The Path to a Stronger Commonwealth: Prioritizing Investments in Our Communities Over Tax Breaks for the Powerful
Kentucky faces a choice: cleaning up our tax code of special interest tax breaks so we can invest in excellent schools, a healthy...
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New Medicaid Waiver Plan Keeps Approach from Problematic Original Proposal
The Bevin administration submitted its waiver proposal to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today, keeping the problematic approach that was in the original plan with modifications in a handful...
Five Takeaways from Kentucky’s Year-End Revenue Results
Revenue receipts are in for June 2016, the final month of Kentucky’s last Fiscal Year (FY), showing modestly strong General Fund growth of 3.7 percent since 2015. Here are five...
Continued Higher Education Cuts Place Kentucky Among Worst in Country
Kentucky is continuing its tumble to the bottom as one of the worst states in funding cuts to higher education, a new report from the Center for Budget and Policy...
Governor Vetoes Need-Based Scholarships for Thousands of Students
Governor Bevin vetoed $40.3 million in funding for need-based college scholarships contained in House Bill 10, meaning denied aid for nearly 22,000 low-income students that had been awarded by the...
General Assembly’s Budget Includes Critical Scholarship Investments
The final budget agreement that passed the legislature includes significant new investment in the state’s college scholarship programs. Over the biennium, the funding increase for Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority...
Senate Budget Maintains Governor’s Deep Budget Cuts, Increases Pension Contributions by Reducing Governor’s Set-Aside Funds
To view in PDF format, click here. The Senate budget maintains the governor’s dramatic proposed cuts of nine percent to postsecondary education, parts of P-12 education and a wide range...
Revenue Options that Strengthen the Commonwealth
Kentucky has good options to fairly generate new revenue and put an end to year after year of deep cuts to vital public investments, as outlined in a report by the...
2016 Kentucky Budget Primer
The Budget of the Commonwealth is a financial plan, enacted every two years by Kentucky’s General Assembly, that maps out our state’s investments in education, health, transportation, public safety, human services...
Shutting Down Kynect Would Take Money From Other Important Priorities
According to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, it will cost at least $23 million to dismantle Kynect, the state's insurance marketplace. Using those funds to end the program...