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Companion Bills to Automate Expungement Would Give Hundreds of Thousands of Kentuckians a Second Chance

Involvement in the criminal legal system, even just once, can have long-lasting consequences that negatively affect social and economic mobility,...

Analysis

Local Sales Tax Amendment Could Lead to Wider Inequality Without Better Funding Local Services

Under Kentucky’s constitution, there are limits on the types of taxes the General Assembly may authorize local governments to levy, and local sales taxes are not allowed. [efn_note]As currently interpreted,...

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Justice Reform Coalition Releases Legislative Goals

Justice Reform Coalition Releases Legislative Goals By: Steve Rogers Source: WTVQ 36

Analysis

New Federal Relief Package Is a Short-Term Lifeline, But More Aid Is Needed

Congress has finally agreed to a new relief package that temporarily extends much-needed support to a weak economy and struggling families. It includes expanded and continued emergency unemployment benefits, rental...

Analysis

New Employment Data Shows Hardship Across the Commonwealth and for Low-Wage Earners

Amidst a new surge of COVID-19 cases, recent data shows that employment in virtually all Kentucky counties remained severely depressed in September. When looking at the economic recovery by income...

Analysis

Kentucky Recovery Halted in September, Heightening Need for Much More Federal Aid

New jobs numbers for September show Kentucky's economy failed to make badly-needed progress last month as the effects of federal stimulus legislation passed in March continue to fade. The state's...

Analysis

Kentucky Has Much to Lose if Supreme Court Strikes Down the Affordable Care Act

Kentucky has greatly benefitted from the 2010 passage of the federal Affordable Care and Patient Protection Act (ACA). Thanks to the ACA, we were among states with the largest declines...

Analysis

IDs Are a Necessity for Successful Reentry

When people who have been incarcerated are released from jail and prison, support services such as housing and mental health can help them get back on their feet and avoid...

Analysis

Continued Slow Job Growth in August, Historic Kentucky Jobs Gap Remains

Kentucky had another month of relatively modest job growth in August, and the state continues to face a massive shortage of jobs while signs in the national economy show more...

Analysis

Black Kentucky Workers Are More Likely To Have Been Laid Off in the Pandemic, and Less Likely To Have Been Hired Since

Black Kentuckians are experiencing job loss at a higher rate than white Kentuckians in the COVID-19 pandemic. A long history of racist policies ranging from slavery and Jim Crow to...

Companion Bills to Automate Expungement Would Give Hundreds of Thousands of Kentuckians a Second Chance

Local Sales Tax Amendment Could Lead to Wider Inequality Without Better Funding Local Services

Justice Reform Coalition Releases Legislative Goals

New Federal Relief Package Is a Short-Term Lifeline, But More Aid Is Needed

New Employment Data Shows Hardship Across the Commonwealth and for Low-Wage Earners

Kentucky Recovery Halted in September, Heightening Need for Much More Federal Aid

Kentucky Has Much to Lose if Supreme Court Strikes Down the Affordable Care Act

IDs Are a Necessity for Successful Reentry

Continued Slow Job Growth in August, Historic Kentucky Jobs Gap Remains

Black Kentucky Workers Are More Likely To Have Been Laid Off in the Pandemic, and Less Likely To Have Been Hired Since

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