Profitable Fortune 500 Companies in Kentucky Avoid Paying Millions in State Corporate Income Taxes
Despite strong profits for the nation’s biggest and most successful multistate corporations, a large share of Fortune 500 businesses —...
Budget and Tax Press
Who Pays, and How Much in Tax Reform?
"Who Pays, and How Much in Tax Reform?" by Ben Carter
Upside-Down Tax Plans Would Weaken Ky.
Tuesday's election means total Republican control of state government with the party gaining a majority in the House for the first time in 95 years. Now the governor and legislative...
Kentucky Continues Decline As One of Worst States for K-12 Core Funding Cuts
Kentucky is one of the worst states when it comes to cuts in core funding for elementary and secondary schools since the Great Recession, according to a report released today...
Decisions Shouldn’t Be Made Based on False Choices
When it comes to the public investments that keep us healthy, educated and safe, increasingly Kentuckians are presented with a false choice in Frankfort. We’re told that to pay down...
Undermining Kentucky’s Foundation Not a Lasting Solution to Pension Challenge
Following the governor’s vetoes — which included eliminating thousands of college scholarships for low-income Kentuckians — the new state budget for the next two years is now set. While the...
Statement on Passage of Executive Branch Budget
“The legislature has reached agreement on a budget that rightly increases funding for pension liabilities and has a few bright spots like funding for scholarship programs. But taken as a...
Kentucky’s Past Shows Public Investment Is Essential to Progress
Kentucky faces a difficult budget challenge, but Governor Bevin's proposal is based on a false assumption: that deeply cutting funding for public investments will make it easier to pay down...
Kentucky’s Funding Cuts to Schools among Nation’s Deepest
Kentucky is one of the worst states when it comes to elementary and secondary education funding cuts since 2008, according to a report released today by the Center on Budget...
Many Thousands of Kentucky Workers At Risk of Losing Coverage if Medicaid Expansion is Changed
For Immediate Release: New U.S. Census data shows many thousands of Kentucky workers are at-risk of losing health coverage if changes to Kentucky’s Medicaid expansion occur, as detailed in a...