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Kentucky Could Meaningfully Reinvest in Public Education

Here’s How the House Budget Would Affect Seek Payments to Your School District

The House budget freezes school transportation funding and makes small increases in the guaranteed base funding level used to determine...

Jason Bailey | March 3, 2026

General Assembly Should Fix Underfunding of School Transportation This Session

General Assembly Should Fix Underfunding of School Transportation This Session

School buses are essential to getting kids to and from school. In recognition, the General Assembly created a law as part of the 1990 Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA) that...

Jason Bailey | March 2, 2026

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House Proposes Still-Austere Budget That Freezes and Cuts Funding, Adds to Already Large Budget Reserves

The original HB 500, introduced late last month, was met with significant public criticism, including for its cap on employer health insurance contributions and cuts to Medicaid and education. The...

Jason Bailey | February 25, 2026

Understanding the Proposed Health Insurance Cut in HB 500, the Kentucky House Budget

Understanding the Proposed Health Insurance Cut in HB 500, the Kentucky House Budget

As introduced, the House Budget (HB 500) inserts new and unprecedented language that caps the state’s contributions to employee health insurance, shifting costs to current and former state and school...

Jason Bailey | February 24, 2026

Who Is Hurt by the Health Insurance Cap in HB 500 

Who Is Hurt by the Health Insurance Cap in HB 500?

The House Budget bill (HB 500) as introduced caps state health insurance contributions, causing employee costs to spike by 78% on average for state and school employees and retirees. How many people would be harmed, where do they live and where do...

Jason Bailey | February 24, 2026

State Budget Cuts to Medicaid Are Unnecessary and Would Leave Kentucky Worse Off

State Budget Cuts to Medicaid Are Unnecessary and Would Leave Kentucky Worse Off

As introduced, the upcoming biennial budget includes major cuts to large, state-funded programs as lawmakers contend with falling revenues from recent income tax cuts. Medicaid, as the second single largest...

Dustin Pugel | February 23, 2026

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Legislature Wants to Take Power From the JCPS Board While Cutting Funding to Its Schools

Legislative leaders have been critical of Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) in recent years on issues ranging from student performance to transportation problems and budget shortfalls. In response to these...

Jason Bailey | February 10, 2026

Kentucky Schools Brace for the End of Federal Recovery Funds As Voucher Threat Looms

Here’s How Much the House Budget Would Cut SEEK Payments to Your School District

This analysis is based on the initial version of House Bill 500. See here for an updated analysis on the how the House budget would affect SEEK payments. As introduced,...

Jason Bailey | February 9, 2026

Amid Mounting Harms, Kentucky Is Ramping Up Anti Immigrant Enforcement

Amid Mounting Harms, Kentucky Is Ramping Up Anti-Immigrant Enforcement

More than a year in to the Trump presidency, the administration’s mass deportation effort has resulted in a historic high of 70,766 immigrants locked up in detention, and Immigration and...

Ashley Spalding, Patience Martin, Ember Jones and Dustin Pugel | February 5, 2026

House Bill 5 Would Cost Kentucky More Than $1 Billion Over the Next Decade

Initial House Budget Slashes Funding for Many Services, Prioritizes More Tax Cuts

As introduced, the House budget (HB 500) severely cuts or freezes many parts of the state budget and underfunds essential public services, with the apparent goal of triggering more income tax cuts under the legislature’s formula. The filing of the budget...

Jason Bailey, Ashley Spalding, Dustin Pugel, Pam Thomas and Jessica Klein | January 27, 2026

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