EARN in Kentucky

Kentucky Network publications

• Amid Mounting Harms, Kentucky Is Ramping Up Anti-Immigrant Enforcement

  • January 16, 2026
  • Keystone Research Center
  • Ashley Spaulding, Patience Martin, Ember Jones, and Dustin Pugel
  Immigration Worker, Racial, and Gender Justice

• Governor Proposes Tight Budget for Ongoing Services, Using Reserve Funds to Help Household Affordability Needs

  • January 8, 2026
  • Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
  • Jason Bailey
  Public Services, Budgets, and Economic Development

• Affordability is a Crisis for Kentuckians. Here’s What State Leaders Can Do About It.

  • December 10, 2025
  • Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
  • Jason Bailey
  Budgets Children and Families Wages

• Building a Kentucky Workers Can Afford

  • December 1, 2025
  • Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
  • Jason Bailey
  Budgets Collective Bargaining Rights Job Quality Unions and Worker Power Wages

• Building a Kentucky Workers Can Afford

  • December 1, 2025
  • Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
  • Jason Bailey
  Children and Families Economic Development Job Quality Public Services and Employment Wages

• For Tens of Thousands of Kentuckians Participating in SNAP, the Shutdown Is Just Beginning

  • November 17, 2025
  • Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
  • Jessica Klein
  Budgets Children and Families

• State and Federal Tax Cuts of the Last Decade Are Giving an Enormous Windfall to the Wealthiest Kentuckians

  • November 11, 2025
  • Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
  • Jason Bailey
  Budgets and Taxes

• Kentuckians in Every County Will See Health Care Costs Soar Unless Congress Acts

  • October 22, 2025
  • Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
  • Dustin Pugel
  Healthcare

• Education Funding in Kentucky Remains Inadequate, Inequitable, and Uncertain as Kids Head Back to School

  • August 13, 2025
  • Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
  • Ashley Spalding
  Budgets Education Public Services and Employment

• The Blue Oval SK Union Vote is a Fight for all Kentucky Workers

  • August 12, 2025
  • Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
  • Jason Bailey
  Manufacturing Unions and Worker Power