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...
Research
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...
Workforce Development in Kentucky Should Encourage High-Road Jobs
Click here to view a pdf of the report. There has been a substantial decline over the last several decades in the share of employment that can be described as...
State Budget Cuts to Education Hurt Kentucky’s Classrooms and Kids
Click to view report as a PDF. Education is crucial to Kentucky’s success. However, as the state legislature has been disinvesting in P-12 education over the past decade, it has...
Presentation: State Budget Overview
Kentucky faces a very difficult budget situation as lawmakers work to craft a new spending plan for 2018-2020. Nineteen rounds of budget cuts since 2008 have reduced investments in a...
Governor’s Budget Cuts Education, Eliminates Some Programs
Click to download a PDF of KCEP's initial analysis of the governor's budget proposal. The governor’s proposed budget makes deep cuts to education, eliminates funding for 70 programs and makes cuts...
A Better Way to Understand Kentucky’s Pension Health
Click to view this report and its appendix as a PDF. Plenty of attention is paid to how badly funded Kentucky's public pension plans are. Compared to other states, our...
Commonwealth At Risk: A Preview of the 2018-2020 Kentucky State Budget
Round after round of damaging budget cuts, a decades-long refusal to clean up tax breaks, and the reality that additional appropriations are needed for pensions, corrections, Medicaid and other crucial...