Targeted Refugee Groups Make Important Contributions to Kentucky’s Communities and Economy
Two recent reports from the Center for American Progress (CAP) explore the contributions immigrants and refugees make in our communities...
Job Growth Claims from Right to Work Not Backed by Evidence
Proponents of Right-to-Work (RTW) argue that Kentucky would attract more jobs if such a law was in place, especially in manufacturing. But the evidence does not show our RTW neighbors have...
Prevailing Wage Repeal Would Worsen Job Quality, Harm Kentucky Economy
Good-paying jobs like those in construction are the foundation of a healthy middle class and growing economy, and a skilled construction workforce builds the high-quality physical infrastructure necessary for growth....
Those at the Top Would Get More Tax Breaks, Investments Would Suffer from Shift to Consumption Taxes
The details of Governor Bevin’s study on tax reform are unknown, but there are indications the administration intends to begin shifting Kentucky away from income taxes towards sales taxes as...
Kentucky Should Not Follow Kansas Down the Income Tax Cutting Road
Four years after Kansas began its “real live experiment” cutting taxes for wealthy and powerful interests, the damaging consequences – including a deeply underfunded education system, college tuition hikes, crumbling...
Key Mechanism for Growing Middle Class in Kentucky Is Still Broken
Wages for Kentucky workers finally grew last year, suggesting both a tightening labor market and pointing to strong recent growth in manufacturing and health care jobs, among other industries. But...
The Path to a Stronger Commonwealth: Prioritizing Investments in Our Communities Over Tax Breaks for the Powerful
Kentucky faces a choice: cleaning up our tax code of special interest tax breaks so we can invest in excellent schools, a healthy and skilled workforce, modern infrastructure and other building blocks of thriving communities in the...
The State of Working Kentucky 2016
To view this report in PDF form, click here. Despite steady improvement in the overall economy since the Great Recession, the current presidential election cycle has demonstrated Americans’ persistent and...
Five Takeaways from Kentucky’s Year-End Revenue Results
Revenue receipts are in for June 2016, the final month of Kentucky’s last Fiscal Year (FY), showing modestly strong General Fund growth of 3.7 percent since 2015. Here are five...
New Report Shows Cause for Concern Over High Income Inequality in Kentucky
The top one percent of earners in Kentucky have taken home one-fourth of all income growth in the recovery from the Great Recession, continuing a decades-long trend of rising income...