Tracker: How the White House and DOGE Are Cutting Kentucky Jobs and Services
The Trump administration, with the help of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), is cutting federal grants, programs and employment...
Federal Tax and Budget
Federal Budget and Tax Law Will Worsen Health and Hardship in Kentucky and Provide More Giveaways to the Wealthy
The passage of Congress’s major budget and tax legislation, titled the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), sets up a frightening future in our commonwealth. The law will take health...
Trouble Looms If Congress Passes the Buck to the Kentucky State Budget
Congress is considering huge cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, energy and higher education in an attempt to pay for just a portion of the enormous cost of tax cuts skewed to...
Job Corps Closings Raises Question of What Cuts Are Really All About
The budget axe wielded by DOGE and the Trump administration fell on Job Corps last week, when the administration announced it was closing 99 of the program’s 123 centers across...
Program Cuts and Tariff Costs Will Leave Many Kentucky Families Worse Off, Even with Modest Tax Cuts
On Thursday, May 22nd, the House of Representatives passed its major tax and spending legislation, which included last-minute revisions that made it even more favorable for the wealthy. The tax...
What the U.S. House Plan to Cut Medicaid Would Mean for Kentucky
The United States House of Representatives has passed a plan to reduce Medicaid spending by an estimated $21 billion for Kentucky over 10 years (some estimates show even deeper cuts),...
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 and food assistance away from more than 100,000 Kentuckians, all...
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...
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...
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....