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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
In 2014, the Kentucky General Assembly passed Senate Bill (SB) 200 with the goal of reforming the state’s juvenile justice system. The bill accomplished many of its primary goals, including the ...
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 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 United States war in Iran has caused a spike in gas prices that now costs Kentuckians $175 million a month, according to a new analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. That’s an ...
Over the past five years, Kentucky’s population grew by 2.2% according to new Census data, ranking the commonwealth 23 rd among states. A closer look at the components of population growth (births, ...