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Jobs & The Economy

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Three Years of Kentucky’s Jobs Recovery in Four Charts

In April 2020, the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic bottomed out the economy, and Kentucky lost 294,900 jobs – or...

Dustin Pugel | May 22, 2023

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Analysis

How Kentucky Can Combat the Growing Scourge of Child Labor

Nearly 100 years after President Franklin Roosevelt called child labor an “ancient atrocity” and took action to abolish it, the scourge of child exploitation through work is back. Corporate violations...

Jason Bailey | May 11, 2023

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The State of Working Kentucky 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing economic downturn reshaped Kentucky’s economy in ways that are still revealing themselves thirty months after the virus arrived in the commonwealth. Part of the story...

Dustin Pugel | September 1, 2022

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State Workers Help Us All; It’s Past Time to Help Them Too

Everyone in the commonwealth relies on services provided by the state government, and the workers providing them are our friends, neighbors and family. They help children in crisis, defend those...

Dustin Pugel | July 28, 2022

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Analysis

Personnel Cabinet Recommends Improving Compensation to Stave off State Workforce Crisis

Kentucky faces a crisis-level shortage of workers in state government. Past legislative actions resulting in poor job quality for public defenders, social workers and all other public service positions mean...

Dustin Pugel and Pam Thomas | July 13, 2022

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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...

Jason Bailey | June 6, 2022

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Kentucky’s Jobs Recovery Is Very Strong — False Claims to the Contrary Are Being Used to Justify Harmful Benefit Cuts

Kentucky is currently experiencing a historically strong recovery from the devastating job losses that occurred as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. By April 2020, Kentucky had lost 294,900 jobs,...

Dustin Pugel | February 21, 2022

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Let’s Do More Than Light a Candle for the Mayfield Factory Workers

Eight people died in the Mayfield Consumer Products candle factory when it was hit by a massive tornado last Friday night, and there were serious injuries among the 102 other...

Jason Bailey | December 20, 2021

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Analysis

New Federal Infrastructure Law Moves Kentucky Forward

The bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which the President has now signed into law, includes much-needed new investments in modernizing Kentucky's physical infrastructure. The law funds a broad array...

Pam Thomas and Jason Bailey | November 15, 2021

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Op-Ed

Understanding the Workforce Requires Being Honest About Work

The latest version of a decades-long narrative that Kentuckians lack the motivation to work now says we have a “workforce crisis.” Like in the past, this story from employers ignores...

Jason Bailey | November 1, 2021

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