Meager Executive Action Is No Substitute for Real Congressional Aid
Kentucky's economy is weakening in the face of a resurging pandemic and the end of stimulus aid. Consumer spending is...
Economic Security
Over 100,000 More Kentucky Students Can Still Claim Pandemic Grocery Money
Of the 605,770 Kentucky students eligible for the grocery money program known as Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer (P-EBT), 106,514, or 17.6% have yet to claim it. They have until August...
Expired $600 Unemployment Insurance Boost Leading to Hardship Among Jobless Kentuckians
On July 25, the extra $600 per week in unemployment benefits known as Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (PUC) expired for Kentuckians receiving jobless benefits, and the pain of that lost...
More Kentuckians are Hungry During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Congress Must Do More
Food insecurity – limited or uncertain access to adequate food – is rising rapidly across the nation in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The last available, regionally-based analysis suggests...
Stimulus Payments Have Propped Up Weak Economy, and Harm Will Grow Without Additional Support
Federal stimulus payments have been critical to Kentuckians making ends meet during the COVID-19 crisis and to spurring a modest return of jobs, new data shows. But unless the U....
Half of Kentuckians Report Losing Household Employment Income, and Sources They’re Relying on Are Running Out
Half of Kentucky adults say they or someone in their household have lost employment income since the COVID-19 crisis began, according to new Census data. The sources they’re relying on...
With Looming Expiration of Federal Aid, 1 in 4 Renting Kentuckians Might Not Make Next Month’s Rent
According to new weekly Census data, 26.1% of all Kentuckians who rent their homes have no confidence or only slight confidence that they will be able to pay next month’s...
Letting Enhanced Unemployment Insurance Benefits Expire in a Month Would Harm Families and Weaken Kentucky’s Economy
Since the end of March, when Kentucky began making Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (PUC) payments – the $600 per week enhancement to benefits – Kentucky has received at least $1.5 billion...
Government Job Losses Are Already Weakening a Modest Return of Private Sector Employment
While new jobs data from May shows a small uptick in employment, Kentucky continues to struggle with unprecedented job loss. And a close look at the data shows troubling signs...
An Equity-Focused Pandemic Policy Response Helps Us All
Acknowledging the disparate infection and death rates for Black Kentuckians from the COVID-19 pandemic, last week Governor Andy Beshear committed to ensuring that all Black Kentuckians have health coverage. The...