Jessica Klein

Initial House Budget Slashes Funding for Many Services, Prioritizes More Tax Cuts

As introduced, the House budget (HB 500) severely cuts or freezes many parts of the state budget and underfunds essential public services, with the apparent goal of triggering more income...

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A State Budget for an Affordable Kentucky: Preview of the 2026–2028 Budget of the Commonwealth

In the 2026 legislative session, the Kentucky General Assembly will perform its most important job — crafting a two-year state budget that funds education, health, social services and other critical...

Analysis

For Tens of Thousands of Kentuckians Participating in SNAP, the Shutdown Is Just Beginning

The recently ended shutdown of the federal government demonstrated just how essential the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is to over 560,000 Kentuckians. Over the last month, as the Trump...

Analysis

Recent Federal Cuts Could Increase Student Hunger

Last year, 213,830 Kentucky kids didn’t get enough to eat. That’s roughly one in five of children going hungry. Inadequate nutrition has lifelong consequences for health and economic wellbeing. To...

Analysis

Federal Budget and Tax Law Will Worsen Health and Hardship in Kentucky and Provide More Giveaways to the Wealthy

The passage of Congress’s major budget and tax legislation, titled the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), sets up a frightening future in our commonwealth. The law will take health...

Analysis

House Budget Plan Includes Largest Ever Cut to Federal Food Assistance

The House budget plan includes huge cuts to federal food assistance, the largest reduction ever proposed in the history of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The proposed cut requires...

Analysis

The Four Ways Congress Is Threatening to Cut SNAP in Kentucky

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) helps one in eight Kentuckians keep food on the table, with children, older adults and people with disabilities particularly benefitting from this vital program....

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Tracking SNAP in Kentucky

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is a vital source of assistance that helps put food on the table for hundreds of thousands of Kentuckians. As of 2022, in Kentucky...

Op-Ed

Our Leaders Should Give Thanks to Food Assistance, Not Deplete It

As families across Kentucky fill their homes with food this Thanksgiving, some politicians in Frankfort and Washington may be plotting to make that task much more difficult by shrinking our...

Analysis

Nearly 400,000 Kentucky Kids Received Summer Food Benefits but Program Could Help Many More

Every child deserves year-round access to nutritious food, but in Kentucky, one in five kids don’t eat enough to live a healthy life, especially in the summer months when free...

Initial House Budget Slashes Funding for Many Services, Prioritizes More Tax Cuts

A State Budget for an Affordable Kentucky: Preview of the 2026–2028 Budget of the Commonwealth

For Tens of Thousands of Kentuckians Participating in SNAP, the Shutdown Is Just Beginning

Recent Federal Cuts Could Increase Student Hunger

Federal Budget and Tax Law Will Worsen Health and Hardship in Kentucky and Provide More Giveaways to the Wealthy

House Budget Plan Includes Largest Ever Cut to Federal Food Assistance

The Four Ways Congress Is Threatening to Cut SNAP in Kentucky

Tracking SNAP in Kentucky

Our Leaders Should Give Thanks to Food Assistance, Not Deplete It

Nearly 400,000 Kentucky Kids Received Summer Food Benefits but Program Could Help Many More

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