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Jason Bailey

Op-Ed

Congress Can’t Go Home Without Passing a Strong Aid Package

Congress is set to adjourn at the end of this month, yet its biggest and most urgent piece of business...

Jason Bailey | September 18, 2020

Analysis

Continued Slow Job Growth in August, Historic Kentucky Jobs Gap Remains

Kentucky had another month of relatively modest job growth in August, and the state continues to face a massive shortage of jobs while signs in the national economy show more...

Jason Bailey | September 18, 2020

Press Release

Statement on Failed Senate “Skinny” Aid Proposal

“The now-failed Senate ‘skinny’ proposal was an even weaker version of the deeply inadequate plan Senate leaders put forward at the end of July. Doing less when we need more...

Jason Bailey | September 10, 2020

Op-Ed

Meager Executive Action Is No Substitute for Real Congressional Aid

Kentucky's economy is weakening in the face of a resurging pandemic and the end of stimulus aid. Consumer spending is sagging following the July 25 expiration of $600 a week...

Jason Bailey | August 21, 2020

Analysis

Jobs Report Shows Kentucky Economy Stumbling, Heightens Need for Aid

A troubling new jobs report points to a potential slowing of Kentucky’s recovery with the pandemic continuing to rage, increasing the need for much more in federal aid from Congress....

Jason Bailey | August 21, 2020

Press Release

Statement on U.S. Senate COVID Aid Proposal

"The Senate proposal released yesterday provides nowhere near the aid Kentucky and the nation need to get through the resurging COVID-19 economic and health crisis. Its inadequacies will leave Kentucky...

Jason Bailey | July 28, 2020

Op-Ed

Kentucky’s Senators Must Agree to Adequate Federal Aid for the State to Survive Recession

A couple months ago, some public officials and corporate lobbyists began eagerly calling for states to reopen rapidly as the way to solve the COVID-19 problems of mass unemployment and...

Jason Bailey | July 16, 2020

Analysis

Stimulus Payments Have Propped Up Weak Economy, and Harm Will Grow Without Additional Support

Federal stimulus payments have been critical to Kentuckians making ends meet during the COVID-19 crisis and to spurring a modest return of jobs, new data shows. But unless the U....

Jason Bailey | July 14, 2020

Analysis

Half of Kentuckians Report Losing Household Employment Income, and Sources They’re Relying on Are Running Out

Half of Kentucky adults say they or someone in their household have lost employment income since the COVID-19 crisis began, according to new Census data. The sources they’re relying on...

Jason Bailey | July 13, 2020

Analysis

Government Job Losses Are Already Weakening a Modest Return of Private Sector Employment

While new jobs data from May shows a small uptick in employment, Kentucky continues to struggle with unprecedented job loss. And a close look at the data shows troubling signs...

Jason Bailey | June 23, 2020

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