Tax Cuts Causing the Worst Revenue Projections Since Consensus Forecasting Began
Next week, Governor Beshear will present his state budget proposal to the General Assembly and the legislature will begin crafting...
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Child Care Assistance Is a Great Investment for Kentucky, but Remains Inadequate
The most active and critical years for children’s physical, cognitive and social development are ages zero to three, so high-quality early child care settings are central to preparing the commonwealth’s...
Harsh Measure Threatens Kentucky’s Families and Finances
A new harmful and costly immigration proposal – Senate Bill 1 (SB 1) – would create an impractical mandate for most public agencies in Kentucky to participate in federal immigration...
What the Finally-Released Actuarial Analysis Tells Us About So-Called Pension Reform
Today Governor Beshear released the actuarial analysis of the 2017 "Keeping the Promise" pension proposal that had been suppressed for the last two years. As expected and as we noted...
Less to Sweep from Health Fund in Next Budget
A fund for employees' health insurance that Kentucky has drained of increasingly large amounts of money in order to balance the state budget is very unlikely to be able to...
With Proposed Barriers to Medicaid Gone, Kentucky Should Pursue Other Ways to Support Kentuckians’ Health
When all Kentuckians are able to meet basic needs and be healthy, they are equipped to contribute to their communities. Thanks to Governor Beshear’s recent withdrawal of a waiver proposal...
Forecast Confirms Weak Revenue Growth for Next Budget
The official body charged with predicting revenues for the state budget met yesterday and confirmed a weak revenue forecast for the next two years — meaning more budget cuts are...
Kentucky’s Youngest Kids Are Losing Health Coverage
Kentucky is 3rd-worst in the nation in its alarming recent rise in uninsured children below the age of 6. According to an analysis of the most recent census data by...
Slot Machines Multiplying Rapidly Across Kentucky While State Deeply Undertaxes Them
Betting using instant wagering machines, which resemble and operate similar to slot machines, has exploded across Kentucky and thousands more machines will come online in the near future. Yet the...
Increased Funding Is Improving Kentucky’s Pension Plans
The General Assembly’s return to making full contributions to Kentucky’s pension systems in recent years is improving the systems’ health, as shown in newly available year-end reports. The challenges that...