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Report: Criminal Fines and Fees Drive up Incarceration, Push Kentuckians Deeper Into Poverty

Excessive fines and fees imposed through the criminal legal system drive up incarceration and perpetuate poverty in Kentucky, according to...

Kaylee Raymer | August 9, 2023

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New Federal Laws Can Create Opportunities in Kentucky, If We Act on Job Quality and Community Access

In recent years, Congress has passed several sweeping federal policies that aim to create jobs, modernize the economy and boost key industries. Early returns are promising in Kentucky, which is...

Jason Bailey | July 31, 2023

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Kentucky’s Inflation-Adjusted Minimum Wage Now at Its Lowest Since 1950

Today marks 14 years since the federal minimum wage increased from $6.55 an hour to $7.25. For the dozens of states, including Kentucky, that have failed to boost the minimum...

Dustin Pugel | July 24, 2023

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Drop in Income Tax Receipts Is a Glimpse of Future Trouble

Five months into Kentucky’s experiment in reducing the individual income tax rate, the verdict is unsurprising. Cutting the rate is causing income tax receipts to fall despite low unemployment and...

Jason Bailey | June 20, 2023

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13,000 Older Kentuckians Face Increased Hunger After SNAP Changes in Debt Deal

With the nation's second highest rate of food insecurity among people in their 50s, Kentucky will be hit especially hard by cuts in food assistance for older Americans included in...

Jessica Klein | June 9, 2023

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Three Years of Kentucky’s Jobs Recovery in Four Charts

In April 2020, the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic bottomed out the economy, and Kentucky lost 294,900 jobs – or 15.0% of the workforce – in just two months. New...

Dustin Pugel | May 22, 2023

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Medicaid Renewal Process Underway for the First Time Since Start of Pandemic

Kentucky, like every other state, is re-starting its Medicaid renewals process after a three-year pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing downturn. During this year-long process, the state must...

Dustin Pugel | May 18, 2023

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More Than 17,000 Kentuckians Could Lose Food Aid With Return of SNAP Work Reporting Requirements

An estimated 17,300 Kentuckians will soon be at risk of losing much-needed grocery money due to newly reinstated requirements that tie food aid to reporting employment hours. Unless these Kentuckians...

Jessica Klein | May 15, 2023

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How Kentucky Can Combat the Growing Scourge of Child Labor

Nearly 100 years after President Franklin Roosevelt called child labor an “ancient atrocity” and took action to abolish it, the scourge of exploiting kids through work is back. Corporate violations...

Jason Bailey | May 11, 2023

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Public Schools Are Becoming a Lower State Budget Priority

Preschool through 12th grade public education has become less of a Kentucky budget priority in recent years, according to the official analyses of enacted budgets published by the Office of...

Jason Bailey and Pam Thomas | May 9, 2023

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