Tax revenues are supposed to be one of the draws of data centers, but we’re already seeing much of that evaded.

NEW: A local tax break for Meta's massive Mason County data center project will eliminate approximately $50 million a year in taxes the company would otherwise pay. This is even after considering Payments In Lieu of Taxes (PILOTs) the company will make.

When talking about property taxes, it's important to remember that they're essential to funding schools, public safety, local governments and other vital local services.

During the heat wave earlier this month, a Kentucky school district "had pallets of water shipped in" to give students whose bus rides are extra long due to a driver shortage. Another consequence of the legislature refusing to fulling fund public school transportation.

Federal rural health funds can improve the well-being of rural Kentuckians, but they are not a replacement for lost Medicaid funds. If Congress wants to preserve health care capacity in rural Kentucky (and everywhere else), it will need to reverse the harsh cuts in H.R. 1.

Federal health care funds can’t stop the harms coming to rural Kentucky hospitals from Medicaid cuts. Not only are the cuts 10X bigger than the rural health funds, but those funds cannot be used on the very things that will make hospitals financially vulnerable under these cuts.