Inadequate State Funding Leaves Kentucky Teachers With Meager Raises
After enduring years of stagnant salaries and slashed benefits, every teacher and school employee in Kentucky needed a significant raise...
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When Disaster Strikes, Disaster SNAP Helps Feed Kentuckians
In addition to the extreme emotional and physical toll recent flooding took on the people of eastern Kentucky, the disaster caused severe and lasting financial challenges in the form of income...
State Must Go Beyond FEMA Aid to Adequately Address Housing Need From Eastern Kentucky Floods
The multi-colored houses on Knott County’s Rainbow Lane were reduced to rubble. Raging flood waters tossed and twisted mobile homes in Letcher County. In Hazard, an engorged North Fork lifted...
KY and Bourbon’s Long Honeymoon May Be Over. We Need a More Stable Long-Term Relationship.
KY and bourbon’s long honeymoon may be over. We need a more stable long-term relationship. By: Linda Blackford Source: Lexington Herald-Leader
Tax Credit ‘the Fuse’ for Kentucky Bourbon Boom. Now Distillers Want More Breaks.
Tax credit ‘the fuse’ for Kentucky bourbon boom. Now distillers want more breaks. By: Janet Patton Source: Lexington Herald-Leader
Kentucky Must Do More to Increase Flood Resilience
The catastrophic flooding that recently hit southeastern Kentucky resulted in the death of 39 people, devastated communities and destroyed many homes and buildings. The problem is not new: Kentucky has...
How Inflation Is Impacting Common Grocery Prices in Kentucky
How Inflation Is Impacting Common Grocery Prices in Kentucky By: Rae Johnson Source: Courier-Journal
‘Transformational’ or a ‘Reckless’ Spending Spree? A Kentucky Economic Think Tank and the State’s Leading Republican Take on Democrats’ Latest Legislation
'Transformational' or a 'Reckless' Spending Spree? A Kentucky Economic Think Tank and the State's Leading Republican Take on Democrats' Latest Legislation By: Josh James Source: WUKY
Most Kentucky Teachers and School Staff Start Year Without Meaningful Raises
Stagnant salaries are contributing to a growing teacher shortage in Kentucky and across the nation, as the school year begins in many areas of the state. An inadequate number of...
Let’s Learn From Braidy, and Seek More Answers From Each Other
News that a company called Steel Dynamics will take over what’s left of Braidy Industries and abandon the proposed Ashland aluminum plant is likely the end of this five-year debacle. Whether it’s...