Kentucky ICE Arrests Approach 5,000 Amid Spike From Local Law Enforcement
New data shows there have been nearly 5,000 ICE arrests in Kentucky since the beginning of the Trump administration, and...
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‘Unlawful Camping’ Charges Increase in Second Year of House Bill 5
During the first year after House Bill (HB) 5 (2024) took effect, an average of more than one unhoused person per day was cited or arrested for “unlawful camping” in...
How Data Centers Could Skirt Local Taxes
As Kentucky's local governments weigh whether to welcome hyperscale data centers, supporters point to a tempting promise: a surge in local tax revenue from property taxes and school district utility...
Medicaid Cuts Will Return Next Year Unless the General Assembly Acts
The past month has been volatile for those covered by Medicaid. The budget passed by the General Assembly for fiscal year (FY) 2027, which runs from July 1, 2026, to...
Cuts to Basic Cash Assistance Are Hurting Kentucky’s Poorest Kids and Their Parents
The Kentucky Transitional Assistance Program (KTAP) is the state’s only program that provides basic cash assistance to children in low-income families. After decades of frozen benefit amounts and income eligibility...
This Fourth of July, Patriotism Includes Honoring Our Immigrant Neighbors
The 250th anniversary of our nation’s independence is a time to consider what it means to be patriotic. Immigration has always been part of our country’s history, and that history is...
Kentucky Ranked Second in the Nation for Hunger and It’s Only Getting Worse
Kentucky’s food insecurity ranked second highest in the nation between 2022 and 2024, according to recent USDA data. Almost one in five Kentuckians were food insecure (18.8%, compared to a...
Threat to the Lee Specialty Clinic Revealed the Heroes at Work
For several years starting in 2015, Bruce Perfect's son Greg was in and out of hospitals and "wasting away." The regular medical system could not figure out what was causing...
Kentucky Local Governments Have Spent Only 10% of Opioid Settlement Dollars Despite Continued Need
Between 2022 and 2038, Kentucky will receive more than a billion dollars in proceeds from several national opioid settlements with companies complicit in starting the opioid epidemic in the 1990s....
Over 40,000 Kentuckians Have Lost Food Assistance Since the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides vital grocery help to over half a million Kentuckians, including many children, older adults and Kentuckians with disabilities – all while supporting local...