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Bills Increasing and Decreasing Incarceration in KY 2011 22

The 2022 General Assembly Passed More Bills Increasing Incarceration Than Decreasing It, and Failed to Make Other Badly Needed Justice Changes

Kentucky has one of the worst rates of incarceration in the country. Two years after a sharp decline in the...

Carmen Mitchell and Pam Thomas | May 5, 2022

Decreasing Coins

Corporate Tax Break Watch: 2022 General Assembly

Last year, the Kentucky General Assembly passed new business subsidies and tax breaks at a cost of well over $1 billion. Especially because the state has large revenue surpluses thanks...

Jason Bailey and Pam Thomas | April 5, 2022

Decreasing Coins

Bill Provides Huge Subsidy to Investment Companies with No Requirement of Rural Investments, Jobs or Return to Communities

House Bill 308, which passed the Kentucky House and may be acted on in the Senate in the session's final days, is a giveaway to out-of-state venture capital funds with...

Pam Thomas | April 5, 2022

Income Tax Cut to 4 Is a Giveaway to Those at the Top 3

Tax Cut Is a Giveaway to the Wealthy That Will Damage Future Budgets

The General Assembly passed a new version of House Bill 8 (HB 8) that is expected to reduce the individual income tax rate by 1 point over the next couple...

Jason Bailey | April 1, 2022

Senate Budget Proposal Analysis Featured Image 1

Budget Agreement Includes Only Modest Increases in Most Areas of Budget, Salary Increases for State Workers

The 2022-2024 budget agreement announced today includes only very modest funding increases for critical state services across the budget. Investments in education and other areas are small, especially considering the...

Ashley Spalding, Dustin Pugel and Jason Bailey | March 29, 2022

KYians losing food assistance Reporting requirement

Senate Version of HB 7 Still Makes It Harder to Get and Keep Food and Medical Assistance, Particularly for Working Families

Although substantially changed, the newest Senate version of House Bill 7 (HB 7) still puts up numerous paperwork barriers to food and medical assistance for Kentucky families and workers. HB...

Jessica Klein and Dustin Pugel | March 29, 2022

HB 607 General Fund Tax Revenue Remains Low

Proposal Would Continue to Tax Slot Machines at Egregiously Low Level

A bill that was supposed to raise the tax on historical horse racing (HHR) slot machines (HB 607) doesn't increase the tax rate and only tinkers with the proceeds to...

Jason Bailey | March 29, 2022

County Map Kentuckians Covered by Medicaid

HB 7 Will Cost $255 Million from Kentucky’s Budget and Harm the State’s Economy

House Bill 7 (HB 7) would introduce many new barriers to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Medicaid, resulting in tens to hundreds of thousands of fewer Kentuckians receiving...

Dustin Pugel | March 23, 2022

KYians losing food assistance Reporting requirement

New Version of HB 7 Still Makes Food and Medical Assistance Much Harder to Get and Keep

Although substantially changed in committee last week, House Bill 7 (HB 7) still puts up numerous barriers to food and medical assistance for Kentucky families and workers. To Kentucky’s safety...

Dustin Pugel and Jessica Klein | March 22, 2022

Money bail and disparate justice

Pretrial Bills in the Kentucky General Assembly Are a Mixed Bag

Kentucky’s pretrial system — which determines whether a person charged with a crime waits for their day in court behind bars or at home — is arbitrary, unfair and rife...

Carmen Mitchell, Pam Thomas and Ashley Spalding | March 16, 2022

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