Public Versus Private Employee Costs in Kentucky: Comparing Apples to Apples
While a state task force considers further cuts to public employee pension benefits, a new report shows that Kentucky public...
Economic Security
Threatening Benefits for Low-Income Families Wrong Way to Address Drug Problem
Legislation in the Kentucky General Assembly proposes to eliminate public assistance for low-income individuals suspected of drug use unless they can pass drug tests or enroll in treatment programs. House...
Unemployment Insurance Important to Economy but Limited for Workers
The loss of over 100,000 Kentucky jobs during the severe economic downturn of the last few years would have been even worse for the economy—and Kentucky families—if it wasn’t for...
Kentucky Should Re-Enact Surcharge to Pay Unemployment Interest
Kentucky owes interest payments on the nearly one billion dollars borrowed from the federal government to pay unemployment insurance benefits during the economic downturn. The next interest payment, due September...
Testimony on HB 182: Payday Lending
Testimony on House Bill 182--Limiting the Interest Rate on Payday Lending to 36 Percent House Banking and Insurance Committee, Kentucky General Assembly February 16, 2011 Melissa Fry Konty, Ph.D. Research...
Kentucky Will Forego $90 Million for Jobless Workers Unless Unemployment Insurance Updates Made by August
Kentucky stands to miss out on $90 million in federal incentive monies unless it enacts measures by August 2011 to modernize its unemployment insurance system. Those changes would increase access...