Pam Thomas

In Decade Since Major Criminal Justice Reform, the Kentucky General Assembly Has Passed Six Times as Many Laws Increasing Incarceration as Decreasing It

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the passage of 2011’s House Bill (HB) 463, “The Public Safety and Offender...

New Federal Infrastructure Law Moves Kentucky Forward

The bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which the President has now signed into law, includes much-needed new investments in modernizing Kentucky's physical infrastructure. The law funds a broad array...

Analysis

School Funding Task Force Recommendations Include Steps Toward Adequacy and Equity

In 2021, the Kentucky General Assembly created a School Funding Task Force to meet in the interim to review funding for K-12 education in Kentucky and other states and identify...

Report

The Golden Key: How State-Local Financial Incentives to Lock Up Kentuckians Are Perpetuating Mass Incarceration

Incarceration is harmful to individuals, families and communities, yet Kentucky incarcerates 40% more people per capita than the United States average, which is more than 5 times larger than other...

Analysis

How Kentuckians Would Benefit from the Build Back Better Act

Kentuckians’ economic future and family well-being hinge on passage of the Build Back Better Act (BBB) now in front of Congress. The legislation contains landmark policies that will create millions...

Op-Ed

Making Millionaires Finally Chip in Like the Rest of Us Would Pay for Transformational Public Investments in Kentucky

Kentucky has an opportunity to tackle its infrastructure challenges head on through proposed investments in President Biden’s American Jobs Plan and American Families Plan. From the lack of clean water...

Analysis

Local Recovery Monies Should Go to Communities’ Greatest Needs — Kentuckians Can Help Make That Happen

Cities and counties in Kentucky are in the process of receiving the first half of over $1.8 billion in total monies from the Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (Local Recovery...

Analysis

The 2021 Legislative Session Criminal Justice Wrap Up: Some Important Wins that Should Be Built on to Achieve Systemic Change

This year, the Kentucky General Assembly took important steps forward in criminal justice with the passage of policies that will reduce incarceration and related harms in modest but important ways...

Op-Ed

Governor Should Veto Expensive, Poorly Targeted Tax Breaks for Remote Workers and Data Centers

The text below was sent as a letter (available here as a PDF) to Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear from Jason Bailey, Executive Director of KyPolicy. March 30, 2021 Dear Governor...

Analysis

Kentucky Should Learn from the Past and Not Expand Its Expensive and Ineffective Film Tax Credit

The Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee made a last-minute change to House Bill 249 to bring back a bad idea — making Kentucky's film industry tax credit refundable yet again....

In Decade Since Major Criminal Justice Reform, the Kentucky General Assembly Has Passed Six Times as Many Laws Increasing Incarceration as Decreasing It

New Federal Infrastructure Law Moves Kentucky Forward

School Funding Task Force Recommendations Include Steps Toward Adequacy and Equity

The Golden Key: How State-Local Financial Incentives to Lock Up Kentuckians Are Perpetuating Mass Incarceration

How Kentuckians Would Benefit from the Build Back Better Act

Making Millionaires Finally Chip in Like the Rest of Us Would Pay for Transformational Public Investments in Kentucky

Local Recovery Monies Should Go to Communities’ Greatest Needs — Kentuckians Can Help Make That Happen

The 2021 Legislative Session Criminal Justice Wrap Up: Some Important Wins that Should Be Built on to Achieve Systemic Change

Governor Should Veto Expensive, Poorly Targeted Tax Breaks for Remote Workers and Data Centers

Kentucky Should Learn from the Past and Not Expand Its Expensive and Ineffective Film Tax Credit

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