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Breaking Inviolable Contract for Quasi-Governmental Employees Would Result in Massive Loss of Benefits

Pension proposals for quasi-governmental organizations that attempt to break the inviolable contract for current employees will result in a huge...

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Conference Committee Agrees to Substantial New Tax Breaks in the “Tax Clean-Up Bill” – Digging Our Revenue Hole Even Deeper

The 2019 short session is in its final days and House Bill 354 (HB 354) - the “tax clean-up” bill, the original purpose of which was specifically to address unintended...

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Pension Bill Breaks Inviolable Contract, Shifts Contributions from Underfunded Plan

The Senate version of House Bill 358 essentially forces quasi-governmental agencies like health departments and community mental health centers to break the inviolable contract for pensions with their current employees...

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SB 57 an Important Step to Expand Felony Expungement

SB 57, which is scheduled for a vote in the House tomorrow, would take another modest but important step toward making it easier for Kentuckians with a record to get...

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Big Cut to Bank Taxes Is Not Cleanup

With just 3 days left of the 2019 General Assembly before the veto recess, now is the time to be concerned about the appearance of last-minute legislation to benefit special...

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Private School Tax Credit Math Does Not Add Up

Enacting a private school tax credit – as proposed in HB 205 – will harm Kentucky’s school districts by depriving them of vital funding and leaving the General Assembly with...

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HB 3: Taking Financial Help from Kentucky’s Kids, Including Those Raised by Grandparents

Kentucky currently utilizes federal dollars through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program to provide modest but critical cash assistance to more than 27,000 very poor kids. House Bill...

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Kentucky Must Not Join Dangerous Threat to Constitution

A legislative committee will consider "for discussion only" on Monday HJR 87, a deeply alarming resolution calling for a new constitutional convention to rewrite the rules of American government. It...

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HB 3: Taking Away Benefits From Poor Kentuckians Would Be Extremely Costly to State

House Bill 3 would use tens of millions of public dollars to erect barriers to nutrition, health care and other vital assistance for low-income Kentuckians. While a fiscal note for...

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HB 3 Proposes Massive, Expensive and Ineffective Bureaucracy That Will Hurt Kentucky Families and Open State to Legal Problems

House Bill 3 is an extreme proposal to further restrict access to nutrition, health and cash assistance in Kentucky. It would require a massive, costly bureaucracy to implement and would...

Breaking Inviolable Contract for Quasi-Governmental Employees Would Result in Massive Loss of Benefits

Conference Committee Agrees to Substantial New Tax Breaks in the “Tax Clean-Up Bill” – Digging Our Revenue Hole Even Deeper

Pension Bill Breaks Inviolable Contract, Shifts Contributions from Underfunded Plan

SB 57 an Important Step to Expand Felony Expungement

Big Cut to Bank Taxes Is Not Cleanup

Private School Tax Credit Math Does Not Add Up

HB 3: Taking Financial Help from Kentucky’s Kids, Including Those Raised by Grandparents

Kentucky Must Not Join Dangerous Threat to Constitution

HB 3: Taking Away Benefits From Poor Kentuckians Would Be Extremely Costly to State

HB 3 Proposes Massive, Expensive and Ineffective Bureaucracy That Will Hurt Kentucky Families and Open State to Legal Problems

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