New Survey Shows Extreme Hardship Among Kentuckians as President Halts Talks on New COVID-19 Aid Bill
Yesterday President Trump tweeted that he was ending Congressional talks on a critical new aid package. A new survey of...
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Inequality Between Rich and Poor Kentucky School Districts Grows Again Even as Districts Face New COVID Costs and Looming Revenue Losses
As schools across the commonwealth face unprecedented new costs and challenges from a surging pandemic and historic recession, prior cuts in state core funding for K-12 education make the challenge...
Why the Senate COVID Proposal Fails to Meet Kentucky’s Economic Needs
The new Senate aid proposal, known as the Health, Economic Assistance, Liability and Schools (HEALS) Act, falls far short of the breadth and depth of aid needed to fight the...
Statement on Systemic Change and Police Violence
"We join in outrage over the killings of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, David McAtee and countless others and grieve for the pain and trauma experienced by Black Kentuckians from the...
Lessons from the Great Recession: Kentucky and Other States Need More Federal Relief
PDF version: Lessons from the Great Recession: Kentucky and Other States Need More Federal Relief As the nation faces the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, it is critical that...
What’s in the CARES Act for Kentucky
Congress has passed and the President has signed a new COVID-19 economic relief bill, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Security (CARES) Act. Here are some of its major provisions and...
Kentucky Response to COVID-19: Protect State Economy Through Improved Unemployment Insurance
The COVID-19 pandemic has sparked concerns about an economic slowdown resulting from widespread shutdowns in the global economy, and recent cancellations of large events in the United States. Continued economic...
Revenue Options That Strengthen the Commonwealth
Currently, too many tax breaks drain money that is needed to shore up and sustain public schools, higher education and workforce development; teacher and state worker pension systems; preschool, child...
House Bill 1 Still Focuses on Punitive Measures that Take Assistance Away
The new version of House Bill 1 introduced in committee today, like the original proposal, contains a number of misguided and punitive measures that create barriers to assistance for Kentuckians...
Governor’s Budget Makes Modest Increases to Education Funding and Selected Other Areas, Raises Small Amount of New Revenue
Governor Beshear’s budget proposal to the General Assembly contains small increases in spending for P-12 education and provides funding for other targeted areas including relief for quasi-governmental organizations facing spiking...