House Plan Contains Biggest Medicaid and SNAP Cuts in History to Fund Tax Cuts for the Wealthy
The U. S. House of Representatives is now considering a radical budget and tax plan that would take health coverage...
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U.S. House Tax Plan Widens Inequality by Extending and Expanding Breaks for the Wealthiest
Last week, leaders in the House released their proposed bill to extend and expand tax breaks that overwhelmingly benefit the wealthiest Americans. These tax breaks are paired with budget cuts...
Tracker: How the White House and DOGE Are Cutting Kentucky Jobs and Services
Updated: May 16. The Trump administration, with the help of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), is cutting federal grants, programs and employment across the nation. These reductions are...
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...
What the U.S. House Plan to Cut Medicaid Would Mean for Kentucky
The United States House of Representatives’ Energy and Commerce Committee released its plan to reduce Medicaid spending by $715 billion through new layers of red tape and reduced care this...
Federal Cuts to Medicaid and SNAP Would Blow Massive Hole in State Budget
Congress is considering huge cuts to vital federal programs like Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in part to make room for more tax cuts for the wealthy....
Medicaid Is Crucial to Kentucky’s Economy
Medicaid plays a central role in the health care of one in three Kentuckians, but it’s also crucial to our economy. Through billions in combined state and federal spending on...
Federal Funding Cuts to Medicaid and Public Health Will Worsen Kentucky’s Opioid Crisis
Drug overdose deaths have declined in recent years both nationally and in Kentucky, but that progress is now at risk due to potential cuts that threaten more than $800 million...
Slashing Federal Programs Would Deal Another Blow to Rural Kentuckians
Rural Kentucky, and eastern Kentucky in particular, is no stranger to extraction. For a long time, coal was king in the region, providing jobs and prosperity to hardworking miners while...
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...