Strengthen Education for All Kentuckians
Strengthening education for all Kentuckians is one of the five key strategies in "An Economic Agenda for a Thriving Commonwealth."...
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Improve Job Quality and Economic Security
Improving job quality and economic security is one of the five key strategies in "An Economic Agenda for a Thriving Commonwealth." Kentucky can make real progress in these areas by...
Kentucky’s Barriers to Coverage Work Against the Objective of Medicaid
Click here for a PDF version of our full comments on Kentucky’s 1115 Medicaid Waiver Request. Since 2016, Kentucky has been attempting to make changes to its Medicaid program that...
Tax Plan Is a Tax Shift with Troubling Long-Term Effect on Revenues
The General Assembly introduced a tax bill today that is a shift in taxes away from corporations and high-income people and over to low- and middle-income Kentuckians. Although the official...
Budget Agreement Includes Cuts, Full Pension Contributions and Some New Revenue
Click here to download a PDF of KCEP's analysis of the Free Conference Committee Report on the budget. The state budget passed today by the General Assembly for fiscal years...
Shifting to a Tennessee-Like Tax System Would Harm Kentucky
Click here for a PDF of this report. Proponents of shifting away from income taxes often point to Tennessee’s heavy reliance on sales taxes as a formula for economic growth...
Fact Sheet: HB 169 “Gang” Bill is Not an Evidence-Based Approach
House Bill 169 is not a data-driven solution to gang violence prevention. Research shows such an approach does not reduce violent crime, could intensify gang activity and would likely disproportionately...
Senate Budget Shifts Money Between Retirement Systems, Contains No New Revenue So Deeply Cuts Services
Click here to download a PDF of KCEP’s analysis of the House’s budget. The Senate budget massively underfunds the Teachers’ Retirement System (TRS) by more than $1 billion over the...
House Budget Raises Revenue, Prevents Some Education Cuts
Click here to download a PDF of KCEP’s analysis of the House's budget. In their budget for 2019-2020, the House is proposing to raise some new revenue — mostly from...
2 Gen Approach to Kentucky’s Opioid Epidemic Needed
Click here to view a pdf of the brief. As one of the states hardest hit by the national opioid epidemic, Kentucky struggles with high rates of addiction, incarceration, overdose...