Why One Ky Jail’s Effort to Fight Addiction Using Opioid Settlement Money Is a ‘Game Changer’ Source: Lexington Herald-Leader ...

After 20 Years, Letcher County Prison Proposal Is Still Alive, Though Obstacles Remain Source: The Appalachian Voice By: Dan ...

Ky School District Cancels Class for Bus Driver Shortage. Should There Be More State Funding? Source: Lexington Herald-Leader ...

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the passage of 2011’s House Bill (HB) 463, “The Public Safety and Offender Accountability Act.” 1 HB 463 was the last significant broad-based reform to Kentucky ...

The Kentucky Senate is now considering House Bill (HB) 5, legislation containing the most sweeping expansion of the state’s criminal statutes in decades. In addition to increasing incarceration, ...

The state of working Kentucky in 2024 includes good news on jobs but within the context of longstanding economic challenges and persistent pressures on household budgets. A rapid economic recovery has ...

The Kentucky General Assembly recently enacted a new state budget that underfunds Medicaid relative to the agency’s request, resulting in the administration announcing 4% cuts in the payment rates to ...

The Senate’s version of the next two-year state budget eases some of the cuts included in the House budget, which passed in late February, by spending funds the House allocated to the already-large ...

Kentucky has rapidly become a casino state as legalized slot machine gambling has proliferated across the bluegrass in recent years. With 13 facilities now operating thousands of slot machines, the ...

The 2022-2024 budget agreement announced today includes only very modest funding increases for critical state services across the budget. Investments in education and other areas are small, especially ...

This analysis is based on the initial version of House Bill 500. See here for an updated analysis on the how the House budget would affect SEEK payments. As introduced, the House budget would cut ...

Anti-immigration enforcement has ramped up since the inauguration in January, with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arresting more than 1,000 people per day on average nationally and locking ...