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 ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Kentucky Youth Advocates released the 2025 Kentucky KIDS COUNT Data Dashboard today, featuring county-level data on child health, education, economic security and family ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Youth ask questions during Children's Advocacy Day in Frankfort on March 4, 2026. (Kentucky Lantern photo by Sarah Ladd) Fewer ...

(STACKER) – According to data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the number of people living in poverty in the U.S. decreased for the fifth consecutive year. Roughly 37 million people, or 11.4 percent of ...

The 2024 Kentucky legislative session has officially kicked off this week in Frankfort.One senator is planning to introduce legislation that would address Kentucky's childhood poverty program.Sen.

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 ...

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 ...