How Income Inequality Looks Across Kentucky Counties
The average income of the top 1 percent of Kentuckians is 16.6 times greater the average income of everyone else...
Federal Payday Lending Rule a Win for Kentuckians
To read KCEP's submitted comments on the rule, click here. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its long awaited proposed rule to reign in many abusive practices of payday...
Report Points Out Successes with Kentucky’s Preschool Program and Progress to be Made
Kentucky has made strides over the last few decades to expand access to quality public preschool. The recent State of Preschool 2015 report points out where Kentucky has made progress...
Rural Kentucky Population Continues Decline While Urban and Suburban Areas Grow
Recently released population estimates from the Census show that, over the last five years, Kentucky continues to urbanize. Rural eastern and western counties’ populations have dropped while the “golden triangle”...
What Are Medicaid Waivers?
Kentucky has had great success in reducing the number of people who are uninsured since it expanded Medicaid coverage through the Affordable Care Act. Since that time, Governor Bevin has...
Child Care Assistance and Preschool Improved in Budget Agreement
The two-year budget agreement now being considered by Governor Bevin made incremental but substantial changes to the state’s two main investments in early childhood care and education (ECCE). The state’s...
New Early Childhood Education Report Highlights Benefits of Investment
Too little funding for early childhood care and education (ECCE) in Kentucky means that quality care is too expensive for low-income families, and remains unaffordable for most Kentuckians. A new...
General Assembly’s Budget Includes Critical Scholarship Investments
The final budget agreement that passed the legislature includes significant new investment in the state’s college scholarship programs. Over the biennium, the funding increase for Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority...
Budget Must Invest in Kentucky’s Economy Today
After 15 rounds of state budget cuts through the recession and recovery, the foundation of Kentucky’s economy—our schools, higher education systems, health services and more—have been significantly weakened. But final...
Budget Should Move Forward on Early Childhood, Not Back
Quality early childhood education, through child care and preschool, has been shown to have multiple layers of value: It helps the economy by generating jobs and economic activity, as well...