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...
Press Release
Inequality Between Rich and Poor Kentucky School Districts Grows Again Even as Districts Face New COVID Costs and Looming Revenue Losses
As schools across the commonwealth face unprecedented new costs and challenges from a surging pandemic and historic recession, prior cuts in state core funding for K-12 education make the challenge...
Statement on U.S. Senate COVID Aid Proposal
"The Senate proposal released yesterday provides nowhere near the aid Kentucky and the nation need to get through the resurging COVID-19 economic and health crisis. Its inadequacies will leave Kentucky...
ACA Repeal More Dangerous Than Ever for Kentuckians During Pandemic and Economic Crisis
Texas lawsuit would end health coverage for more than 379,000 Kentuckians Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting major recession, the Trump Administration and 18 state attorneys general are expected to...
Statement on Systemic Change and Police Violence
"We join in outrage over the killings of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, David McAtee and countless others and grieve for the pain and trauma experienced by Black Kentuckians from the...
Report: Great Recession Provides Lessons on Need for Adequate Relief to States During COVID-19 Crisis
Kentucky’s experience in the Great Recession shows federal aid to states is crucial to limiting damage to the economy during a downturn. But unless aid is large enough and lasts...
Kentucky Needs Significantly More Federal Aid to Address the Severe Health and Economic Harms of COVID-19
States are nearing shortfalls that could be the largest on record – totaling over $500 billion in just over a fiscal year While federal policymakers have begun providing fiscal relief...
Comprehensive State Budget Preview Report: Recent Tax Cuts Drive Another Budget Where Investments Face Squeeze
State investments already hampered by over a decade of budget reductions are likely to face additional cuts unless new revenue is put on the table in the 2020 legislative session,...
InsureKY Reacts to Withdrawal of Barriers to Medicaid
The InsureKY campaign and our partners commend Governor Beshear for taking swift action to withdraw the 1115 Medicaid Waiver known as Kentucky HEALTH. The waiver would have created numerous barriers...
As Task Force Considers Changing Food Assistance, New Data Shows 30,000 Kentuckians Have Already Lost Help Buying Groceries
New state data shows that nearly 30,000 Kentuckians have had their food assistance taken away since January of 2018 due to barriers the state has recently erected. Less money for...