Analysis

More College Students Can’t Meet Their Basic Needs in the COVID-19 Pandemic, Requiring Federal and State Action

Too many college students in Kentucky returning to school in-person and online during the pandemic face challenges getting adequate food...

Kentucky Must Continue Momentum Reducing Jail and Prison Population

As we enter the seventh month of the COVID-19 pandemic, jails and prisons have been among the top “hotspots” for COVID-19 at the same time incarcerated individuals are among the...

Federal Relief Shored Up Kentucky’s Budget, but New Projections Raise Big Concerns About Remainder of Year

The economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has harmed Kentucky’s revenues and budget, but in the last fiscal year the impact was softened by substantial federal relief to families,...

Jobs Report Shows Kentucky Economy Stumbling, Heightens Need for Aid

A troubling new jobs report points to a potential slowing of Kentucky’s recovery with the pandemic continuing to rage, increasing the need for much more in federal aid from Congress....

Over 100,000 More Kentucky Students Can Still Claim Pandemic Grocery Money

Of the 605,770 Kentucky students eligible for the grocery money program known as Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer (P-EBT), 106,514, or 17.6% have yet to claim it. They have until August...

Expired $600 Unemployment Insurance Boost Leading to Hardship Among Jobless Kentuckians

On July 25, the extra $600 per week in unemployment benefits known as Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (PUC) expired for Kentuckians receiving jobless benefits, and the pain of that lost...

Why the Senate COVID Proposal Fails to Meet Kentucky’s Economic Needs

The new Senate aid proposal, known as the Health, Economic Assistance, Liability and Schools (HEALS) Act, falls far short of the breadth and depth of aid needed to fight the...

More Kentuckians are Hungry During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Congress Must Do More

Food insecurity – limited or uncertain access to adequate food – is rising rapidly across the nation in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The last available, regionally-based analysis suggests...

Stimulus Payments Have Propped Up Weak Economy, and Harm Will Grow Without Additional Support

Federal stimulus payments have been critical to Kentuckians making ends meet during the COVID-19 crisis and to spurring a modest return of jobs, new data shows. But unless the U....

Half of Kentuckians Report Losing Household Employment Income, and Sources They’re Relying on Are Running Out

Half of Kentucky adults say they or someone in their household have lost employment income since the COVID-19 crisis began, according to new Census data. The sources they’re relying on...

More College Students Can’t Meet Their Basic Needs in the COVID-19 Pandemic, Requiring Federal and State Action

Kentucky Must Continue Momentum Reducing Jail and Prison Population

Federal Relief Shored Up Kentucky’s Budget, but New Projections Raise Big Concerns About Remainder of Year

Jobs Report Shows Kentucky Economy Stumbling, Heightens Need for Aid

Over 100,000 More Kentucky Students Can Still Claim Pandemic Grocery Money

Expired $600 Unemployment Insurance Boost Leading to Hardship Among Jobless Kentuckians

Why the Senate COVID Proposal Fails to Meet Kentucky’s Economic Needs

More Kentuckians are Hungry During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Congress Must Do More

Stimulus Payments Have Propped Up Weak Economy, and Harm Will Grow Without Additional Support

Half of Kentuckians Report Losing Household Employment Income, and Sources They’re Relying on Are Running Out

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