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...
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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...
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...