Kentucky HEALTH is the Commonwealth’s new health coverage plan for some Medicaid beneficiaries. Kentucky HEALTH’s Community Engagement program connects able-bodied Medicaid recipients to robust workforce development programs, tuition-free job certification programs and volunteer opportunities in their communities.

After two years of low revenue growth, most state governments finished fiscal year 2018 with surpluses driven by unusually high individual income tax payments from non-withholding income sources. Many characterize much of this increase as one-time. Rainy day fund deposits will be the most common use; raising reserve levels above those prior to the recession.

Both red and blue states will react to the new limits on State and Local Tax (SALT) deductibility for federal taxes. Red states will continue to reduce the top individual rates; blue states will slow or stop planned increases.

Until recently, federalism was described almost entirely in terms of the relationship between state and federal government. States, we’ve been told, are the “laboratories of democracy,” developing policies and ideas that might eventually be replicated at the national level.

As Congress considers legislation to support the nation’s response to the opioid epidemic, it’s important to note that this is a local crisis – experienced in families and in communities across the country.

At National Governor Association (NGA) meetings across the country this year, Republican and Democratic governors have increased their engagement with foreign leaders on issues of trade, investment and shared policy challenges.

Eyewitness misidentifications are the leading cause of wrongful convictions in this country. In Louisiana alone, studies reveal that 14 out of 15 exonerated cases involved eyewitness misidentification.

Most states don’t comprehensively track their disaster spending. But with costs rising, the federal government is looking to manage spending in ways that could affect the federal-state partnership in disaster assistance.

After 83 years of a Democrat-controlled legislature, Republicans took control of the Legislature beginning January 2015. Since then, West Virginia’s unemployment rate dropped to 5.3 percent, and its GDP growth has been among the highest in the country.

Representation matters. That’s not a motto. It’s not aspirational. It’s research. In their forthcoming book, “A Seat at the Table: Congresswomen’s Perspectives on Why Their Presence Matters,” CAWP scholars show, through interviews with more than 80 women members of Congress, that different experiences bring different perspectives – leading to different policy priorities.

You reap what you sow. You’ve heard the expression before – you get what you give. It’s a sentiment that rings especially true when examining agriculture’s future. American farmers are aging out of farming, and younger generations don’t have the necessary tools to carry on the work.

Agriculture and food opportunities are secure, plentiful and lucrative. There’s a shortage of people seeking agriculture careers, due in part to a misunderstanding of careers that exist. Many believe food and ag careers are limited to field labor; however, the industry needs people in finance, technology, science, data analytics, sales and agronomy.