Protect Our Schools KY Launches to Defeat Voucher Amendment
The campaign to protect Kentucky’s public schools from disastrous private school voucher schemes is under way. On Thursday, the Protect...
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More Than 100 Kentucky Groups Urge Lawmakers to Reject House Bill 5
A diverse coalition of more than 100 Kentucky organizations, including faith, housing, justice, mental health, recovery and community groups sent the following letter to the Kentucky State Senate, calling on...
Statement on the Passage of the House Budget
The Kentucky Center for Economic Policy released the following statement following the passage of the House budget: "The House budget is a missed opportunity, with inadequate resources for areas ranging...
‘The Money Is There’: Kentucky Together Coalition Calls on Lawmakers to Pass a Budget that Delivers
FRANKFORT - In a press conference Tuesday, a coalition of Kentucky organizations called on state lawmakers to take advantage of billions of available dollars to pass a budget that delivers...
Coalition: Kentucky Has the Money for a Budget That Delivers
With the 2024 General Assembly now less than a month away, the Kentucky Together coalition, which includes education, faith, health care, labor and community organizations, began a public education campaign...
Statement: Supreme Court Decision Denies Student Debt Relief to Hundreds of Thousands of Kentuckians
The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the Biden administration’s federal student debt relief plan will deny hundreds of thousands of Kentuckians the opportunity to get out from beneath burdensome student...
New KyPolicy Website Shows Kentucky’s Incarcerated Population Increased Again in 2022
The number of incarcerated Kentuckians increased for the second consecutive year in 2022 after dropping to a 17-year low in 2020 due to pandemic-related measures, according to data released on...
Student Debt Relief Application Now Live for 560,000 Eligible Kentuckians
The U.S. Department of Education on Monday released the student debt relief application that could eliminate tens of thousands of dollars in debt for more than half a million Kentuckians....
Report: Richest 0.1% of Kentuckians Hold Staggering $275 Billion in Wealth
For Immediate Release: Oct. 13, 2022Contact: Dustin Pugel, KyPolicy Policy Director, dustin@kypolicy.org, 859-230-0098Report: Richest 0.1% of Kentuckians Hold Staggering $275 Billion in WealthTackling wealth inequality through fixing the tax code...
New Census Data Suggests Power of Federal Pandemic Aid for Kentuckians
Kentucky saw improved health insurance coverage, and no change in income or poverty measures, despite the pandemic. For Immediate Release: Sept. 15, 2022 Media Contact: Dustin Pugel, Policy Director, Kentucky...