Statement: Senate Vote to Advance Federal Budget Resolution Charts Course Toward Stronger, More Equitable Future
This morning, the U.S. Senate voted to advance a budget resolution paving the way for a slate of investments with...
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Monthly Child Tax Credit Payments Begin Arriving for Families July 15
Beginning today, July 15, the families of nearly 1 million Kentucky children — and 66 million children nationwide — will begin receiving much-needed monthly payments through the improved Child Tax...
Nearly 1 Million Kentucky Children Eligible To Receive First Monthly Child Tax Credit Payment Next Month
The Biden Administration has named today “Child Tax Credit Awareness Day” to raise awareness about the hundreds of dollars per month in much-needed relief that’s coming for families with children...
Statement: American Families and Jobs Plans Would Provide Opportunity to All Kentucky Families
The President’s announcement of the American Families Plan yesterday puts us one step closer to seizing the historic opportunity to build a stronger recovery and an equitable economy that works...
Statement: Passage of the American Rescue Plan Act Will Alleviate Hardship and Help Kentucky’s Economy Recover
Today's passage of the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act means relief is on the way for Kentuckians still being battered by the COVID-19 pandemic. This landmark legislation provides the aid...
Statement: House COVID Relief Bill Is the Response Kentuckians Need
Today’s passage of a comprehensive relief bill in the U.S. House of Representatives is a landmark step forward in defeating COVID and fighting economic hardship through the remainder of this...
New Survey Shows Extreme Hardship Among Kentuckians as President Halts Talks on New COVID-19 Aid Bill
Yesterday President Trump tweeted that he was ending Congressional talks on a critical new aid package. A new survey of Kentucky households illustrates that in the current absence of badly-needed...
New Census Data on Poverty, Income, Housing Insecurity and Food Scarcity Reveal Many Kentuckians on the Brink in the Pandemic
Despite living through the longest economic expansion on record, before COVID-19, 16.3% of Kentuckians were still living below the poverty line and median state incomes were relatively stagnant, according to...
Even Before COVID-19, Kentucky’s Uninsured Rate Was Rising. Medicaid Funding and “Welcome Mat” Approach Critical to Protecting Kentuckians in Crisis
In 2019, before the COVID-19 health and economic crisis began, the share of Kentuckians without health insurance rose for the third year in a row, new Census data released today...
Statement on Failed Senate “Skinny” Aid Proposal
“The now-failed Senate ‘skinny’ proposal was an even weaker version of the deeply inadequate plan Senate leaders put forward at the end of July. Doing less when we need more...