Kentucky Is About to Pass the Cruelest Criminal-Justice Bill in America
Republished from Kentucky Center for Economic Policy Kentucky Is About to Pass the Cruelest Criminal-Justice Bill in America By: Paige Oamek and Rohan Montgomery Source: The Nation The post...
Senate Budget Includes Much More One-Time Spending, Remains Austere When It Comes to Meeting Recurring Needs
Republished from Kentucky Center for Economic Policy The Senate has proposed a budget that spends significant one-time dollars out of the Budget Reserve Trust Fund (BRTF), primarily on infrastructure...
Four Bills the General Assembly Is Moving That Would Benefit Kentucky Children and Families
Republished from Kentucky Center for Economic Policy Kentucky’s kids and their families’ health and economic well-being would benefit greatly from several bills making their way through the General Assembly...
Kentucky’s Kids Don’t Need Us to Drag Child Labor Laws Back to the 19th Century
Republished from Kentucky Center for Economic Policy When I was 16, I nearly sliced two fingers off my left hand while working at a plastics factory. A tenacious strip...
The Right to a Break Is Just One of the Worker Freedoms on the Line
Republished from Kentucky Center for Economic Policy Lawmakers in Frankfort set off a firestorm last week when they passed House Bill (HB) 500 through committee, legislation that would eliminate...
From Local Voices to External Forces: The Shift in Kentucky’s Legislative Landscape
Many bills passed by the General Assembly each year receive strong bipartisan and even unanimous support. Many of these good bills begin as conversations with Kentuckians who have encountered...
“Safer Kentucky Act” appears to be stalled in Senate Judiciary Committee
FRANKFORT, Ky.–A controversial Kentucky bill, HB 5, dubbed the “Safer Kentucky Act” by its GOP sponsor, appears to be stalled in committee. The bill quickly passed out of the...
House Bill 5 Would Cost Kentucky More Than $1 Billion Over a Decade
Republished from Kentucky Center for Economic Policy The Kentucky Senate is now considering House Bill (HB) 5, legislation containing the most sweeping expansion of the state’s criminal statutes in...
HB 465 Will Further Undermine Worker Protections and Job Quality
Republished from Kentucky Center for Economic Policy Kentucky already has a growing problem with worker misclassification, in which employers inaccurately and often unlawfully treat employees as independent contractors. These...
HB 255 Weakens Child Labor Laws and Will Fuel More School Dropouts
Republished from Kentucky Center for Economic Policy Alarming growth in exploitive child labor is already a problem in Kentucky, with violations rising and the state making embarrassing national news...