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Analysis

Annual Cost of Voucher Program Over Time

Voucher Proposal Takes Dollars from Kentucky’s Public Schools and Gives Them to Unaccountable Private Schools

All Kentucky children deserve a high-quality education that equips them to live well and contribute fully to their community and...

Anna Baumann | January 26, 2021

weakening recovery

Recovery Went in Reverse in December as Relief Expired, Pandemic Resurged

New monthly jobs data shows the state lost jobs in December for the first time since the recovery began in the spring of 2020. The end of federal CARES Act...

Jason Bailey | January 21, 2021

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New Data Helps Pave the Way for Bail Reform in Kentucky

Legislators and advocates have been discussing bail reform for years, with general agreement that too many Kentuckians are incarcerated while awaiting trial, many because they cannot afford bail. Past bail...

Ashley Spalding | January 21, 2021

stimulus

$2,000 Checks Would Provide More of the Relief Kentuckians Need

The December federal relief law provided checks of $600 per person, though many argued at the time for the larger amount of $2,000 per person. Now President-elect Biden and the...

Jason Bailey | January 8, 2021

Gov Budget analysis

Governor’s Budget Increases Funding for Relief and Reinvestment

Governor Beshear proposed a budget that uses $613 million in extra revenues created because of federal stimulus to provide targeted relief to families and businesses hurting from the pandemic, protect...

Jason Bailey | January 7, 2021

Young woman working and worried

New Federal Relief Package Is a Short-Term Lifeline, But More Aid Is Needed

Congress has finally agreed to a new relief package that temporarily extends much-needed support to a weak economy and struggling families. It includes expanded and continued emergency unemployment benefits, rental...

Jason Bailey and Dustin Pugel | December 21, 2020

Breonna Taylor Memorial Louisville Kentucky

Banning No-Knock Warrants Is an Important First Step in Addressing Police Violence Through Demilitarization

Since the killing of Breonna Taylor by police in March during a drug investigation, public officials, community organizations and advocates have called for bans of “no-knock” warrants, which have become...

Carmen Mitchell | December 18, 2020

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Any Action on Proliferating Slot Machines Must Raise Artificially Low Tax Rate

A recent state Supreme Court ruling has threatened the operation of thousands of slot machines across Kentucky because they do not meet the definition of "pari-mutuel wagering” associated with the...

Jason Bailey and Pam Thomas | December 16, 2020

UI taxes lower than ever 1

Kentucky’s Inadequate and Outdated Unemployment Insurance Taxes Need to Be Modernized

As unemployment claims surged in Kentucky due to COVID-19 related layoffs, the state’s unemployment insurance (UI) trust fund was quickly exhausted. Kentucky is one of 21 states and territories that...

Pam Thomas and Jason Bailey | December 1, 2020

job growth has slowed

Kentucky’s Too-Slow Economic Recovery Faces New Threats

New employment data for October shows Kentucky's recovery continues at too slow a pace to get the economy back on its feet any time soon. The expiration of federal aid...

Jason Bailey | November 19, 2020

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