Research

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...

Analysis

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...

Analysis

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...

Analysis

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...

Analysis

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...

Analysis

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...

Analysis

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...

Report

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”...

Analysis

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...

Analysis

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...

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

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

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

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

Drop in Income Tax Receipts Is a Glimpse of Future Trouble

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

Three Years of Kentucky’s Jobs Recovery in Four Charts

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

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

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

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