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

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The cost of living keeps rising, but many Kentucky teachers are seeing their pay stay the same. Because of the continued erosion in state funding for Kentucky public schools, a third of districts gave no raise to teachers and other certified employees this year.
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Teachers in a Third of Kentucky School Districts Received No Raise This Year - Kentucky Center for...

One in three school districts (58 of the state’s 171) provided no raise for teachers and other certified employees this school year.

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🚗 Gas prices are hitting #EasternKentucky families hard. For many, transportation is the biggest line item after housing & higher fuel costs drive up groceries too. Affordability is the whole picture. That's why we build homes that are affordable & energy efficient. @KyPolicy – at Kentucky, USA
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Kroger is cutting prices because they're losing a ton of customers from low-income households. In their most recent earnings call they cite many reasons, one of them being a recent reduction in the number of people with SNAP. thestreet.com/retail/kroger-…

Kroger loses $12 billion as customer behavior takes a turn

Kroger is facing a growing challenge as new data sheds light on a concerning trend among its customers. 

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My piece on Wendell Berry’s relevance today kentuckylantern.com/2026/09/…

Wendell Berry's death should be his revival in our culture • Kentucky Lantern

Throughout his life, Kentucky writer Wendell Berry described death not as an end, but as a stage in a cycle of renewal.

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Two years after its implementation, groups like the #Kentucky Center for Economic Policy (@KyPolicy) say House Bill 5, Kentucky’s statewide unlawful camping statute, continues to destabilize peoples’ lives. buff.ly/DNTEcBE

After two years of Kentucky camping ban, more fines, arrests

More homeless people have been cited or arrested for unlawful camping in the Commonwealth two years after House Bill 5, the state's unlawful camping statute, went into effect.Over the past

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Kentucky fell over $1B short of hitting the trigger for another half-point reduction in the state income tax rate, marking the 3rd time in 4 years in which the triggers were not hit. This happened despite the GA moving the goalposts to make hitting the triggers more likely.
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A prominent Kentucky law firm is touting a loophole that could dramatically reduce the local taxes that data centers would pay.
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Some KY schools and local governments eye a data center tax windfall. A think tank sees loopholes....

In some Kentucky communities where hyperscale data centers are being proposed, leaders in local governments and school districts are eyeing a potential tax windfall.

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As local law enforcement agreements with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security increase, ICE arrests in Kentucky near 5,000.
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The Kentucky law enforcement agencies with 287(g) agreements are:
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A prominent Kentucky law firm is touting a loophole that could dramatically reduce the local taxes that data centers would pay kentuckylantern.com/2026/09/…

Some KY schools and local governments eye a data center tax windfall. A think tank sees loopholes....

In some Kentucky communities where hyperscale data centers are being proposed, leaders in local governments and school districts are eyeing a potential tax windfall.

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This Labor Day, Kentucky workers face a stalled job market, flat Wages and higher prices. Our latest breaks down the state of the economy for working people in the commonwealth: kypolicy.org/this-labor-day-…

This Labor Day, Kentucky Workers Face Stalled Job Market, Flat Wages and Higher Prices - Kentucky...

Working Kentuckians are in an increasingly difficult labor market in 2026, with no net job growth, rising costs and wages that aren’t keeping up.

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“I don't think data centers need incentives,” Beshear said. “I don't think we should be providing them.” Analysis from @KyPolicy shows the state could lose more than $2 billion of sales tax revenue if just four proposed data centers are built: lpm.org/news/2026-08-27/kent…

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear calls for ending state tax incentives for data centers

The Kentucky legislature in 2025 passed a law giving massive tax breaks to companies building data centers across the state, but Beshear wants those rolled back.

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More than one person a day was cited or arrested for unlawful camping in Kentucky between July 15, 2025 and July 14, 2026.
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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear calls for ending state tax incentives for data centers lpm.org/news/2026-08-27/kent…

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear calls for ending state tax incentives for data centers

The Kentucky legislature in 2025 passed a law giving massive tax breaks to companies building data centers across the state, but Beshear wants those rolled back.

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Beshear would support rolling back Kentucky’s data center tax breaks kentucky.com/news/politics-g…

Beshear would support rolling back Kentucky’s data center tax breaks

Though no qualifying project has been awarded a tax break from the state, Kentucky lawmakers are already angling at changing the incentive.

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NEW: 'Unlawful camping' charges were up in the second year of Kentucky's HB 5, which made it a crime to enter or remain in a public area with the "intent to sleep or camp there." 2025: 438 charges in 31 counties 2026: 460 charges in 41 counties
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‘Unlawful Camping’ Charges Increase in Second Year of House Bill 5 - Kentucky Center for Economic...

In the second year of Kentucky's House Bill 5, law enforcement agencies filed more unlawful camping charges than the first year.

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