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More Than 300,000 Kentuckians Have Been Charged for Cannabis Over the Past Two Decades

Over the past two decades, as states around the nation have moved to decriminalize and legalize cannabis, more than 300,000...

Kaylee Raymer, Ashley Spalding, Pam Thomas, Dustin Pugel and Carmen Mitchell | September 18, 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 | September 15, 2023

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The Funding Gap Between Kentucky’s Wealthy and Poor School Districts Is Now Worse Than Levels Declared Unconstitutional

The difference in per-pupil funding between the state’s poorest and wealthiest districts now exceeds the level deemed unconstitutional by the Kentucky Supreme Court more than three decades ago. In 1990,...

Jason Bailey, Dustin Pugel, Pam Thomas and Ashley Spalding | August 23, 2023

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Report: Criminal Fines and Fees Drive up Incarceration, Push Kentuckians Deeper Into Poverty

Excessive fines and fees imposed through the criminal legal system drive up incarceration and perpetuate poverty in Kentucky, according to new research from the Vera Institute of Justice. Local and...

Kaylee Raymer | August 9, 2023

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New Federal Laws Can Create Opportunities in Kentucky, If We Act on Job Quality and Community Access

In recent years, Congress has passed several sweeping federal policies that aim to create jobs, modernize the economy and boost key industries. Early returns are promising in Kentucky, which is...

Jason Bailey | July 31, 2023

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Kentucky’s Inflation-Adjusted Minimum Wage Now at Its Lowest Since 1950

Today marks 14 years since the federal minimum wage increased from $6.55 an hour to $7.25. For the dozens of states, including Kentucky, that have failed to boost the minimum...

Dustin Pugel | July 24, 2023

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Drop in Income Tax Receipts Is a Glimpse of Future Trouble

Five months into Kentucky’s experiment in reducing the individual income tax rate, the verdict is unsurprising. Cutting the rate is causing income tax receipts to fall despite low unemployment and...

Jason Bailey | June 20, 2023

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13,000 Older Kentuckians Face Increased Hunger After SNAP Changes in Debt Deal

With the nation's second highest rate of food insecurity among people in their 50s, Kentucky will be hit especially hard by cuts in food assistance for older Americans included in...

Jessica Klein | June 9, 2023

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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 15.0% of the workforce – in just two months. New...

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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