Lack of state funding for school transportation is hurting school districts, Kentucky Center for Economic Policy says.

Kentucky should pursue sensible reforms to property tax laws that target aid to those who most need help while protecting public services.

OBBBA’s expensing provision is becoming especially lucrative for the companies building out AI infrastructure right now. There is no evidence whatsoever that tax breaks are necessary to encourage thei...

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

A Morehead State University student took her passion for public policy beyond the classroom this summer through a competitive program designed to develop Kentucky's next generation of civic and policy...

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.

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

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

Kentucky tax revenues in the past fiscal year fell well short of triggering an income tax cut in 2028, marking the third time in four years the trigger was missed.

New data shows there have been nearly 5,000 ICE arrests in Kentucky since the beginning of the Trump administration.

The Kentucky Center for Economic Policy found 460 unlawful camping charges across 41 counties in the past year

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

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.

Some Kentucky lawmakers suggest the state should roll back certain tax incentives for data center projects. Congressman Comer says he's looking to make an announcement in November. Visit a site that's...

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.

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

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

The data center sales tax exemption covers the purchase, use, installation, repair and replacement of equipment used in some facilities.

The state senator who was in leadership when the incentive was extended said exemptions “are not needed to attract these huge investments now.”

Kentucky lawmakers may slash tax breaks for data centers as the industry grows and public scrutiny intensifies.

Lawmakers expanded a data center tax break in 2025. Now, policy experts are questioning hand-outs to the world’s wealthiest companies.

As developers plan Kentucky data center investments of eye-watering proportions, tax exemptions could quickly balloon into the billions.

Data center leases, GPU supply contracts raise liabilities at Meta, Oracle, Nikkei study shows

When the trickle of interest in data centers became a flood, and when the proposals swelled from small data centers to massive hyperscale complexes, concerned Kentuckians began speaking out.

When the trickle of interest in data centers became a flood, and when the proposals swelled from small data centers to massive hyperscale complexes, concerned Kentuckians began speaking out.

Promised local revenue from Kentucky data centers may be much smaller than advertised due to significant potential tax breaks.

Under current law, Kentucky could give away billions in tax breaks to data center developers.

While Kentuckians across the state will be hurt by Medicaid cuts, residents of these counties will be harmed more than others.

Behind the budget numbers are extraordinary people at the Lee Specialty Clinic playing roles no one else can — and no one else will without funding.