Experts Say: KY Budget Surplus Should Be Invested In Communities
Experts Say: KY Budget Surplus Should Be Invested In Communities By: Kentucky News Connection
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Increasing SNAP Benefit Levels, and Removing Barriers for Immigrant and Refugee Communities, Would Improve Equity in Kentuckians’ Access to Healthy Foods
KyPolicy submitted the following comments on August 13, 2021, in response to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Request for Information titled "Identifying Barriers in USDA Programs and Services: Advancing Racial...
Statement: Senate Vote to Advance Federal Budget Resolution Charts Course Toward Stronger, More Equitable Future
This morning, the U.S. Senate voted to advance a budget resolution paving the way for a slate of investments with the power to improve lives, create a stronger and fairer...
What to Know About Kentucky School Funding as Kids Head Back to School
Kids heading back to school this month will benefit from supports made possible by federal COVID relief. Against the backdrop of more than a decade of deep cuts to state...
Federal Relief Programs Cut Poverty in Kentucky by Two-Thirds This Year
Thanks to many programs enacted through COVID-related federal relief legislation, an estimated 707,000 fewer Kentuckians are living in poverty in 2021 than they would have otherwise — a reduction of...
Historic Surplus Leaves State in Strong Place to Begin Reinvesting in Kentucky’s Needs
Thanks to aggressive federal pandemic relief that has increased Kentuckians’ incomes and strengthened consumer spending, Kentucky’s budget is seeing large revenue surpluses that are boosting the state’s rainy day fund...
In Focus: Kentucky Center for Economic Policy Weighs in on Commonwealth’s New School Choice Law
In Focus: Kentucky Center for Economic Policy Weighs in on Commonwealth's New School Choice Law By: Mario Anderson
Expansion of the Child Tax Credit Is a Landmark Victory in the Fight Against Child Poverty. Let’s Not Let It Vanish Next Year.
Last week, Kentucky families began benefitting from the most extraordinary policy change to address child poverty in many decades — payments of up to $300 per child, per month to...
Film, TV Studios Are Offered Incentives From States After Pandemic Shutdowns
Film, TV Studios Are Offered Incentives From States After Pandemic Shutdowns By: Ryan Nguyen
It’ll Help With Bills and Food and Just All the Way Around. Local Mom Reacts to Receiving Child Tax Credit Payments
It'll Help With Bills and Food and Just All the Way Around. Local Mom Reacts to Receiving Child Tax Credit Payments By: Jack Kane