Infographic: Kentucky Higher Education Cuts Among Worst in Country
Even as most states have begun to restore funding for higher education after cuts during the recession, Kentucky has continued...
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Tuition Freeze Is Not Proper Answer to College Affordability Problem Given Large, Continuous Budget Cuts
With the steep increases in tuition at Kentucky’s public universities and community colleges in recent years, a state mandated tuition freeze as proposed in SB 75 might sound like a...
What Would Budget Cuts to the Attorney General and Board of Elections Mean?
Many Kentuckians may not be aware of the important role that some state agencies play in our everyday lives. When we hear about proposed cuts to the Attorney General, Secretary...
Governor’s Budget Proposal Would Worsen College Affordability
Governor Bevin’s budget proposal would not improve — and would even worsen — the state’s college affordability problems. Deep budget cuts to public universities and community colleges are expected to...
Infographic: Budget Cuts Have Costs and Consequences
Governor Bevin's budget includes nine percent across the board cuts to most state services. If these cuts go into effect, many areas will have been cut by 15 to 50...
Research Shows Disconnect Between States’ Job Creation Policies and Real World Job Growth
New analysis shows the vast majority of job growth in Kentucky (and all states) comes from in-state companies, calling into question the state’s focus on recruiting out-of-state businesses to the Commonwealth....
What’s Not Exempt from Cuts in the Governor’s Budget
While a lot of attention has been given to what receives new dollars in the governor's budget and what’s exempted from additional cuts, less attention has been given to what...
Diversion of Lottery Funds Undermines College Affordability
According to law, 55 percent of lottery profits are supposed to pay for need-based scholarships (after $3 million is given to literacy programs). For years, though, millions of scholarship dollars...
A County-by-County Look at the Medicaid Expansion
A total of 425,782 Kentuckians were insured through the Medicaid expansion as of October. By county, between 3.7 and 19.1 percent of the population were covered and a total of...
Eastern Kentucky, Veterans Affairs Workers Benefiting From Raised Minimum Wage for State Workers
More than 800 Kentucky workers have benefited across the Commonwealth because of the executive order raising the minimum wage for state workers and contractors signed last summer by outgoing Gov....