A Chance to Get a Better Budget and Tax Plan
The governor announced this morning that he will veto both the executive branch budget bill and the tax bill passed...
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What’s in the Budget Agreement for Health Care and What’s Not?
The Cabinet for Health and Family Services provides health care for Kentuckians in a number of ways, and most funding in its $5.6 billion 2018-2020 budget pays for health care...
Budget Cuts Will Impact College Affordability, Quality and Equity in Kentucky
After a decade of budget cuts, Kentucky’s public universities and community colleges are cut approximately 6 percent in the new state budget (pending action from the Governor). This amounts to...
House Bill 366 Represents a Tax Shift Away from the Wealthy to Low- and Middle-Income Kentuckians
During the waning hours on the last day of the session before the veto period, the General Assembly hastily passed House Bill 366, a bill that represents a shift of...
Last Minute Pension Bill Ends Protections for New Teachers, Cuts Benefits
Legislation introduced and passed suddenly in the General Assembly yesterday moves new teachers into a less secure hybrid cash balance plan and ends the inviolable contract moving forward for them,...
House Bill 6 Shortchanges Kentucky by Giving Huge Subsidies to Fund Managers, Banks and Insurance Companies
A proposal to establish a new business tax break – amended in the Senate to also expand and extend an overly generous subsidy, the angel investor tax credit program –...
Amendment to SB 231 Could Reduce College Affordability for Low-Income KEES Recipients
A proposed amendment to Senate Bill 231, a bill focused on the Work Ready Kentucky Scholarship, would make changes to the state’s Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship (KEES) that would result...
HB 609 Would Provide Much-Needed Revenue for Roads in Kentucky Counties, Cities
There is a lot at stake for Kentucky communities in House Bill 609. This comprehensive funding bill would generate over $433 million a year when fully phased in to prop...
Republican Proposals to End Tax Breaks Could Create a Better Budget
Several bills sponsored by Republicans this legislative session include proposals to end a variety of tax breaks in order to generate additional revenue. If the General Assembly were to pull...
House Budget Relies Heavily on Monies from Kentucky Employees’ Health Plan
The House budget will more than drain the Kentucky Employees' Health Plan trust fund of surpluses built up in recent years – resources that have accumulated due in part to...