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Kentucky Response to COVID-19: Help Kentucky Families Put Food on the Table

As the COVID-19 pandemic leads to layoffs and school closures, and as more people are staying at home to reduce...

Jessica Klein | March 27, 2020

Analysis

Kentucky Not Prepared for Next Recession

Amid the spread of COVID-19 and resulting business closures and layoffs, a recession is under way and could be particularly harmful in Kentucky due to the state’s failure to adequately...

Ashley Spalding | March 23, 2020

Analysis

Policies Addressing Kentucky’s Underlying Health Challenges Could Better Prepare Us for Public Health Crises, Like COVID-19

As a result of factors contributing to the state’s poor health, Kentucky is especially vulnerable to the health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. A new annual report from...

Jessica Klein | March 19, 2020

Analysis

SB 1 Would Harm Kentucky Kids, Economy

After receiving a second reading on the House floor yesterday, Senate Bill 1 (SB 1) continues to advance in the House, despite the harms to Kentucky kids and our economy...

Anna Baumann | March 19, 2020

Analysis

HB 424’s Reformed Felony Threshold Would Reduce Incarceration for Low-Level Theft

Today the Senate Judiciary committee will hear a House-passed bill that would reduce incarceration – especially important as the COVID-19 pandemic threatens to make Kentucky’s current jail overcrowding even more...

Ashley Spalding | March 19, 2020

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Senate Budget Increases Rainy Day Fund Paid for by Reducing Spending, Withholds Teacher Pension Contributions Until Benefit Cuts Are Made

The Senate budget increases funding for the Rainy Day Fund by reducing funding for pension contributions for health departments and other areas proposed by the House in its budget. The...

Jason Bailey | March 19, 2020

Analysis

Paid Sick Leave Legislation Would Protect Health and Promote Economic Security

The COVID-19 pandemic is illustrating why Kentuckians must be able to stay home from work when they are sick. When people don’t have access to paid sick leave, the negative...

Jessica Klein and Ashley Spalding | March 17, 2020

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Kentucky Response to COVID-19: Inadequate Rainy Day Fund Heightens Need for Federal Aid and More State Revenue

States set aside rainy day funds to draw on when economic downturns or crises hit. Governor Beshear may well need to tap the state’s rainy day fund to deal with...

Jason Bailey | March 13, 2020

Analysis

Kentucky Response to COVID-19: Protect State Economy Through Improved Unemployment Insurance

The COVID-19 pandemic has sparked concerns about an economic slowdown resulting from widespread shutdowns in the global economy, and recent cancellations of large events in the United States. Continued economic...

Dustin Pugel | March 12, 2020

Analysis

Three Steps to Passing a Better Budget for Kentucky

The budget passed by the House mostly avoids another round of damaging cuts to programs and services that have been common since the Great Recession (with a few important exceptions,...

Pam Thomas | March 12, 2020

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