Inheritance Tax Repeal Is Giveaway to the Top Kentucky Can’t Afford
To view this brief in PDF format, click here. Since 1906, Kentucky has relied on the inheritance tax to help...
Research
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 and skilled workforce, modern infrastructure and other building blocks of thriving communities in the...
Kentucky Can Improve Budget and Protect Medicaid by Ending Growing Hospital Tax Break
To view this as a PDF, click here. The governor has proposed changes to Kentucky’s Medicaid program, arguing they are necessary to “ensure long-term sustainability of the Medicaid program." [1....
The State of Working Kentucky 2016
To view this report in PDF form, click here. Despite steady improvement in the overall economy since the Great Recession, the current presidential election cycle has demonstrated Americans’ persistent and...
Presentation: The Working Poor in Kentucky
Although Kentucky's economy is recovering, significant challenges face the state's workers and too many are working but still living in poverty. Looking only at the state's low overall unemployment rate...
New Retirement Plan for Private Sector Workers Would Strengthen Economic Security in Kentucky
When it comes to a secure retirement many Kentuckians are in danger in part because they lack access to a retirement account at work that can help them save, new...
Proposed Medicaid Waiver Would Reduce Coverage and Move Kentucky Backward on Health Progress
To view KCEP's comments for the federal comment period, click here. To view this brief in PDF form, click here. Kentucky is applying to modify its Medicaid program through a...
Performance Funding in Kentucky Should Promote Successful Outcomes for All Students
To view this brief in PDF form, click here. A work group has been tasked with developing a model of performance-based funding for Kentucky’s public postsecondary institutions in the coming...
Protecting Medicaid’s Role in Advancing a Healthy Kentucky
To view this report in PDF form, click here. A new report by the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy provides an in-depth look at Medicaid in Kentucky, the benefits of...
Budget Agreement Affirms Deep Cuts, Higher Pension Contributions
To view this report as a PDF, click here. The budget passed by the General Assembly maintains the governor’s proposed cuts of 9 percent to many parts of government over...