More Than a Celebration, Labor Day a Reminder of Work Left To Do
It’s a time-honored tradition to do as little work as possible on Labor Day. So many of us will spend...
Family Budget Calculator Shows What it Takes to Get By Throughout Ky.
Today the Economic Policy Institute released an update to its signature Family Budget Calculator, which shows what’s required for families to attain a secure yet modest standard of living in...
Celebrating Medicaid at 50
If we’re being perfectly honest, few look forward to turning 50 years old and celebrating is the last thing they want to do. But while many of us aren’t interested...
10 Reasons to Celebrate Medicaid’s 50th Birthday
50 years ago today, President Lyndon Johnson signed the law creating Medicaid, the health care program for the poor and elderly. In lieu of big cakes with candles, here are...
Visual: Who Benefits from Lexington Raising the Minimum Wage?
The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council is considering an incremental minimum wage increase to $10.10 per hour for its workers over the next three years. Lexington would be the second city in...
Kentucky Cuts to Higher Education Place it Among Worst in Country
A new report on state trends in funding for higher education places Kentucky at or near the bottom in several categories for its continued cuts to public college and university...
Urge Congress To Support Mothers With Tax Credits Extension
Working Kentucky moms are never off the clock. Between juggling jobs, after-school activities and help with homework, moms put in a lot more than a full day’s work. And every...
Visual: Medicaid Expansion Helps, Not Hurts, State Budget
Through the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Kentucky expanded Medicaid eligibility to those with incomes up to 138 percent of the poverty line -- or $32,900 for a family of four...
Kentucky’s Undocumented Immigrants’ Tax Contributions Would Increase Under Reform
Undocumented immigrants living and paying taxes in Kentucky would increase their contributions under the Obama administration’s executive actions, according to a new study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic...
What the Research Says about “Right to Work” Laws
The effort to promote “right to work” laws with local governments in Kentucky is founded on claims about job and economic growth that are unsupported by the research, according to...