SNAP Benefits for Some Recipients Become Conditional on Work Requirements
SNAP Benefits for Some Recipients Become Conditional on Work Requirements By Renee Beasley Jones
Economic Security Press
Kentucky Politics Distilled: The New Pension Bill
Kentucky Politics Distilled: The New Pension Bill By Ryland Barton
Changes Coming to Pension Bill, but Cuts for Retired Teachers Staying, Lawmaker Says
Changes Coming to Pension Bill, but Cuts for Retired Teachers Staying, Lawmaker Says By Jack Brammer and Daniel Desrochers
Kentucky Education Groups Say Newly Filed Pension Reform Bill Needs Changes
Kentucky Education Groups Say Newly Filed Pension Reform Bill Needs Changes By Kevin Wheatley
Lawmakers Want to Slash Kentucky’s Unemployment Checks
Lawmakers Want to Slash Kentucky's Unemployment Checks By Tom Loftus
Census Data Shows Too Little Improvement in Poverty and Income in Kentucky to Suggest Full Recovery
New American Community Survey (ACS) data for 2016 released today by the U.S. Census shows poverty didn’t budge and income only increased slightly in Kentucky from 2015. The poverty rate...
Cutting Wages No Way to Grow Kentucky’s Economy
Legislative leaders say the 2017 Kentucky General Assembly will focus on jobs and the economy. That priority is welcome given challenges across the state. But the policy issues reportedly topping...
Income Rises for Kentucky Households in 2015 but Progress Needed to Reduce Poverty
New Census data released today shows median household incomes in Kentucky rose by over $2,000 in Kentucky last year, evidence of an improving economy with rising wages for workers. However,...
Press Release: New Data Show Reason for Concern about Income Inequality in Kentucky
Income inequality in Kentucky has risen significantly in recent decades, with the latest data showing real income for the wealthiest 1 percent of Kentuckians rose by 60.1 percent between 1979...
Statement on New Overtime Threshold Rule’s Impact on Kentucky
"The new overtime rule is great news for the 1 in 4 salaried workers in Kentucky who will now be entitled to overtime pay,” Anna Baumann, research and policy analyst...