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Kentucky Center for Economic Policy (KyPolicy for short): research, analysis, and education on important policy issues facing the commonwealth.
Our preview of the next state budget is here.
It lays out the the budgetary challenges Kentucky faces in 2026 and offers solutions for closing gaps in critical areas. Even in the face of economic uncertainty, lawmakers can craft a budget that builds a more affordable Kentucky.
It lays out the the budgetary challenges Kentucky faces in 2026 and offers solutions for closing gaps in critical areas. Even in the face of economic uncertainty, lawmakers can craft a budget that builds a more affordable Kentucky.
December 17, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Our preview of the next state budget is here.
It lays out the the budgetary challenges Kentucky faces in 2026 and offers solutions for closing gaps in critical areas. Even in the face of economic uncertainty, lawmakers can craft a budget that builds a more affordable Kentucky.
It lays out the the budgetary challenges Kentucky faces in 2026 and offers solutions for closing gaps in critical areas. Even in the face of economic uncertainty, lawmakers can craft a budget that builds a more affordable Kentucky.
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Some great advice that the Kentucky General Assembly's Republican super-duper majority is likely to ignore. Unless, maybe, if they hear from enough citizens who read this.... @kypolicy.bsky.social
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A State Budget for an Affordable Kentucky: Preview of the 2026–2028 Budget of the Commonwealth - Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
Kentuckians need lawmakers to invest in education, housing and other essential needs that reduce the cost of living and improve quality of life.
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December 17, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Some great advice that the Kentucky General Assembly's Republican super-duper majority is likely to ignore. Unless, maybe, if they hear from enough citizens who read this.... @kypolicy.bsky.social
kypolicy.org/preview-of-t...
kypolicy.org/preview-of-t...
Affordability is a crisis for Kentuckians. Here's what the state can do about it.
Read more in our latest op-ed: kypolicy.org/affordabilit...
Read more in our latest op-ed: kypolicy.org/affordabilit...
December 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Affordability is a crisis for Kentuckians. Here's what the state can do about it.
Read more in our latest op-ed: kypolicy.org/affordabilit...
Read more in our latest op-ed: kypolicy.org/affordabilit...
After winding all around the state, we're ending the year with a special virtual roadshow on December 15th.
Join us for a couple hours of policy updates and advocacy tips. Register today: tinyurl.com/VirtualThrive
Join us for a couple hours of policy updates and advocacy tips. Register today: tinyurl.com/VirtualThrive
December 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
After winding all around the state, we're ending the year with a special virtual roadshow on December 15th.
Join us for a couple hours of policy updates and advocacy tips. Register today: tinyurl.com/VirtualThrive
Join us for a couple hours of policy updates and advocacy tips. Register today: tinyurl.com/VirtualThrive
A good way to tackle the affordability crisis would be extending health insurance subsidies so people like Allie aren't paying $200 more a month for coverage.
December 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
A good way to tackle the affordability crisis would be extending health insurance subsidies so people like Allie aren't paying $200 more a month for coverage.
We asked Kentuckians how the end of health insurance subsidies will affect them. This is what they said.
December 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
We asked Kentuckians how the end of health insurance subsidies will affect them. This is what they said.
Transportation costs ⬆️ 36%
Housing ⬆️ 33%
Energy ⬆️ 33%
Food ⬆️ 28%
Housing ⬆️ 33%
Energy ⬆️ 33%
Food ⬆️ 28%
Here's what we know about the affordability crisis in Kentucky.
1. Household costs are going up. Life feels more expensive because it is more expensive.
1. Household costs are going up. Life feels more expensive because it is more expensive.
December 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Transportation costs ⬆️ 36%
Housing ⬆️ 33%
Energy ⬆️ 33%
Food ⬆️ 28%
Housing ⬆️ 33%
Energy ⬆️ 33%
Food ⬆️ 28%
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Commentary by Jason Bailey
Affordability is a crisis for Kentuckians.
Here’s what state leaders can do about it.
@jbaileyky.bsky.social @kypolicy.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2025/12/03/a...
Affordability is a crisis for Kentuckians.
Here’s what state leaders can do about it.
@jbaileyky.bsky.social @kypolicy.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2025/12/03/a...
Affordability is a crisis for Kentuckians. Here's what state leaders can do about it. • Kentucky Lantern
States can address affordability through policies that grow worker power and family incomes while addressing the costs of basic goods and services.
kentuckylantern.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Commentary by Jason Bailey
Affordability is a crisis for Kentuckians.
Here’s what state leaders can do about it.
@jbaileyky.bsky.social @kypolicy.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2025/12/03/a...
Affordability is a crisis for Kentuckians.
Here’s what state leaders can do about it.
@jbaileyky.bsky.social @kypolicy.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2025/12/03/a...
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Some great ideas here from @jbaileyky.bsky.social at @kypolicy.bsky.social.
kentuckylantern.com/2025/12/03/a...
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Affordability is a crisis for Kentuckians. Here's what state leaders can do about it. • Kentucky Lantern
States can address affordability through policies that grow worker power and family incomes while addressing the costs of basic goods and services.
kentuckylantern.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Some great ideas here from @jbaileyky.bsky.social at @kypolicy.bsky.social.
kentuckylantern.com/2025/12/03/a...
kentuckylantern.com/2025/12/03/a...
Here's what we know about the affordability crisis in Kentucky.
1. Household costs are going up. Life feels more expensive because it is more expensive.
1. Household costs are going up. Life feels more expensive because it is more expensive.
December 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Here's what we know about the affordability crisis in Kentucky.
1. Household costs are going up. Life feels more expensive because it is more expensive.
1. Household costs are going up. Life feels more expensive because it is more expensive.
When misinformation runs rampant and the truth is hard to find, KyPolicy cuts through the noise to deliver fact-based research on critical public policy issues. That mission has never felt more vital.
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December 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
When misinformation runs rampant and the truth is hard to find, KyPolicy cuts through the noise to deliver fact-based research on critical public policy issues. That mission has never felt more vital.
Please consider supporting us this #GivingTuesday: www.bggives.org/organization...
Please consider supporting us this #GivingTuesday: www.bggives.org/organization...
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When misinformation runs rampant and the truth is hard to find, @kypolicy.bsky.social cuts through the noise to deliver fact-based research and communications on critical public policy issues. Please consider supporting KyPolicy with a gift: #GivingTuesday www.bggives.org/organization...
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December 2, 2025 at 12:01 PM
When misinformation runs rampant and the truth is hard to find, @kypolicy.bsky.social cuts through the noise to deliver fact-based research and communications on critical public policy issues. Please consider supporting KyPolicy with a gift: #GivingTuesday www.bggives.org/organization...
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Please consider supporting this important organization, too. The fact-based research of @kypolicy.bsky.social is critical to advancing good public policy & opposing bad (which is so often divorced from data & derived from passions & prejudices).
When misinformation runs rampant and the truth is hard to find, @kypolicy.bsky.social cuts through the noise to deliver fact-based research and communications on critical public policy issues. Please consider supporting KyPolicy with a gift: #GivingTuesday www.bggives.org/organization...
Support Kentucky Center For Economic Policy | Bluegrass Gives
I’m ready to support Kentucky Center For Economic Policy on December 2, 2025 during Bluegrass Gives.
Learn more about Kentucky Center For Economic Policy and all the other organizations
participat...
www.bggives.org
December 2, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Please consider supporting this important organization, too. The fact-based research of @kypolicy.bsky.social is critical to advancing good public policy & opposing bad (which is so often divorced from data & derived from passions & prejudices).
The working class drives prosperity and it’s time for an agenda in Frankfort that puts them first.
Our new report provides a blueprint for tackling Kentucky's affordability crisis.
Our new report provides a blueprint for tackling Kentucky's affordability crisis.
December 1, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The working class drives prosperity and it’s time for an agenda in Frankfort that puts them first.
Our new report provides a blueprint for tackling Kentucky's affordability crisis.
Our new report provides a blueprint for tackling Kentucky's affordability crisis.
Time after time, confident elected officials enamored with trickle down economics have watched ideology collide with reality.
Now it's happening in KY and lawmakers face a familiar dilemma. Will they barrel ahead with more tax cuts or pause and consider what KY really needs?
Now it's happening in KY and lawmakers face a familiar dilemma. Will they barrel ahead with more tax cuts or pause and consider what KY really needs?
November 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Time after time, confident elected officials enamored with trickle down economics have watched ideology collide with reality.
Now it's happening in KY and lawmakers face a familiar dilemma. Will they barrel ahead with more tax cuts or pause and consider what KY really needs?
Now it's happening in KY and lawmakers face a familiar dilemma. Will they barrel ahead with more tax cuts or pause and consider what KY really needs?
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Commentary by Jessica Klein @kypolicy.bsky.social
The shutdown is just beginning for many Kentuckians who rely on food assistance.
kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/24/t...
The shutdown is just beginning for many Kentuckians who rely on food assistance.
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The shutdown is just beginning for many Kentuckians who rely on food assistance • Kentucky Lantern
New red tape requirements could strip 114,000 Kentuckians of food aid though the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Commentary by Jessica Klein @kypolicy.bsky.social
The shutdown is just beginning for many Kentuckians who rely on food assistance.
kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/24/t...
The shutdown is just beginning for many Kentuckians who rely on food assistance.
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Food assistance is at risk for as many as 114,000 Kentuckians due to SNAP changes in the OBBBA.
Call the DCBS Family Support hotline for help (855) 306-8959.
Call the DCBS Family Support hotline for help (855) 306-8959.
November 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Food assistance is at risk for as many as 114,000 Kentuckians due to SNAP changes in the OBBBA.
Call the DCBS Family Support hotline for help (855) 306-8959.
Call the DCBS Family Support hotline for help (855) 306-8959.
For Tens of Thousands of Kentuckians Participating in SNAP, the Shutdown Is Just Beginning
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For Tens of Thousands of Kentuckians Participating in SNAP, the Shutdown Is Just Beginning - Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
With the shutdown pain ending, new obstacles are beginning thanks to the largest ever cut to SNAP passed earlier this year.
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November 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM
For Tens of Thousands of Kentuckians Participating in SNAP, the Shutdown Is Just Beginning
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Kentucky hospitals are making plans to scale back services due to Medicaid cuts. Here's what's on the on the chopping block:
• Cancer treatment
• Behavioral health
• Maternity services
• Free screenings at health fairs
• Thousands of jobs
• Cancer treatment
• Behavioral health
• Maternity services
• Free screenings at health fairs
• Thousands of jobs
November 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Kentucky hospitals are making plans to scale back services due to Medicaid cuts. Here's what's on the on the chopping block:
• Cancer treatment
• Behavioral health
• Maternity services
• Free screenings at health fairs
• Thousands of jobs
• Cancer treatment
• Behavioral health
• Maternity services
• Free screenings at health fairs
• Thousands of jobs
Life may be more expensive for the rest of us, but Kentuckians at the top are getting a windfall from years of federal and state tax cuts.
The result? The richest 5% will get $3.4 billion in tax cuts next year, more than Kentucky spends on its entire Medicaid program.
The result? The richest 5% will get $3.4 billion in tax cuts next year, more than Kentucky spends on its entire Medicaid program.
November 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Life may be more expensive for the rest of us, but Kentuckians at the top are getting a windfall from years of federal and state tax cuts.
The result? The richest 5% will get $3.4 billion in tax cuts next year, more than Kentucky spends on its entire Medicaid program.
The result? The richest 5% will get $3.4 billion in tax cuts next year, more than Kentucky spends on its entire Medicaid program.
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While most Kentuckians are struggling with affordability, the wealthy have been showered with enormous state and federal tax cuts passed over the last decade, a new @kypolicy.bsky.social reports shows. 1/
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
While most Kentuckians are struggling with affordability, the wealthy have been showered with enormous state and federal tax cuts passed over the last decade, a new @kypolicy.bsky.social reports shows. 1/
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Nandy, a 22-year-old in Kentucky, has Type 1 Diabetes. Foods he's supposed to eat are more expensive, he said. He goes to Walmart and Kroger trying to find lowest prices. He's been eating one meal a day to stretch food out. It's impacting his health: “It’s like a death sentence for people like me”
More Young People Will Go Hungry Without SNAP
“We’re trying to make it, but it’s been hard.”
www.teenvogue.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Nandy, a 22-year-old in Kentucky, has Type 1 Diabetes. Foods he's supposed to eat are more expensive, he said. He goes to Walmart and Kroger trying to find lowest prices. He's been eating one meal a day to stretch food out. It's impacting his health: “It’s like a death sentence for people like me”
Open enrollment for health insurance on kynect has started and this is what Kentucky families are facing.
Congress needs to extend the subsidies that help people afford insurance and end the shutdown.
Congress needs to extend the subsidies that help people afford insurance and end the shutdown.
November 3, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Open enrollment for health insurance on kynect has started and this is what Kentucky families are facing.
Congress needs to extend the subsidies that help people afford insurance and end the shutdown.
Congress needs to extend the subsidies that help people afford insurance and end the shutdown.
Open enrollment on kynect, Kentucky's health insurance marketplace, starts tomorrow and a lot of people are in for a shock.
Kentuckians like Kara need Congress to extend health insurance subsidies now.
Kentuckians like Kara need Congress to extend health insurance subsidies now.
October 31, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Open enrollment on kynect, Kentucky's health insurance marketplace, starts tomorrow and a lot of people are in for a shock.
Kentuckians like Kara need Congress to extend health insurance subsidies now.
Kentuckians like Kara need Congress to extend health insurance subsidies now.
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Kentucky Public Radio spoke with food banks across the state bracing for a surge in clients ahead of the Nov. 1 suspension of federal food assistance www.lpm.org/news/2025-10...
Kentucky food pantries call for community support ahead of SNAP cliff
Kentucky Public Radio spoke with food banks across the state bracing for a surge in clients ahead of the Nov. 1 suspension of federal food assistance.
www.lpm.org
October 31, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Kentucky Public Radio spoke with food banks across the state bracing for a surge in clients ahead of the Nov. 1 suspension of federal food assistance www.lpm.org/news/2025-10...