The 2021 Legislative Session Wrap Up: Steps Forward and Backward for Kentuckians’ Opportunities to be Healthy
When Kentucky’s legislature gathers each year, the decisions they make either improve health in Kentucky or worsen it — and...
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The 2021 Legislative Session Health Care Wrap Up: Steps in the Right Direction
The 2021 General Assembly passed several measures that will improve the affordability and accessibility of health care in the commonwealth. These improvements come amidst the worst public health crisis in...
The 2021 Legislative Session Criminal Justice Wrap Up: Some Important Wins that Should Be Built on to Achieve Systemic Change
This year, the Kentucky General Assembly took important steps forward in criminal justice with the passage of policies that will reduce incarceration and related harms in modest but important ways...
Corporations Were the Primary Focus of One-Time Monies in General Assembly
One-time monies in the state budget gave the 2021 General Assembly a unique opportunity to provide meaningful assistance to Kentuckians struggling during the pandemic. Those dollars resulted from federal aid...
Student Debt Forgiveness Would Benefit Hundreds of Thousands of Kentuckians, Help With Economic Recovery and Improve Race Equity
The student debt crisis has been garnering increased attention recently, with calls for the federal government to forgive between $10,000 and $50,000 in student debt. In February, a group of...
American Rescue Plan’s Expanded Child Tax Credit Will Improve the Lives of Over a Million Kentucky Kids
The American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act includes a historic expansion of the Child Tax Credit (CTC), which will help an estimated 1.1 million Kentucky children and lift an estimated 69,000...
Legislature Spends Additional Federal and General Fund Monies on Session’s Last Day
At the very end of the legislative session, the General Assembly appropriated nearly $1.4 billion in funds Kentucky is set to receive from the American Rescue Plan. Unfortunately, the biggest...
At the Expense of Community Investments, HB 372 Gives a Costly Tax Windfall to High-Income People
A brand-new version of HB 372 was released the night before the last day of the session. While research shows the best way to attract people to move to or...
The Coronavirus Economy in Kentucky: One Year Later
The calendar now marks one year since COVID-19 hit Kentucky. Over that time, the impact on human health has been enormous: over 422,000 Kentuckians have contracted the virus and nearly...
HB 563 Diverts Public School Dollars to Unaccountable Private Entities
Kentucky still has a lot of work to do to make sure all students can thrive, but taking money out of public schools and diverting it to private entities and...