Improve Job Quality and Economic Security
Improving job quality and economic security is one of the five key strategies in "An Economic Agenda for a Thriving...
Jobs & The Economy
Voters’ Overwhelming Rejection of “Right to Work” Law Reflects Its Harm to Workers
Yesterday, voters in neighboring Missouri rejected the state legislature’s decision to enact a so-called “Right to Work” (RTW) in a landslide referendum, with 67 percent opposing the law. Voters’ opposition...
Rural Kentucky Population Continues to Shrink While Urban Counties Grow
Recently released population estimates from the Census document how much Kentucky has continued to urbanize over the last seven years. Not surprisingly, rural eastern and western counties’ populations have dropped while...
To Improve Health Through Work, Kentucky Needs to Commit to Better Job Quality
With the state’s new barriers to Medicaid coverage soon to be erected under the guise of encouraging work, we’ve heard a lot in Kentucky recently about the health benefits of...
Putting Kentucky’s Employment Situation in Context
New data released last week showed that Kentucky's unemployment rate has now reached 4 percent, the lowest level since 1976. Continued overall economic recovery is good for the commonwealth, but...
Jobs Myth at Root of Policies Harming Unemployed
A number of state policies are now in play that would cut off access to financial assistance for Kentuckians who are unemployed and struggling to get by. All of a...
Workforce Development in Kentucky Should Encourage High-Road Jobs
Click here to view a pdf of the report. There has been a substantial decline over the last several decades in the share of employment that can be described as...
Passage of the Dream Act Would Benefit Kentucky
In September, the Trump Administration announced the end of DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), a program established by executive order that granted immigrant youth who were brought to the...
Social Security Disability Insurance Works for Vulnerable Kentuckians
There are many misconceptions about Social Security Disability Insurance (DI). Despite recent arguments that DI is a hindrance to people’s wellbeing and the commonwealth’s economy, it is instead a vital...
Lack of Jobs and Wage Growth Still Hurts Kentuckians this Labor Day
Labor Day is a good time to reflect on the state of working Kentucky. This year, as the economy continues a long recovery and state and federal decision makers debate...