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Surplus Provides Resources for Reinvestment

Report

Unprecedented Surplus Presents Opportunity to Both Reinvest in Kentucky’s Budget and Build Rainy Day Fund

Thanks to federal pandemic aid that helped keep Kentucky residents and businesses afloat, the state ended 2021 with a substantial...

Jason Bailey | October 20, 2021

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Analysis

How Kentuckians Would Benefit from the Build Back Better Act

Kentuckians’ economic future and family well-being hinge on passage of the Build Back Better Act (BBB) now in front of Congress. The legislation contains landmark policies that will create millions...

Ashley Spalding, Jason Bailey, Dustin Pugel, Jessica Klein, Valerie Frost and Pam Thomas | September 30, 2021

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Press Release

Statement: September 4 Expiration of Federal Unemployment Benefits in Kentucky Will Increase Hardship, Will Not Improve State’s Jobs Picture

This year’s Labor Day, September 6, is the final day the federal government will provide three jobless benefit programs that have provided a necessary bridge for families and the economy...

Jason Bailey | September 3, 2021

Op-Ed

Honor Labor Day by Supporting Workers as if They Are Essential

Starting last year, as COVID-19 led people to social distance and quarantine, a new term entered the lexicon: "essential worker." Though everyday working people have always been the key to...

Jason Bailey | September 3, 2021

Op-Ed

Record Surplus Creates Opportunity to Reinvest in Kentucky

Kentucky lawmakers will have a historic opportunity to begin putting the state back on track for a brighter future next legislative session. Thanks to aggressive federal pandemic relief that has...

Jason Bailey | August 24, 2021

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Press Release

Statement: Senate Vote to Advance Federal Budget Resolution Charts Course Toward Stronger, More Equitable Future

This morning, the U.S. Senate voted to advance a budget resolution paving the way for a slate of investments with the power to improve lives, create a stronger and fairer...

Jason Bailey | August 11, 2021

KY Rainy Day Fund Balance at Historic High1

Analysis

Historic Surplus Leaves State in Strong Place to Begin Reinvesting in Kentucky’s Needs

Thanks to aggressive federal pandemic relief that has increased Kentuckians’ incomes and strengthened consumer spending, Kentucky’s budget is seeing large revenue surpluses that are boosting the state’s rainy day fund...

Jason Bailey | August 4, 2021

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Op-Ed

Expansion of the Child Tax Credit Is a Landmark Victory in the Fight Against Child Poverty. Let’s Not Let It Vanish Next Year.

Last week, Kentucky families began benefitting from the most extraordinary policy change to address child poverty in many decades — payments of up to $300 per child, per month to...

Jason Bailey | July 23, 2021

Spending cash in store

Analysis

$300 Weekly Jobless Benefit Is Good for Kentucky’s Economy

The expanded $300 a week in federally-funded jobless benefits known as Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) is providing a necessary bridge for families and the economy as we begin to...

Dustin Pugel and Jason Bailey | May 20, 2021

Spending cash in store

Analysis

State Should Focus Remaining American Rescue Plan Fiscal Relief on Kentuckians’ Greatest Needs

Among the aid that Kentucky state government will receive from the American Rescue Plan is $2.183 billion through the legislation’s State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds. The General Assembly appropriated...

Jason Bailey | May 10, 2021

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