and safety under the federal Occupational Safety and Health...

Jason Bailey | February 20, 2025

Increased Unionization of Kentucky’s Auto Industry Would Help Return It to the High Road of Good Jobs  

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Increased Unionization of Kentucky’s Auto Industry Would Help Return It to the High Road of Good Jobs  

Workers at the Ford/BlueOval SK (BOSK) battery plant in Glendale, Kentucky have filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize and join the United Auto Workers (UAW)....

Jason Bailey | February 19, 2025

Shrinking the Federal Workforce Means Cutting Kentucky Jobs

Analysis

Shrinking the Federal Workforce Means Cutting Kentucky Jobs and Services 

The Trump administration, including through Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), is taking several actions to reduce the number of federal workers. That includes an executive order to incentivize...

Jason Bailey and Dustin Pugel | February 12, 2025

department of education funding in kentucky

Analysis

Federal Education Funding Supplies Over $1 Billion to Kentucky Kids Every Year 

The Trump administration is reportedly considering dismantling the federal Department of Education (DOE), while Congress is weighing cuts to the federal budget that could significantly reduce education funding. While the...

Jason Bailey and Dustin Pugel | February 5, 2025

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