In a news report Thursday, the chair of the Senate Committee on Appropriations and Revenue confirmed that Kentucky missed targets allowing legislators to vote on another cut to the state income tax in the 2026 legislative session. Upon the news, KyPolicy Executive Director Jason Bailey released the following statement: “The state did not meet the […] The post Kentucky Misses Targets for Another Cut to the Income Tax Rate appeared first on Kentucky Center for Economic Policy.| Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
Last year, 213,830 Kentucky kids didn’t get enough to eat. That’s roughly one in five of children going hungry. Inadequate nutrition has lifelong consequences for health and economic wellbeing. To combat this harm, multiple feeding programs try to keep Kentucky kids fed before, during and after school, and when school is out in the summer. […] The post Recent Federal Cuts Could Increase Student Hunger appeared first on Kentucky Center for Economic Policy.| Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
In-Depth: Kentucky Minimum Wage Now Below Poverty Line By: Drew Amman Source: Lex 18 The post In-Depth: Kentucky Minimum Wage Now Below Poverty Line appeared first on Kentucky Center for Economic Policy.| Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
Report: Kentucky Minimum Wage Earnings Falls Below Poverty Line By: Zacharie Lamb Source: WKMS The post Report: Kentucky Minimum Wage Earnings Falls Below Poverty Line appeared first on Kentucky Center for Economic Policy.| Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
KY Senate Candidate Wants to Stop All Immigration. Economists Warn Against It By: Austin Horn Source: Lexington Herald-Leader The post KY Senate Candidate Wants to Stop All Immigration. Economists Warn Against It appeared first on Kentucky Center for Economic Policy.| Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
Kentucky’s Fines and Fees System Incarcerates the Poor on the Taxpayer’s Dime By: Joey Comley Source: Courier Journal The post Kentucky’s Fines and Fees System Incarcerates the Poor on the Taxpayer’s Dime appeared first on Kentucky Center for Economic Policy.| Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
Health Officials Discuss Impacts of Looming Medicaid Cuts for Hospitals, Talk About What Comes Next By: Melissa Patrick Source: Kentucky New Era The post Health Officials Discuss Impacts of Looming Medicaid Cuts for Hospitals, Talk About What Comes Next appeared first on Kentucky Center for Economic Policy.| Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
Medicaid Cuts Put Region’s Rural Hospitals at Risk By: David Horowitz Source: Bowling Green Daily News The post Medicaid Cuts Put Region’s Rural Hospitals at Risk appeared first on Kentucky Center for Economic Policy.| Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
Kentucky’s Campaign to Improve Rural Cancer Care Is a National Model. Federal Cuts Threaten Its Progress By: Ted Alcorn Source: Stat News The post Kentucky’s Campaign to Improve Rural Cancer Care Is a National Model. Federal Cuts Threaten Its Progress appeared first on Kentucky Center for Economic Policy.| Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
Federal Cuts to SNAP Could Mean up to 100 Lost Jobs at UK. Here’s Why By: Beth Musgrave Source: Lexington Herald-Leader| Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
Policies requiring Medicaid participants to report the number of hours they work in order to keep their health care are seeing renewed interest at both the state and federal level. But evidence shows clearly that such requirements are effective only at taking away health care and medicine, including from people who fulfill their requirements but […]| Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
Claims of a labor force crisis in Kentucky fall apart when you considering the relevant context.| Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
Proposed cuts to Medicaid risk 35 rural hospital closures in Kentucky alone, more than any other state in the nation.| Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
Public policy impacts everyone. We research and analyze the policy choices facing Kentucky to build a stronger commonwealth for us all.| Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
The unionization vote at BlueOval SK is a huge opportunity for every working-class Kentuckian across the state.| Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
As of this week, it has been 16 years since the minimum wage was increased. Failure to increase this threshold has left working Kentuckians with a wage floor less than half of what it once was and driven it below the poverty line for a full-time worker. In purchasing power, the current minimum wage of […]| Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
Terminating coverage and making care more difficult and expensive to use would reduce health and weaken Kentucky's economy.| Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
Exempting Kentuckians from complex work reporting rules related to food assistance would help alleviate hunger.| Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
Through billions in combined state and federal spending, vast portions of Kentucky's economy are supported by Medicaid.| Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
Kentucky's success addressing its overdose crisis is at risk due to potential cuts to essential federal funding.| Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
Cuts to Medicaid would could leave many Kentuckians without coverage, and/or leave the state with billions in funding obligations.| Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
The conditions to cut taxes were met because lawmakers moved the goalposts on the formula required to make the cuts and constrained needed spending.| Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
Diverting public money to private schools, the inevitable consequence if Amendment 2 passes, would deeply harm Kentucky’s public schools.| Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
The likely abandonment of the March to Zero is a refreshing reminder that most of us can agree on the important role taxes play.| Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
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 2022, in Kentucky it provided food assistance to 225,000 children, 73,000 people over the age of 60, 61,000 people with disabilities under the age of 60 and 42,000 […]| Kentucky Center for Economic Policy