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State Must Go Beyond FEMA Aid to Adequately Address Housing Need From Eastern Kentucky Floods

The multi-colored houses on Knott County’s Rainbow Lane were reduced to rubble. Raging flood waters tossed and twisted mobile homes...

Jason Bailey and Pam Thomas | August 22, 2022

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Kentucky Must Do More to Increase Flood Resilience

The catastrophic flooding that recently hit southeastern Kentucky resulted in the death of 39 people, devastated communities and destroyed many homes and buildings. The problem is not new: Kentucky has...

Pam Thomas and Jason Bailey | August 15, 2022

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Most Kentucky Teachers and School Staff Start Year Without Meaningful Raises

Stagnant salaries are contributing to a growing teacher shortage in Kentucky and across the nation, as the school year begins in many areas of the state. An inadequate number of...

Ashley Spalding, Dustin Pugel and Pam Thomas | August 10, 2022

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What the New Climate and Health Legislation Will Mean for Kentucky

President Biden on Tuesday signed new legislation that takes critical steps toward addressing the climate crisis, improves access to affordable health care, creates jobs in clean energy and puts downward...

Ashley Spalding and Dustin Pugel | August 7, 2022

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Personnel Cabinet Recommends Improving Compensation to Stave off State Workforce Crisis

Kentucky faces a crisis-level shortage of workers in state government. Past legislative actions resulting in poor job quality for public defenders, social workers and all other public service positions mean...

Dustin Pugel and Pam Thomas | July 13, 2022

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Temporary Surplus Should Not Trigger Permanent Tax Cuts that Threaten Future Budgets

Driven by a strong economic recovery and by high inflation, the state ended the year with a General Fund surplus of $1.034 billion more than projected. These extra dollars are...

Jason Bailey | July 11, 2022

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The Economic Implications of an Abortion Ban in Kentucky

The Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade and ended federal protections for abortion access. The “trigger law” passed by the Kentucky legislature in 2019 makes nearly all abortion...

Ashley Spalding and Dustin Pugel | July 6, 2022

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What Kentuckians Say About Student Loan Cancellation

Nearly one in five Kentucky adults has federal student loan debt. For these 616,000 Kentuckians and our state as a whole, debt cancellation, as is currently being considered by the...

Ashley Spalding | May 27, 2022

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Kentucky Will Start Providing 10,000 More New Mothers with a Year of Postpartum Medicaid Coverage

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) just approved a plan to allow Kentuckians who have recently given birth and are covered by Medicaid to keep their coverage for...

Dustin Pugel | May 26, 2022

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Lost SNAP Benefits Due to SJR 150 Likely Growing to at Least $350 Million

Recent news that the U.S. Department for Health and Human Services (HHS) will extend the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) past July means Kentuckians with Medicaid will continue to have...

Dustin Pugel | May 18, 2022

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