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Banning No-Knock Warrants Is an Important First Step in Addressing Police Violence Through Demilitarization

Since the killing of Breonna Taylor by police in March during a drug investigation, public officials, community organizations and advocates...

Analysis

Any Action on Proliferating Slot Machines Must Raise Artificially Low Tax Rate

A recent state Supreme Court ruling has threatened the operation of thousands of slot machines across Kentucky because they do not meet the definition of "pari-mutuel wagering” associated with the...

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Defeating the Pandemic and Building a Robust Recovery: A Preview of the Budget of the Commonwealth

In the 2021 short legislative session, the Kentucky General Assembly will be tasked with crafting a new state budget for 2022. In addition to protecting Kentucky’s existing critical services, there...

Analysis

Kentucky’s Inadequate and Outdated Unemployment Insurance Taxes Need to Be Modernized

As unemployment claims surged in Kentucky due to COVID-19 related layoffs, the state’s unemployment insurance (UI) trust fund was quickly exhausted. Kentucky is one of 21 states and territories that...

Analysis

Kentucky’s Too-Slow Economic Recovery Faces New Threats

New employment data for October shows Kentucky's recovery continues at too slow a pace to get the economy back on its feet any time soon. The expiration of federal aid...

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COVID-19 Crisis Demonstrates Need for State Improvements to Unemployment Insurance in Kentucky

Unemployment insurance (UI) is one of the most effective programs available to help laid-off workers meet their basic needs and allow economies to bounce back during downturns. As a partial...

Analysis

With Many Forms of Assistance Ending in December, Kentuckians Need Federal Relief Before the New Year

At the same time that coronavirus cases spike and economic hardship deepens for many, a number of critical federal and state assistance programs that have mitigated harm during the COVID-19...

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Waiver to Provide Substance Use Disorder Treatment to Incarcerated People Shouldn’t Increase Incarceration

KyPolicy submitted the following comments on the 1115 Waiver Amendment – SUD Incarceration Services to the DMS Commissioner's office on November 6, 2020. You can read them in PDF form...

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How Kentucky Should Spend Remaining Coronavirus Relief Fund Monies

The federal government provided $1.6 billion in Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) monies to the state of Kentucky as part of the CARES Act that passed Congress on March 27th. As...

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Lessons from the Great Recession: Kentucky and Other States Need More Federal Relief

PDF version: Lessons from the Great Recession: Kentucky and Other States Need More Federal Relief As the nation faces the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, it is critical that...

Banning No-Knock Warrants Is an Important First Step in Addressing Police Violence Through Demilitarization

Any Action on Proliferating Slot Machines Must Raise Artificially Low Tax Rate

Defeating the Pandemic and Building a Robust Recovery: A Preview of the Budget of the Commonwealth

Kentucky’s Inadequate and Outdated Unemployment Insurance Taxes Need to Be Modernized

Kentucky’s Too-Slow Economic Recovery Faces New Threats

COVID-19 Crisis Demonstrates Need for State Improvements to Unemployment Insurance in Kentucky

With Many Forms of Assistance Ending in December, Kentuckians Need Federal Relief Before the New Year

Waiver to Provide Substance Use Disorder Treatment to Incarcerated People Shouldn’t Increase Incarceration

How Kentucky Should Spend Remaining Coronavirus Relief Fund Monies

Lessons from the Great Recession: Kentucky and Other States Need More Federal Relief

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