Private School Tax Credit Program at Odds With Kentucky’s Constitution
The framers of Kentucky’s constitution made crystal clear the state’s responsibility to provide for a system of common, public schools...
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Emergency Relief Endures with Extension, Legislative Advocacy
Emergency Relief Endures with Extension, Legislative Advocacy By: Matthew Macias
New Data on Poverty and Hardship in Kentucky Shows Need for Robust Federal Recovery Package
New economic data released today shows that economic loss and hardship from COVID-19, including variants currently ravaging the state, are far from over for Kentucky communities. Yet safety net programs...
The Improved Child Tax Credit in Kentucky Parents’ Own Words — and Why It Should Be Permanent
The enhanced Child Tax Credit (CTC) from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) has been a transformational policy, benefitting nearly 1 million Kentucky kids and lifting 69,000 out of poverty...
House, Senate Approve First “Checklist” of Executive Orders, Debates Still Loom
House, Senate Approve First "Checklist" of Executive Orders, Debates Still Loom By: Steve Rogers
This Week In Conversation: How COVID-19 Changed Work
This Week In Conversation: How COVID-19 Changed Work By: Michelle Tyrene Johnson
Coalition Letter: Kentucky General Assembly Must Use Special Session to Protect the Health of Kentuckians, Our Workforce and Our Children’s Education
A coalition of Kentucky organizations sent this letter to the Kentucky General Assembly on September 3, and many new signatories were added in an updated letter (available as a PDF...
Statement: September 4 Expiration of Federal Unemployment Benefits in Kentucky Will Increase Hardship, Will Not Improve State’s Jobs Picture
This year’s Labor Day, September 6, is the final day the federal government will provide three jobless benefit programs that have provided a necessary bridge for families and the economy...
Honor Labor Day by Supporting Workers as if They Are Essential
Starting last year, as COVID-19 led people to social distance and quarantine, a new term entered the lexicon: "essential worker." Though everyday working people have always been the key to...
Student Debt Relief Still Needed as College Year Begins in Kentucky
As another college year begins amidst a resurging pandemic, new Census data shows those struggling the most with student debt are also among the hardest hit by COVID-19’s economic impacts....