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...
Tax and Budget
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...
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 pay for the good schools, infrastructure and other investments that...
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....
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...
Senate Budget Maintains Governor’s Deep Budget Cuts, Increases Pension Contributions by Reducing Governor’s Set-Aside Funds
To view in PDF format, click here. The Senate budget maintains the governor’s dramatic proposed cuts of nine percent to postsecondary education, parts of P-12 education and a wide range...
House Budget Uses Set-Aside Money to Reduce Cuts and Fully Fund Teachers’ Pensions
To view this in PDF form, click here. The House budget reduces proposed cuts to education and selected other areas and provides additional money to fully fund the actuarially required...
Revenue Options that Strengthen the Commonwealth
Kentucky has good options to fairly generate new revenue and put an end to year after year of deep cuts to vital public investments, as outlined in a report by the...
Shifting Health Costs to Employees Has Become Way State Plugs Budget
To view the brief in PDF form, click here. Kentucky has shifted more of the responsibility to pay for health benefits to public sector workers in recent years and then...