Affordable Care Act Has Helped Make Insurance Affordable for a Decade, but Will Get More Expensive if Congress Doesn’t Act
Republished from Kentucky Center for Economic Policy The Affordable Care Act (ACA) created several new opportunities for health coverage in Kentucky that began in 2014, including a marketplace where...
The State of Working Kentucky 2024
Republished from Kentucky Center for Economic Policy The state of working Kentucky in 2024 includes good news on jobs but within the context of longstanding economic challenges and persistent...
Every Year Kentucky Intercepts Millions in Child Support Payments Owed to Low-Income Kids and Sends Most to Washington D.C.
Republished from Kentucky Center for Economic Policy The state’s basic cash assistance program, the Kentucky Transitional Assistance Program (KTAP), provides critical support for families with young children to meet...
From Biblioteca Hispana to Marksbury: A Legacy Worth Reconnecting
Initially proposed as the “Lexington Public Library’s Biblioteca Hispana,” the Village Branch opened in 2004 with a modest beginning—six employees in a former auto parts store. But the vision...
Bullets in vending machines: That’s a trend Kentucky lawmakers should not follow
As if we needed more examples of our entrenched gun culture, here’s the latest: Bullets, sold through vending machines — in grocery stores. The distributor, American Rounds, has recently began installing...
You call that conservative?
FRANKFORT — Picture this: You pull an item off a store shelf that has no price tag. Do you assume it’s free? If you said yes, you might have...
Revitalizing the Hispanic Library requires Bilingual Leadership
The Lexington Public Library’s newest branch is losing its manager. After six years of short-term leadership and long gaps between appointments, the vibrant community once centered around the Village...
Early ‘sound bite’ helped Kentucky gain fame as ‘paradise for barbarous Yahoos’
The first sound bite in American political history was recorded more than two centuries ago in Western Kentucky. First District Congressman Matthew Lyon of Eddyville, a fierce Jeffersonian Democratic-Republican,...
Kentucky politicians audition on national and state stages
Gov. Andy Beshear’s big audition didn’t get him a new role, but the continuing tryouts of people who might succeed him or seek other statewide office began a new...
The double standard is laughable
In the hours after Vice President Kamala Harris became the de facto Democratic nominee for president and Gov. Andy Beshear was lauded as a potential pick for vice president,...
