Comprehensive State Budget Preview Report: Recent Tax Cuts Drive Another Budget Where Investments Face Squeeze
State investments already hampered by over a decade of budget reductions are likely to face additional cuts unless new revenue...
Press Releases
InsureKY Reacts to Withdrawal of Barriers to Medicaid
The InsureKY campaign and our partners commend Governor Beshear for taking swift action to withdraw the 1115 Medicaid Waiver known as Kentucky HEALTH. The waiver would have created numerous barriers...
As Task Force Considers Changing Food Assistance, New Data Shows 30,000 Kentuckians Have Already Lost Help Buying Groceries
New state data shows that nearly 30,000 Kentuckians have had their food assistance taken away since January of 2018 due to barriers the state has recently erected. Less money for...
Kentucky Among Worst States in Nation for College Affordability, Harming Students Who Already Face the Greatest Barriers
Kentucky ranks 8th worst among states for college affordability – measured as the average net price of higher education at a public four-year institution as a share of median household...
Press Release: SNAP Improves Health and Reduces Health Care Costs Across Kentucky
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) — through which more than half a million Kentuckians get help buying groceries — is a powerful health intervention, according to a new report...
New Census Data Show Economic Progress Stalling Out for Low- to Middle-Income Kentuckians
Despite the continued economic growth of recent years, median income and poverty rates for Kentuckians remained flat in 2018 compared to 2017, according to new American Community Survey data released...
Progress on Health Coverage in Kentucky Has Begun To Erode, According to New Data
The share of Americans without health insurance has gone up for the first time since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was passed almost a decade ago, with 535,000 more Americans...
Newly Available Data Shows Madison County Jail Crowding Driven by Low and Moderate Risk Defendants Awaiting Trial for Low Level Offenses
As the Madison County fiscal court prepares to vote tomorrow on whether or not to raise property taxes in order to fund a new $45 million jail, newly available data...
Kentucky Can Strengthen Economy and Communities With Three Inclusive Policies for Immigrants
Kentucky can take three key steps to better integrate immigrants, including people who are undocumented, into the mainstream economy and foster community well-being, according to a new report from the...
New Report Reveals an Arbitrary Justice System Across Counties
Kentuckians presumed innocent should not have their freedom contingent upon their income or where in the state they are arrested. But a new report from the Kentucky Center for Economic...