Higher Prices Are Costing Kentucky Households $4,100 a Year
For the second election in a row, voters have made it clear that affordability is their key concern. A look...
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State SEEK vs. Local School Taxes in Your District
Kentucky school districts get their core funding from two places: the state's SEEK formula and the taxes the district levies locally. Enter your district to see how the state's SEEK...
Three-Fourths of Kentucky School Districts Are Receiving Less in State SEEK Payments This Year
School districts across Kentucky face challenges in the 2026-2027 year, and falling state funding is a primary reason why. Tentative projections from the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) show that...
Meta Data Center Receiving Approximately $50 Million a Year in Tax Breaks from Mason County
KyPolicy has previously warned that Big Tech companies are seeking to minimize the taxes they pay to local governments and school districts on data centers, even as Kentucky communities debate...
Federal Rural Health Funds Can’t Stop Harm to Hospitals from Medicaid Cuts
Last summer’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act enacted the largest cut to Medicaid in history at over $1 trillion across the next ten years. During the debate over the bill,...
Teachers in a Third of Kentucky School Districts Received No Raise This Year
One in three school districts (58 of the state’s 171) provided no raise for teachers and other certified employees this school year, according to an annual report released by the...
Kentucky ICE Arrests Approach 5,000 Amid Spike From Local Law Enforcement
New data shows there have been nearly 5,000 ICE arrests in Kentucky since the beginning of the Trump administration, and a growing number are the direct result of 287(g) agreements...
This Labor Day, Kentucky Workers Face Stalled Job Market, Flat Wages and Higher Prices
Working Kentuckians find themselves in an increasingly difficult labor market in 2026, with no net job growth in the state over the last two years, rising costs due to inflation...
‘Unlawful Camping’ Charges Increase in Second Year of House Bill 5
During the first year after House Bill (HB) 5 (2024) took effect, an average of more than one unhoused person per day was cited or arrested for “unlawful camping” in...
How Data Centers Could Skirt Local Taxes
As Kentucky's local governments weigh whether to welcome hyperscale data centers, supporters point to a tempting promise: a surge in local tax revenue from property taxes and school district utility...