Punitive Republican Policies Won’t Whip Kentucky Into Prosperity
Punitive Republican Policies Won’t Whip Kentucky Into Prosperity By: Vanessa Gallman Source: Kentucky Lantern
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Expert Concerned About Rising SNAP Fraud in Kentucky
Expert Concerned About Rising SNAP Fraud in Kentucky By: Steve Bittenbender Source: The Center Square
Ailing Juvenile System Needs Investment and Care, Not Harsher Penalties
The bipartisan working group on Kentucky’s Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) wrapped up last week, and the legislature heads back into session tomorrow. There are several key issues to keep...
What Could Kentucky Do With $1.2 Billion a Year?
Kentucky’s state government should use the $1.2 billion lawmakers are poised to squander each year on tax cuts skewed to the wealthy to instead fund housing, childcare, education and mental...
How Kentucky Turned Away Half a Billion Dollars in Grocery Help
February 2023 is the last month many low-income food assistance recipients across the country will get additional help buying groceries due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But in Kentucky that aid ended...
Tennessee Has Some Advantages Over Kentucky. Backward Tax Policy Isn’t One of Them.
Tennessee Has Some Advantages Over Kentucky. Backward Tax Policy Isn’t One of Them. By: Tom Eblen Source: Kentucky Lantern
‘Kentucky Shouldn’t Wait.’ What the State Is Doing to Address the Opioid Epidemic
‘Kentucky Shouldn’t Wait.’ What the State Is Doing to Address the Opioid Epidemic By: Taylor Six Source: Lexington Herald-Leader
EKU Faculty, Staff Petition for Better Pay
EKU Faculty, Staff Petition for Better Pay By: Georgia McCarthur Source: Fox 56
Top House Priorities Show Conflict Between Reducing Revenues and Rising Costs
The House's top priority (HB 1) in the 2023 legislative session is a bill to continue reducing the state's income tax, the source of nearly half of state revenue. Lawmakers...
Income Tax Reduction Is Another Blow to Rural Kentucky
For Kentucky as a whole to truly flourish, we need our rural communities to thrive as much as the cities and suburbs where most residents now live. Even today, Kentucky...