Why Magoffin County Has the Highest Unemployment Rates
Why Magoffin County Has the Highest Unemployment Rates By Christiana Ford Source: LEX18
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Expert: Kentucky Should Clean Up Its Tax Code Instead of Slashing Income Tax for the Wealth
Expert: Kentucky Should Clean Up Its Tax Code Instead of Slashing Income Tax for the Wealth By Nadia Ramlagan Source: LEO Weekly
Kentucky House Republicans Look To Scale Back Unemployment Benefits. Here’s What To Know.
Kentucky House Republicans Look To Scale Back Unemployment Benefits. Here's What To Know. By Joe Sonka Source: Courier Journal
Kentucky House passes Unemployment Reform Package That Concerns Some Groups
Kentucky House Passes Unemployment Reform Package That Concerns Some Groups By Steve Bittenbender Source: The Center Square
Kentucky’s Jobs Recovery Is Very Strong — False Claims to the Contrary Are Being Used to Justify Harmful Benefit Cuts
Kentucky is currently experiencing a historically strong recovery from the devastating job losses that occurred as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. By April 2020, Kentucky had lost 294,900 jobs,...
While Failing to Address Kentucky’s Overdose Crisis, HB 215 Would Keep People Incarcerated Longer
Kentucky is currently in the midst of an overdose crisis, particularly with fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that when pharmaceutically prescribed can be used to treat pain but when acquired illegally...
There’s Still Time for Kentucky to Reverse Course on Harmful Criminal Policies
The 2022 General Assembly has a big opportunity to build on positive changes in criminal policy from last session. Increasing the threshold at which theft becomes a felony, ending the...
State Funding for Education Has Been Stagnant for Many Years, But the 2022-2024 Budget Presents a Unique Opportunity to Begin Reinvesting
In 1991, following a Kentucky Supreme Court decision finding that Kentucky’s system of funding education was unconstitutional, the Kentucky General Assembly responded by increasing taxes to begin reinvesting in Kentucky’s...
Income Tax Cuts Are a Way to Sink the Economy, Not Grow It
Wealthy interests and corporate lobbyists are ramping up efforts to pass major tax cuts this legislative session that could leave a massive and permanent hole in Kentucky's budget. The focus...
Statement: House Passage of HB 4 Threatens Kentucky Workers, Economy
We are deeply concerned by the House passage of HB 4, legislation that will harm Kentucky workers, families and communities, and lead to deeper, longer and more painful recessions. Among...