Kentuckians Under Crippling Financial Stress From Student Loan Debt
Kentuckians Under Crippling Financial Stress From Student Loan Debt By: Nadia Ramlagan Source: Public News Service
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Nearly Three Quarters of Ky. Teachers Are at Risk of Leaving the Profession, Top Ed Official Says
Nearly Three Quarters of Ky. Teachers Are at Risk of Leaving the Profession, Top Ed Official Says By: Jess Clark Source: WFPL
Addressing Corporate Power Is Key to Tackling Inflation
Inflation is straining Americans’ budgets. While the immediate cause is the COVID-19 pandemic, the preexisting condition of corporate-driven policy choices over recent decades has made the problem much worse. A...
What Kentuckians Say About Student Loan Cancellation
Nearly one in five Kentucky adults has federal student loan debt. For these 616,000 Kentuckians and our state as a whole, debt cancellation, as is currently being considered by the...
Kentucky Will Start Providing 10,000 More New Mothers with a Year of Postpartum Medicaid Coverage
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) just approved a plan to allow Kentuckians who have recently given birth and are covered by Medicaid to keep their coverage for...
Kentucky Tonight: Discussing the Rise in Gas Prices and Inflation
Kentucky Tonight: Discussing the Rise in Gas Prices and Inflation Hosted by: Renee Shaw Source: KET
Lost SNAP Benefits Due to SJR 150 Likely Growing to at Least $350 Million
Recent news that the U.S. Department for Health and Human Services (HHS) will extend the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) past July means Kentuckians with Medicaid will continue to have...
Cancel Student Debt, and Recommit to Education as a Public Good
President Biden’s recent statements that he will cancel some student loan debt is hopeful news for the 616,000 Kentuckians who owe it, our communities and economy. It will also be...
Post-Pandemic, KY Returns to World-High Incarceration Rate
Post-Pandemic, KY Returns to World-High Incarceration Rate By: Chance Dorland Source: Public News Service
Ky. Jails and Prisons Are Over Capacity. New Analysis Suggests It’s Going to Get Worse.
Ky. Jails and Prisons Are Over Capacity. New Analysis Suggests It's Going to Get Worse. By: Yasmine Jumaa Source: WFPL