Understanding the Proposed Health Insurance Cut in HB 500, the Kentucky House Budget
As introduced, the House Budget (HB 500) inserts new and unprecedented language that caps the state’s contributions to employee health...
Tax and Budget
How the Kentucky State Budget Works
The Kentucky state legislature has no more important job than passing a state budget. The budget allows us to come together to pay for schools, roads, state parks and many other programs and services that benefit us...
How Kentucky Should Spend Remaining Coronavirus Relief Fund Monies
The federal government provided $1.6 billion in Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) monies to the state of Kentucky as part of the CARES Act that passed Congress on March 27th. As...
Lessons from the Great Recession: Kentucky and Other States Need More Federal Relief
PDF version: Lessons from the Great Recession: Kentucky and Other States Need More Federal Relief As the nation faces the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, it is critical that...
Legislature to Pass Austere 1-Year Budget with Major Uncertainty as to Revenues
The legislative leaders meeting on an executive branch budget finalized a Free Conference Committee Report (FCCR) that covers only one year of the biennium and continues current funding levels for...
Senate Budget Increases Rainy Day Fund Paid for by Reducing Spending, Withholds Teacher Pension Contributions Until Benefit Cuts Are Made
The Senate budget increases funding for the Rainy Day Fund by reducing funding for pension contributions for health departments and other areas proposed by the House in its budget. The...
House Budget Makes Adjustments Including to Employee Raises, Social Workers and Rainy Day Fund and Contains No New Revenue
The House budget plan includes many of the same priorities that the governor proposed, but contains a different emphasis in a variety of areas. Compared to the governor’s budget, the...
Revenue Options That Strengthen the Commonwealth
Currently, too many tax breaks drain money that is needed to shore up and sustain public schools, higher education and workforce development; teacher and state worker pension systems; preschool, child...
Governor’s Budget Makes Modest Increases to Education Funding and Selected Other Areas, Raises Small Amount of New Revenue
Governor Beshear’s budget proposal to the General Assembly contains small increases in spending for P-12 education and provides funding for other targeted areas including relief for quasi-governmental organizations facing spiking...
Our Commonwealth: A Primer on the Kentucky State Budget
Click here for: A Primer on the Kentucky State Budget (PDF). Every two years, the Kentucky General Assembly passes a budget in the form of four separate bills for the...