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Kentucky Has an Opportunity to Continue Steps to Reducing Incarceration by Addressing Harsh “Persistent Felony Offender” Laws

Kentucky’s Persistent Felony Offender (PFO) law is a punitive sentencing policy that emerged during the beginning of the so-called War...

Analysis

House Budget Provides Only Modest Reinvestment Despite Strong Revenues

Despite billions of additional dollars from both one-time surpluses and stronger recurring revenues, the proposed House budget provides only modest funding increases in certain parts of government while leaving $1.1...

Analysis

3 Ways New Legislation Would Make Kentucky’s Unconstitutional Voucher Program Even Worse

During the 2021 Kentucky General Assembly — as public school advocates were prevented from being in the Capitol by the COVID pandemic — lawmakers passed legislation to fund private schools...

Analysis

Governor’s Budget Includes Substantial Reinvestment in Education and Other Areas

The governor’s proposed budget uses the unprecedented recurring and surplus dollars available to reinvest in a range of areas with a focus on higher core funding for K-12 and higher...

Report

A Decade Without Raises and Weakened Benefits Have Created a State Workforce Crisis. Addressing it Adequately Should Be a Top Priority in the New Budget

Updated on Feb. 2, 2022 Fundamental to providing services like P-12 education, legal defense and child welfare is the state workforce that delivers them. Despite these workers’ critical roles, Kentucky’s...

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Our Commonwealth: A Primer on the Kentucky State Budget

Go here for a PDF version of KyPolicy's Primer on the Kentucky State Budget. Every two years, the Kentucky General Assembly passes a budget in the form of four separate...

Report

A Time To Invest: Preview of the 2022–2024 Budget of the Commonwealth

The General Assembly faces a critically important opportunity with the 2022–2024 Budget of the Commonwealth. The state has a historic budget surplus and unspent federal aid that provide the resources...

Analysis

What the Legislature Can Do to Improve the Return Home for Kentuckians Leaving Incarceration

Despite the harms to people, families and communities, Kentucky incarcerates 40% more people than the U.S. average. In addition, existing state and federal policies strip people reentering society of certain...

Analysis

Further Shift Away from Income Taxes Would Worsen Inequities, Harm State’s Economy

As the 2022 Kentucky General Assembly approaches, some interested in more tax cuts for the wealthy are again pushing to shift Kentucky’s tax system away from income taxes and toward...

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In Decade Since Major Criminal Justice Reform, the Kentucky General Assembly Has Passed Six Times as Many Laws Increasing Incarceration as Decreasing It

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the passage of 2011’s House Bill (HB) 463, “The Public Safety and Offender Accountability Act.”[efn_note]2011 Ky. Acts, ch. 2, https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/11RS/documents/0002.pdf.[/efn_note] HB 463 was...

Kentucky Has an Opportunity to Continue Steps to Reducing Incarceration by Addressing Harsh “Persistent Felony Offender” Laws

House Budget Provides Only Modest Reinvestment Despite Strong Revenues

3 Ways New Legislation Would Make Kentucky’s Unconstitutional Voucher Program Even Worse

Governor’s Budget Includes Substantial Reinvestment in Education and Other Areas

A Decade Without Raises and Weakened Benefits Have Created a State Workforce Crisis. Addressing it Adequately Should Be a Top Priority in the New Budget

Our Commonwealth: A Primer on the Kentucky State Budget

A Time To Invest: Preview of the 2022–2024 Budget of the Commonwealth

What the Legislature Can Do to Improve the Return Home for Kentuckians Leaving Incarceration

Further Shift Away from Income Taxes Would Worsen Inequities, Harm State’s Economy

In Decade Since Major Criminal Justice Reform, the Kentucky General Assembly Has Passed Six Times as Many Laws Increasing Incarceration as Decreasing It

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