Taking Medicaid Away Through Work Reporting Requirements Would Harm Kentucky
Policies requiring Medicaid participants to report the number of hours they work in order to keep their health care are...
Analysis
The Four Ways Congress Is Threatening to Cut SNAP in Kentucky
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) helps one in eight Kentuckians keep food on the table, with children, older adults and people with disabilities particularly benefitting from this vital program....
HB 775 Moves Goalposts Again to Give Legislature Permission for More Tax Cuts
House Bill (HB) 775 in the Kentucky General Assembly would move the goalposts yet again on the state's income tax cut trigger formula. As the costs for these cuts grow,...
Why the Legislature May Change What’s in the SEEK Formula
Senate Bill (SB) 6 in the 2025 Kentucky General Assembly makes the most significant change in the history of the core school funding formula created by the Kentucky Education Reform...
How Many Kentuckians Does Medicaid Cover in Each of Kentucky’s Congressional Districts?
Congress is considering deep cuts to Medicaid, and Kentucky’s members of the House of Representatives will have an important say in that decision. The House-passed budget resolution that directs various...
Medicaid at Risk, Part 2: The Four Ways Congress Might Cut Medicaid in Kentucky
Medicaid is a major benefit to Kentucky’s health, economy and state budget. But the potential cuts that Congress is considering would undermine those gains, leave many Kentuckians without coverage, and/or...
Medicaid at Risk, Part 1: Medicaid Provides Critical Health and Economic Benefits Across Kentucky
Medicaid is the backbone of health care in Kentucky. Along with the Kentucky Children’s Health Program (KCHIP), it provides life-sustaining medical coverage to nearly 1.5 million Kentuckians and injects tens...
HB 398 Would Weaken Kentucky Worker Health and Safety Protections
For more than 50 years, Kentucky has been one of many states that operate their own program to protect worker health and safety under the federal Occupational Safety and Health...
Looking Under the Hood at Kentucky’s Labor Force Participation
Kentucky’s labor force is a frequent topic of discussion among lawmakers. Too often, those deliberations result in punitive policy proposals because they fail to account for the reality many Kentuckians...
Shrinking the Federal Workforce Means Cutting Kentucky Jobs and Services
The Trump administration, including through Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), is taking several actions to reduce the number of federal workers. That includes an executive order to incentivize...