Kentucky Public Pensions Are Not Expensive — If You Fund Them
A special session this fall will likely include proposals to cut public pension benefits, and new employees are especially vulnerable because...
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Kentucky’s State Budget Unable to Compensate for Massive Cuts in Trump Budget
President Trump’s budget proposal dramatically shifts costs to states they will be unable to afford, as shown in reports released this week by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities....
Troubling Hints About Direction for Tax Reform
We don’t know yet the specifics of a tax reform plan the governor wants the General Assembly to consider in a 2017 special session. But this week, in a letter...
Kansas’ Experiment Yields Valuable Lessons for Kentucky
By Heidi Holliday You’re welcome, America. Our state, Kansas, just wrapped up a 5-year long experiment in governance from which the other 49 states can now glean some important lessons....
Kentuckians Who Lose Coverage from Medicaid Cuts Won’t Have Other Options
Many of Kentucky’s 1.4 million Medicaid enrollees would lose coverage from the radical cuts proposed in the American Health Care Act (AHCA) and the proposed Trump Budget. Because of the...
Pension Benefits Inject $3.4 Billion into the Economies of Kentucky Counties
As the governor and General Assembly consider additional cuts to pension benefits for employees, it’s important to understand the role such benefits play in local economies. In 2016, public retirees...
The Health Care Repeal Bill Would Double What Kentucky Must Pay for Medicaid Expansion
The American Health Care Act (AHCA) ends extra federal funding for states that expanded Medicaid eligibility, meaning Kentucky would have to increase its Medicaid expansion funding 111 percent to make...
Trump Budget Makes It Harder for Low-Income Kentuckians to Climb Economic Ladder
In President Trump’s budget proposal, cuts to critical programs that help low-income Kentuckians are primarily justified as a way to move more people into the workforce. However, the budget proposal...
What Combined Federal Cuts to Medicaid Would Mean for Kentucky
Kentucky’s Medicaid program is potentially facing enormous cuts to federal funding through the American Health Care Act (AHCA) and President Trump’s proposed budget. Nationwide, Medicaid as a whole would undergo...
CBO Shows 23 Million Would Lose Coverage Under Health Care Repeal Bill
The Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) review of the health care repeal bill passed by the House weeks ago estimates that 23 million Americans would lose coverage, many low-income and older...