KyPolicy

Kentucky Center for Economic Policy (KyPolicy for short): research, analysis, and education on important policy issues facing the commonwealth.

[Jason Bailey @jbaileyky]

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[Jason Bailey @jbaileyky]

Concerned about your property tax bill? Look to state tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy, which have shifted responsibility for school funding from the state to the local level. See my new Op-Ed next tweet

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Big changes are coming to Medicaid that could cost "tens of thousands" of Kentuckians their health coverage. Kentuckians like Cara Ellis, who credits Medicaid with saving her life after she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer.

“This is something I worry about every single day.”

[KyPolicy @KyPolicy]

As data centers got hammered at the ballot box this week, Kentucky put out new guidelines on data center tax breaks.

But nothing in those rules should stop the General Assembly from rolling back its 50-year tax break and creating real protections for Kentucky communities.

[Jason Bailey @jbaileyky]

Voters were crystal clear last night that the cost of living is their most important concern. In Kentucky, since the start of 2025, the typical household is paying $4,100 a year more because of higher prices. The bigger driver is the cost of gas in the tank. 1/

[Dustin Pugel 🇺🇦 @dpugel]

New Census data for 2025 was released today, and one striking development is that the uninsured rate for non-elderly adults has been climbing.
Its now above 10% in Kentucky, which is the highest it has been since the we expanded Medicaid 12 years ago.

[KyPolicy @KyPolicy]

Use our new education funding tool to explore this and much more on the topic: https://t.co/l4cIISfaBa

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Over the past 25 years, the state has dramatically shifted education funding to the local level.

In 2002, the state paid 62% of core education funding with local sources covering 38%.

This school year, the state is paying 40% and the local contribution is 60%.

[KyPolicy @KyPolicy]

🚨ONE WEEK, Kentucky! 🚨

Time to lock in your voting plan:
✔️When will you vote — early (Oct. 29–31) or on Election Day (Nov. 3)?
✔️Where's your polling place?
✔️Is your photo ID ready?

Answers to all three at https://t.co/tkfDSTt8zC. #OurPeopleOurVote

[Jason Bailey @jbaileyky]

How is your school district funded? New @KyPolicy tool allows you to explore the trends in state SEEK and local school taxes across all of Kentucky's districts.

[KyPolicy @KyPolicy]

🚨ONE WEEK, Kentucky! 🚨

Time to lock in your voting plan:
✔️When will you vote — early (Oct. 29–31) or on Election Day (Nov. 3)?
✔️Where's your polling place?
✔️Is your photo ID ready?

Answers to all three at https://t.co/tkfDSTt8zC. #OurPeopleOurVote

[Jason Bailey @jbaileyky]

These cuts continue a long-term trend and are why 58 Kentucky school districts were not able to provide a raise to teachers and school employees this year https://t.co/4ewZQdQw4B

[Jason Bailey @jbaileyky]

In 3 out of 4 Kentucky school districts, the state is providing less in K-12 SEEK payments this year than last year. In Jefferson County, for example, that's a cut of $24 million. Counting inflation, 98% of districts are receiving less. 1/

[KyPolicy @KyPolicy]

This reduction is happening because the state budget underfunded K-12 education, thereby shifting more of the cost to local school districts in the form of higher property taxes.

Find your district here: https://t.co/chwAfu0MEz

[KyPolicy @KyPolicy]

The KY Dept of Education is out with new funding numbers for the 2026-2027 school year.

75% of districts now expect to receive less from the state to support the core funding formula (known as SEEK). In JCPS, that means a cut of $24 million—and more once adjusted for inflation.

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"In Kentucky, repeal didn't save money or add competition, but it did lower wages, it caused safety and productivity to deteriorate, and it did send work to out-of-state companies and workers."

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Deep Medicaid cuts have been averted in the past. Is this time different?
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Tax revenues are supposed to be one of the draws of data centers, but we’re already seeing much of that evaded.