875,000 Kentuckians to See a Cut in Food Assistance Beginning Today
Beginning today, 875,000 Kentuckians will see their food assistance benefits cut when a temporary boost to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance...
Economic Security
Kentucky Fast Food Workers Struggle with Low Wages While Industry Does Well
Kentucky's 32,000 frontline fast-food workers make such low wages that 46 percent of them qualify for low-income public assistance programs at a cost of $115 million in 2011, according to...
New Data: One in Six Households in Kentucky Struggle Against Hunger
15.6 percent of Kentucky households report serious problems affording adequate nutritious food, according to new data released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture today covering the last three years. Of...
Kentucky’s Joblessness a Big Reason to Protect SNAP
House Republican leaders are calling for even deeper cuts to the food stamps program, known as SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), after the cuts they considered last month didn’t go...
Another Bad Year for Kentucky Workers’ Wages
Real wages for Kentucky workers fell again last year, continuing a slide that began in 2001. Congress’ unwillingness to spur a stronger economic recovery and act on policies like raising...
875,000 Kentuckians Will See Cuts to Food Assistance This Fall
New Report: “SNAP Benefits Will Be Cut for All Participants In November 2013” 875,000 Kentuckians Will See Cuts to Food Assistance This Fall 875,000 people in Kentucky will see a...
Underfunding Also Led to Shortfall in Local Government Pensions
The pension system for Kentucky local government employees has a shortfall even though local governments have been required to make their annual payments each year. Some are using this fact...
Proposed Cuts to Medicare and Social Security Would Drive More Seniors into Financial Hardship
Nearly half of elderly Kentuckians are economically insecure—meaning they either live in or are at risk of falling into poverty—according to a new study from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI)....
Implementing Health Reform Will Promote Entrepreneurship in Kentucky
Another reason that Medicaid expansion and the rest of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is good for Kentucky’s economy is that it will help support the entrepreneurs and small businesses...
Medicaid Expansion Can Help Address Kentucky’s Substance Abuse Problem
There are many reasons to commend Governor Beshear’s recent announcement that Kentucky will be expanding Medicaid through the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Among the numerous important benefits of the ACA...