Analysis

Kentucky Among Worst States in Nation for Higher Education Cuts, Harming Students Who Already Face the Greatest Barriers

After more than a decade of cuts to the state’s public colleges and universities, college affordability in Kentucky has continued...

HB 413 Provides Poorly Targeted Tax Break that Will Add Costs Later and Stress Unemployment System

In June 2020, Kentucky had to request a line of credit up to $865 million from the federal government in order to continue paying unemployment insurance (UI) claims during the...

10 Ways the Kentucky General Assembly Can Advance Race Equity and Shared Prosperity

The last year has brought much-needed new attention to issues of racism across the country and in Kentucky, spurred in large part by the killings of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd...

Banning Food Assistance for Parents Behind on Child Support Is Harmful to Families and Costly to the State

A provision in Senate Bill (SB) 65 would disqualify parents who are behind in making child support payments from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP or food assistance). Such a...

HB 406 Modernizes Unemployment Insurance and Prepares Kentucky for the Next Downturn

The COVID-19 economic crisis has created enormous strain on our unemployment insurance (UI) system and made clear how outdated and inadequate the system was going into the pandemic. House Bill...

The General Assembly Must Resist an Expensive Double-Dip Tax Break and Instead Provide Targeted Aid to Businesses that Really Need Help

As Kentucky recovers from the pandemic and the resulting recession, it is important for state policymakers to invest in families, communities and businesses that need help to get back on...

Bills Capping Insulin Prices Could Help the Nearly Half-a-Million Kentuckians with Diabetes, Especially Those Who Struggle to Pay

House Bill (HB) 95 and Senate Bill (SB) 110 are much-needed bills to help reduce insulin costs for some of the 474,456 Kentuckians with diabetes, roughly 1 in 7 adults...

Kentucky Among Worst States in Nation for Higher Education Cuts, Harming Students Who Already Face the Greatest Barriers

HB 413 Provides Poorly Targeted Tax Break that Will Add Costs Later and Stress Unemployment System

10 Ways the Kentucky General Assembly Can Advance Race Equity and Shared Prosperity

Banning Food Assistance for Parents Behind on Child Support Is Harmful to Families and Costly to the State

HB 406 Modernizes Unemployment Insurance and Prepares Kentucky for the Next Downturn

The General Assembly Must Resist an Expensive Double-Dip Tax Break and Instead Provide Targeted Aid to Businesses that Really Need Help

SB 36 Would Protect Children from Automatically Being Tried as Adults

Despite Continued Risks from COVID-19, Kentucky Jail Population Continues to Increase

HB 126’s Reformed Felony Threshold Would Reduce Incarceration for Low-Level Theft

Bills Capping Insulin Prices Could Help the Nearly Half-a-Million Kentuckians with Diabetes, Especially Those Who Struggle to Pay

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