Jason Bailey

Initial House Budget Slashes Funding for Many Services, Prioritizes More Tax Cuts

As introduced, the House budget severely cuts or freezes many parts of the state budget and underfunds essential public services, with the apparent goal of triggering more income tax cuts...

Analysis

Governor Proposes Tight Budget for Ongoing Services, Using Reserve Funds to Help Household Affordability Needs

Governor Beshear's budget proposes using nearly $1 billion from the state’s $3.7 billion Budget Reserve Trust Fund (BRTF) to fill gaps in household affordability needs, address some of the fallout of H. R. 1, and for other infrastructure and education projects. The remainder of the budget contains a combination...

Op-Ed

Affordability Is a Crisis for Kentuckians. Here’s What State Leaders Can Do About It.

Every poll tells us that affordability is the major concern facing hardworking Americans. Many are increasingly angry as they watch the cost of goods and services spike — from groceries...

Report

Building a Kentucky Workers Can Afford

Hard work runs deep in Kentucky. Kentuckians dug the coal that powered the 20th century and raised the food that fed a nation. Now, workers are more likely to move...

Analysis

Affordability Is a Crisis for Kentuckians

Many Kentuckians are struggling to afford the cost of living. This problem is not new, but prices have spiked in recent years while many workers’ wages and household incomes have...

Analysis

State and Federal Tax Cuts of the Last Decade Are Giving an Enormous Windfall to the Wealthiest Kentuckians

The Kentucky General Assembly will create a new two-year budget in 2026 in the face of declining state revenues and substantial new costs passed down from Congress. Large recent state income tax cuts and a slowing national economy are already causing...

Op-Ed

Initial House Budget Slashes Funding for Many Services, Prioritizes More Tax Cuts

Governor Proposes Tight Budget for Ongoing Services, Using Reserve Funds to Help Household Affordability Needs

Affordability Is a Crisis for Kentuckians. Here’s What State Leaders Can Do About It.

Building a Kentucky Workers Can Afford

Affordability Is a Crisis for Kentuckians

State and Federal Tax Cuts of the Last Decade Are Giving an Enormous Windfall to the Wealthiest Kentuckians

The Fight in D. C. Is About Making Life, and Health Care, More Affordable

State Report Shows Educators in Most Kentucky School Districts Received Little or No Raise

For the Same Cost as a Half-Point Income Tax Cut, Kentucky Could Meaningfully Reinvest in Public Education

The BlueOval SK Union Vote Is a Fight for All Kentucky Workers

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