Jason Bailey

Jason Bailey

@jbaileyky.bsky.social

Executive Director, @KyPolicy

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Jason Bailey
@jbaileyky.bsky.social

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: kypolicy.org/2027-kentuck...

kypolicy.orgTeachers in a Third of Kentucky School Districts Received No Raise This Year - Kentucky Center for Economic PolicyOne in three school districts (58 of the state’s 171) provided no raise for teachers and other certified employees this school year.
Jason Bailey@jbaileyky.bsky.social

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/

Jason Bailey
@jbaileyky.bsky.social

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/

Jason Bailey
@jbaileyky.bsky.social

That's the result of the inadequate state budget passed by the legislature earlier this year. See our updated analysis with new numbers from the KY Department of Education here: kypolicy.org/seek-payment...

kypolicy.orgThree-Fourths of Kentucky School Districts Are Receiving Less in State SEEK Payments This Year - Kentucky Center for Economic PolicyTwo-thirds of Kentucky school districts expect to receive less from the state to support the core funding formula in 2027.

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Joe Sonka 😐
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The former AppHarvest CEO wants to build a 6.6 gigawatt nuclear power plant in eastern Kentucky...

thenuclearcompany.comTNC October 2026
Joe Sonka 😐@joesonka.lpm.org

This Lexington-based company just registered and hired the biggest lobbying firm in Frankfort. It's the new company of Jonathan Webb, who previously founded AppHarvest - the Kentucky agribusiness startup that took off like a rocket before it exploded.

Jason Bailey
@jbaileyky.bsky.social

This is what Kentucky is offering a sales tax break on. That giveaway is getting more costly all the time assuming it all doesn’t go bust real soon

JW Mason@jwmason.bsky.social

This is kind of an incredible figure. Via @deanbaker13.bsky.social. cepr.net/publications...

Jason Bailey
@jbaileyky.bsky.social

KY tax revenue has grown 12.8% in Q1 compared to last year, but that's almost entirely because of corporate tax windfalls likely generated by extraordinary corporate profits/stock gains and/or tariff refunds. Other states are seeing same thing. Other KY revenue growth is slow.

Jason Bailey
@jbaileyky.bsky.social

Federal Medicaid cuts are a severe threat to rural hospitals in Kentucky, and the small rural health fund provided in HR 1 will not come anywhere close to stopping the harm. See the new @KyPolicy analysis for more 1/2

Jason Bailey
@jbaileyky.bsky.social

As home values have increased in recent years, there’s been talk of caps on property assessments that require changing the constitution & do more harm than good. Instead, KY can pursue commonsense reforms already in place in many other states. More here: kypolicy.org/kentucky-pro...

kypolicy.orgKentucky Can Reform Property Taxes While Protecting Residents, Schools and Other Public Services - Kentucky Center for Economic PolicyKentucky should pursue sensible reforms to property tax laws that target aid to those who most need help while protecting public services.

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ITEP
@itep.org

Big Tech companies are getting massive tax breaks for building AI infrastructure that they would have built anyway. As the world’s largest technology companies are already racing to spend on AI, they don’t need more tax breaks. itep.org/big-tech-is-...

itep.orgBig Tech Is Raking in Enormous Tax Breaks for AI DevelopmentOBBBA’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...
Jason Bailey
@jbaileyky.bsky.social

NEW: Because of the continued erosion in state funding for Kentucky public schools in the new budget, 1 in 3 school districts are providing *no raise* to teachers this year. The median district provided a raise of just 1%, far below inflation of 3.4% kypolicy.org/2027-kentuck...

kypolicy.orgTeachers in a Third of Kentucky School Districts Received No Raise This Year - Kentucky Center for Economic PolicyOne in three school districts (58 of the state’s 171) provided no raise for teachers and other certified employees this school year.
Jason Bailey
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Morehead State Student Gains Hands-On Policy Experience Through Prestigious @kypolicy.bsky.social Summer Institute moreheadstate.edu/news/2026/09...

moreheadstate.eduMorehead State Student Gains Hands-On Policy Experience Through Prestigious Summer InstituteA 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...
Jason Bailey
@jbaileyky.bsky.social

John Cheves of the Herald-Leader on Comment on Ky: “It’s popular in some quarters to sneer and mock newspapers or to greet with apathy the demise of newspapers. But I can assure you—you’re gonna miss us when we are gone.”

Jason Bailey
@jbaileyky.bsky.social

Either we recognize news is a public good that requires public action to save, or this degradation of democracy continues

Ryan Van Velzer@ryanvanvelzer.bsky.social

Several of my friends and many more of my colleagues were laid off today by McClatchy. I really despise what many corporate media companies are doing to local journalism. www.lpm.org/news/2026-09...

lpm.orgMcClatchy guts Lexington Herald-Leader newsroom, among nationwide layoffsMcClatchy laid off 12 journalists at the Lexington Herald-Leader and eliminated a majority of its positions, as a part of its deep, nationwide layoffs.

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Kentucky Public Radio
@kentuckypublicradio.org

Kentucky tax revenues in the past fiscal year fell $1 billion short of triggering an income tax cut in 2028, marking the third time in four years the trigger was missed. The state even missed a lower threshold that would have lowered the tax rate by a smaller amount. #kyga26

lpm.orgKentucky misses budget trigger for income tax cut by more than $1 billionKentucky 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.

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KyPolicy
@kypolicy.bsky.social

ICE arrests reached a record high of 443 in July as total ICE arrests in Kentucky since the start of the Trump administration approach 5,000. Increasingly, many of those targeted by ICE have no criminal history.

Jason Bailey
@jbaileyky.bsky.social

A prominent Kentucky law firm is touting a loophole that could dramatically reduce the local taxes that data centers would pay kentuckylantern.com/2026/09/02/s...

kentuckylantern.comSome KY schools and local governments eye a data center tax windfall. A think tank sees loopholes. • Kentucky LanternIn some Kentucky communities where hyperscale data centers are being proposed, leaders in local governments and school districts are eyeing a potential tax windfall.
Jason Bailey
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This Labor Day, Kentucky Workers Face Stalled Job Market, Flat Wages and Higher Prices Find the details in the new @kypolicy.bsky.social State of Working Kentucky 2026 analysis here: kypolicy.org/this-labor-d...

kypolicy.orgThis Labor Day, Kentucky Workers Face Stalled Job Market, Flat Wages and Higher Prices - Kentucky Center for Economic PolicyWorking Kentuckians are in an increasingly difficult labor market in 2026, with no net job growth, rising costs and wages that aren’t keeping up.
Jason Bailey
@jbaileyky.bsky.social

Calling people in Kentucky "backwards and poor" will sure get their attention

Jason Bailey@jbaileyky.bsky.social

The places like many in Kentucky that oppose data centers want to be “backwards and poor,” the president says

Jason Bailey
@jbaileyky.bsky.social

Gov Beshear says on his update today: “I don’t think data centers need incentives. I don’t think we should be providing them. I would certainly support rolling back any of that. These are some of the wealthiest companies in human history, they can afford the construction”

Jason Bailey
@jbaileyky.bsky.social

In 2024 Kentucky passed a law making it a crime to sleep outside because you are homeless. More than 1 person a day in the state is being charged as a result, and new data from the law’s second year shows the number of charges is rising. kypolicy.org/unlawful-cam...

kypolicy.org‘Unlawful Camping’ Charges Increase in Second Year of House Bill 5 - Kentucky Center for Economic PolicyIn the second year of Kentucky's House Bill 5, law enforcement agencies filed more unlawful camping charges than the first year.
Jason Bailey
@jbaileyky.bsky.social

A 2nd Kentucky legislator who voted for data center tax breaks in ‘25 says “Now obviously I’m not for any type of tax breaks…for these mega data centers, & there is legislation that is going to be proposed in this upcoming session that is going to go back and take these away.”

Jason Bailey
@jbaileyky.bsky.social

A member of Senate leadership in the Kentucky legislature is saying the 50-year tax break for data centers is "not needed" and "is going away or will be substantially reduced."