Switch to 401k-Type Plan for Kentucky Public Employees Will Cause More Harm
Click to read the report as a PDF. Click for a one-page summary of the report. Kentucky needs solutions that...
Research
Changes to Medicaid Waiver Request Move Further in the Wrong Direction
Click to view as a PDF. Last August, Kentucky applied to modify its Medicaid program through a request to the federal government to waive certain requirements of the law, known...
TIF Creep Means Growing Costs, Less Accountability
Click to view as a PDF Tax increment financing (TIF) is a common method for financing economic development that uses increased tax revenues after property is redeveloped to help pay...
How At-Risk Federal Discretionary Funds Are Important to Kentucky
Click to view as PDF. Similar to President Trump’s initial budget blueprint, or “skinny budget,” his full budget proposal slated for release next week is expected to include cuts to...
What Good Tax Reform Looks Like
Click here to view as a PDF. Though the details remain unknown, Governor Bevin has described the kind of tax reform he’ll introduce in a special session this year as...
The Impact of the 2017 General Assembly on the Kentucky State Budget
Click here to view as PDF. The just concluded 2017 legislative session was not a budget session. However, the General Assembly passed a number of bills that will have an...
Taxing Groceries in Kentucky Would Hurt Low-Income Families, Weaken Revenue Growth
Click to view as a PDF. Governor Bevin has said he will propose tax reform in a special session this year that will move Kentucky toward a “consumption-based” tax system...
Testimony on Call for Constitutional Convention
HJR 54 and HCR13 House Elections, Constitutional Amendments and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee Click to view this testimony as a PDF. Thank you Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, my...
Testimony for Congressman Yarmuth’s ACA Repeal Forum
Click to view as a PDF. Intro: Good afternoon, my name is Dustin Pugel and I’m a research and policy associate with the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy, a think...
Many Kentucky Workers Have Gained Insurance through the Medicaid Expansion and Are Now at Risk
Click to view as a PDF Thousands of Kentuckians who work low wage jobs at restaurants, on construction sites and at retail stores are among those who have gained health...