Profitable Fortune 500 Companies in Kentucky Avoid Paying Millions in State Corporate Income Taxes
Despite strong profits for the nation’s biggest and most successful multistate corporations, a large share of Fortune 500 businesses —...
Young Undocumented Immigrants in Kentucky Contributing More than $9 million in State and Local Taxes
With uncertainty around how the Trump administration will treat policies that currently offer protection to undocumented immigrants brought here as children, a new report from the Institute on Taxation and...
Barr-Kemper Debate Highlights Myth About Minimum Wage, Which Should Be Raised
"Barr-Kemper Debate Highlights Myth About Minimum Wage, Which Should Be Raised" by Tom Eblen
Kentucky Continues Decline As One of Worst States for K-12 Core Funding Cuts
Kentucky is one of the worst states when it comes to cuts in core funding for elementary and secondary schools since the Great Recession, according to a report released today...
Decisions Shouldn’t Be Made Based on False Choices
When it comes to the public investments that keep us healthy, educated and safe, increasingly Kentuckians are presented with a false choice in Frankfort. We’re told that to pay down...
Infographic: Why Kentuckians Will Benefit from New Overtime Rule
An estimated 149,000 salaried Kentucky workers will become entitled to overtime protections under President Obama’s increase to the overtime salary threshold announced in May, according to an analysis from the...
Friday Marks First Phase Of Lexington Minimum Wage Hike
"Friday Marks First Phase Of Lexington Minimum Wage Hike" by Josh James
Press Release: New Data Show Reason for Concern about Income Inequality in Kentucky
Income inequality in Kentucky has risen significantly in recent decades, with the latest data showing real income for the wealthiest 1 percent of Kentuckians rose by 60.1 percent between 1979...
Infographic: Ky. Higher Ed Cuts Among Worst in the Country
Kentucky is continuing its tumble to the bottom as one of the worst states in funding cuts to higher education, a new report from the Center for Budget and Policy...
Continued Higher Education Cuts Place Kentucky Among Worst in Country
Kentucky is continuing its tumble to the bottom as one of the worst states in funding cuts to higher education, a new report from the Center for Budget and Policy...