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Proposed Mason County data center could get $50 million annual tax break, think tank estimates kentuckylantern.com/2026/10/… @KYLantern
Proposed Mason County data center could get $50 million annual tax break, think tank estimates kentuckylantern.com/2026/10/…
NEW: Meta Data Center Receiving Approximately $50 Million a Year in Tax Breaks from Mason County kypolicy.org/meta-data-cente…
Deep Medicaid cuts have been averted in the past. Is this time different? kentuckylantern.com/2026/10/…
As we warned previously, Big Tech companies are pushing to minimize the local taxes they'll pay on data centers. That's exactly what's happened in Mason County, where Meta will get an industrial revenue bond that exempts them from local property taxes. kentuckylantern.com/2026/10/…
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That doesn't mean the system is perfect, though. There are sensible reforms Kentucky can pursue to help those struggling with sharp increases in home values without threatening funding for local services. kypolicy.org/kentucky-proper…
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.
The government keeps child support owed to poorest Kentuckians. GOP lawmaker seeks change. kentuckylantern.com/2026/10/…
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The University of Michigan’s monthly consumer sentiment survey shows that Americans today feel worse about the economy than they did during either the Covid-19 pandemic or the 2008 financial crisis. nbcnews.com/business/economy…
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"About a quarter of active sportsbook account holders surveyed by the Siena Research Institute this year said that they’d lost enough on a bet that they’d have trouble meeting their financial obligations." propublica.org/article/draft…
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KY school district cancels class for bus driver shortage. Should there be more state funding? kentucky.com/news/local/educ…
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KY law requires the state to fund public school transportation. But for decades, lawmakers have suspended the law and provided an amount less than required.
In this year's budget, the state provided $93M less than its own formula called for. These are the consequences.
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
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-proper…
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%
58 districts provided no raise, up from 40 last year. Similarly, 57 districts provided no raise to classified employees like cafeteria workers and bus drivers.