Research

HB 4 Would Slash Unemployment Benefits, Harming Economy and Deepening Hardship for Kentucky Workers

Working Kentuckians have faced widespread, unprecedented layoffs during the pandemic that worsened existing hardship and inequities. Despite extreme difficulty in...

Media Mention

Ky. Bill Would Limit Time in Jail Without Trial

Ky. Bill Would Limit Time in Jail Without Trial By: Ryan Van Velzer Source: WFPL

Media Mention

A Kentucky Law Is Flooding Prisons and Costing Taxpayers Millions

A Kentucky Law Is Flooding Prisons and Costing Taxpayers Millions By: Matt Mencarini, Chris Kenning and Jonathan Bullington Source: Courier-Journal

Media Mention

Some Agree Kentucky’s Persistent Felony Offender Law Is Broken. Why Is It So Hard to Fix?

Some Agree Kentucky's Persistent Felony Offender Law Is Broken. Why Is It So Hard to Fix? By: Chris Kenning, Jonathan Bullington and Matt Mencarini Source: Courier-Journal

Media Mention

Kentucky Groups Differ on How Frankfort Should Pursue Tax Reform

Kentucky Groups Differ on How Frankfort Should Pursue Tax Reform By: Steve Bittenbender Source: Hazard Herald

Op-Ed

In the COVID Recovery and Beyond, Kentuckians Need a Strong Safety Net

The past two years have been hard on Kentuckians. In April 2020, nearly 1 in 7 lost their job and many more Kentuckians lost hours at work or faced quarantines...

Analysis

Kentucky Has an Opportunity to Continue Steps to Reducing Incarceration by Addressing Harsh “Persistent Felony Offender” Laws

Kentucky’s Persistent Felony Offender (PFO) law is a punitive sentencing policy that emerged during the beginning of the so-called War on Drugs. While originally intended as a measure to deter...

Op-Ed

HB 4 Would Slash Unemployment Benefits, Harming Economy and Deepening Hardship for Kentucky Workers

Ky. Bill Would Limit Time in Jail Without Trial

A Kentucky Law Is Flooding Prisons and Costing Taxpayers Millions

Some Agree Kentucky’s Persistent Felony Offender Law Is Broken. Why Is It So Hard to Fix?

Kentucky Groups Differ on How Frankfort Should Pursue Tax Reform

In the COVID Recovery and Beyond, Kentuckians Need a Strong Safety Net

Kentucky Has an Opportunity to Continue Steps to Reducing Incarceration by Addressing Harsh “Persistent Felony Offender” Laws

Shift and Shaft Tax Policy Is No Way to Prosper

West Virginia Will Pay a Profitable Steelmaker $1.7 Billion for Jobs During Tightest Labor Market in Decades

Kentucky Tonight: Debating Provisions in the Proposed State Budget

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