Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kentucky's economic numbers are a mixed bag in the 2024 American Community Survey released last week. (Getty Images) Poverty is ...

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Kentucky continues to have higher rates of children in poverty, teen pregnancies, and child and teen deaths than the national average, according to the KIDS COUNT Data Book released Monday. The state ...

OpEd: Kentucky is one of only 18 states left that still taxes menstrual products, penalizing women over time.

KENTUCKY (WKYT) - Research by the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy shows Kentucky’s minimum wage of $7.25 an hour is below the poverty line. The article from the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy ...

LOUISVILLE, KY. (WDRB)-- Kentucky Youth Advocates escalated concerns for the state's childhood obesity rates during a news conference Thursday. The nonprofit released data from its 2025 Kids Count ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - A new report says poverty remains the biggest problem facing Kentucky children, a trend affecting all other aspects of child well-being. Terry Brooks, executive director of ...

Kentucky’s kids are struggling in school more than they did pre-pandemic, according to a new report on child wellbeing from the Annie E. Casey Foundation. While Kentucky children improved in the last ...

Poverty is down in Kentucky, new federal data shows, though the percent of Kentuckians living in poverty exceeds the national rate and the state is the nation’s 46th poorest. The American Community ...