HB 3: Taking Financial Help from Kentucky’s Kids, Including Those Raised by Grandparents
Kentucky currently utilizes federal dollars through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program to provide modest but critical cash...
Economic Security
HB 3: Taking Away Benefits From Poor Kentuckians Would Be Extremely Costly to State
House Bill 3 would use tens of millions of public dollars to erect barriers to nutrition, health care and other vital assistance for low-income Kentuckians. While a fiscal note for...
HB 3 Proposes Massive, Expensive and Ineffective Bureaucracy That Will Hurt Kentucky Families and Open State to Legal Problems
House Bill 3 is an extreme proposal to further restrict access to nutrition, health and cash assistance in Kentucky. It would require a massive, costly bureaucracy to implement and would...
New Bills Would Slash Unemployment Insurance and Leave Kentuckians Stranded
New bills filed in both the Kentucky House and Senate would severely cut unemployment insurance for Kentuckians who lose their jobs, reducing benefits by 20 percent for the average unemployed...
Pregnancy Accommodations Would Benefit Kentucky Families and Businesses
No Kentucky mother should be forced to choose between work or a healthy, safe pregnancy and baby. But without a law requiring employers to provide reasonable accommodations to expectant and...
Government Shutdown Could Leave Nearly 600,000 Kentuckians Without Food Assistance
Among the most dire effects of the government shutdown so far is the potential that benefits for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program could run out in March or April, leaving...
Reinstated SNAP Time Limit Has Led to Thousands Without Food Assistance
Since May, 10,097 Kentucky adults have lost food assistance as a result of new barriers to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participation erected by the state. Beginning in February, the...
Public Charge Rule Changes Would Hurt Kentucky Immigrants and Their Families
The proposed changes to the “public charge” rule by the President’s administration, published yesterday for public comment, are a radical change in immigration policy that would have harmful effects for...
Kentucky Is 4th Worst in the Nation for Student Loan Default
New data shows Kentucky has the 4th highest student loan default rate in the nation. While the national rate of students missing payments on their loans for an extended period...
New Report Shows Vast Income Inequality Across Kentucky
The average income of the top 1 percent of Kentuckians is 18.4 times greater than the average income of everyone else in the state, according to a new report by...