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Three Years of Kentucky’s Jobs Recovery in Four Charts

In April 2020, the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic bottomed out the economy, and Kentucky lost 294,900 jobs – or...

Dustin Pugel | May 22, 2023

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Facts Don’t Support Economic Argument for Proposed Federal Prison in Letcher County 

In the wake of last year’s devastating eastern Kentucky floods, the federal government reintroduced a previously defeated proposal to build a new Bureau of Prisons (BOP) prison and “prison camp”...

Ashley Spalding, Jason Bailey and Dustin Pugel | May 19, 2023

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Medicaid Renewal Process Underway for the First Time Since Start of Pandemic

Kentucky, like every other state, is re-starting its Medicaid renewals process after a three-year pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing downturn. During this year-long process, the state must...

Dustin Pugel | May 18, 2023

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More Than 17,000 Kentuckians Could Lose Food Aid With Return of SNAP Work Reporting Requirements

An estimated 17,300 Kentuckians will soon be at risk of losing much-needed grocery money due to newly reinstated requirements that tie food aid to reporting employment hours. Unless these Kentuckians...

Jessica Klein | May 15, 2023

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How Kentucky Can Combat the Growing Scourge of Child Labor

Nearly 100 years after President Franklin Roosevelt called child labor an “ancient atrocity” and took action to abolish it, the scourge of child exploitation through work is back. Corporate violations...

Jason Bailey | May 11, 2023

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Public Schools Are Becoming a Lower State Budget Priority

Preschool through 12th grade public education has become less of a Kentucky budget priority in recent years, according to the official analyses of enacted budgets published by the Office of...

Jason Bailey and Pam Thomas | May 9, 2023

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Kentucky’s Basic Cash Assistance Program Just Got a Much-Needed Update

Kentucky’s basic cash assistance program for families with young children was recently overhauled to make long-overdue and badly needed improvements benefitting children and families across the commonwealth. These changes in...

Dustin Pugel | April 25, 2023

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Progress Made on Drug Policy in 2023, Though the Legislature Increased Other Criminal Penalties

If Kentucky were a country, it would be the seventh most incarcerated place in the world – with more than 21,000 people held in county jails, 65% of which are...

Kaylee Raymer | April 19, 2023

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Analysis

State Budget Changes in 2023 Session Increase Future Risk

The General Assembly reduced future revenues substantially this session by passing House Bill (HB) 1, a law that will further shrink Kentucky’s largest revenue source by cutting the state income...

Jason Bailey and Pam Thomas | March 31, 2023

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Tracking SNAP in Kentucky

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is a vital source of assistance that helps put food on the table for hundreds of thousands of Kentuckians. As of 2020, in Kentucky...

Jessica Klein | March 8, 2023

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