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    • New Federal Relief Package Is a Short-Term Lifeline, But More Aid Is Needed
    • Tracking SNAP in Kentucky
    • New Employment Data Shows Hardship Across the Commonwealth and for Low-Wage Earners
    • Kentucky Recovery Halted in September, Heightening Need for Much More Federal Aid
    • IDs Are a Necessity for Successful Reentry
    • Continued Slow Job Growth in August, Historic Kentucky Jobs Gap Remains
    • Black Kentucky Workers Are More Likely To Have Been Laid Off in the Pandemic, and Less Likely To Have Been Hired Since
    • More College Students Can’t Meet Their Basic Needs in the COVID-19 Pandemic, Requiring Federal and State Action
    • Kentucky Must Continue Momentum Reducing Jail and Prison Population
    • Federal Relief Shored Up Kentucky’s Budget, but New Projections Raise Big Concerns About Remainder of Year
    • Jobs Report Shows Kentucky Economy Stumbling, Heightens Need for Aid
    • Over 100,000 More Kentucky Students Can Still Claim Pandemic Grocery Money
    • Expired $600 Unemployment Insurance Boost Leading to Hardship Among Jobless Kentuckians
    • Why the Senate COVID Proposal Fails to Meet Kentucky’s Economic Needs
    • More Kentuckians are Hungry During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Congress Must Do More
    • Stimulus Payments Have Propped Up Weak Economy, and Harm Will Grow Without Additional Support
    • Half of Kentuckians Report Losing Household Employment Income, and Sources They’re Relying on Are Running Out
    • With Looming Expiration of Federal Aid, 1 in 4 Renting Kentuckians Might Not Make Next Month’s Rent
    • Letting Enhanced Unemployment Insurance Benefits Expire in a Month Would Harm Families and Weaken Kentucky’s Economy
    • Government Job Losses Are Already Weakening a Modest Return of Private Sector Employment
    • Covering All Uninsured Black Kentuckians Is Crucial to Achieving Universal Coverage
    • Kentucky’s Largest Cities Spend a Quarter of Their Budgets on Police
    • Policy Changes to Address Police Violence
    • COVID-19 Downturn Is Hitting Certain Industries and Regions of the State Especially Hard
    • What’s in the HEROES Act for Kentucky
    • Cities and Counties Need Federal Relief to Continue Providing Crucial Services
    • Medicaid Has Responded Quickly to COVID-19, Congress Should Boost Support
    • SNAP Participation Has Jumped Due to COVID-19 Economic Crisis, Helping Blunt the Harm
    • To Protect Kentuckians from COVID-19, State Needs to Build on Already Significant Declines in Incarceration
    • New Forecast Shows Collapse in State Tax Revenues from COVID-19
    • Nearly One in Three Kentucky Workers May Be Out of a Job
    • 228,300 Kentuckians Have Likely Lost Health Coverage Since the Beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic
    • Who Are Kentucky’s Essential Workers on the Frontlines of the COVID-19 Pandemic?
    • Kentucky’s Budget Faces Trouble Without More Federal Aid
    • What’s in the CARES Act for Kentucky
    • Despite Some Progress, There Is Still an Urgent Need for Kentucky to Do More to Address the Potential Spread of COVID-19 in Jails and Prisons
    • Kentucky Response to COVID-19: Help Families With Little-To-No Income Make Ends Meet With Emergency Cash Assistance
    • Kentucky Response to COVID-19: Help Kentucky Families Put Food on the Table
    • Kentucky Not Prepared for Next Recession
    • Policies Addressing Kentucky’s Underlying Health Challenges Could Better Prepare Us for Public Health Crises, Like COVID-19
    • SB 1 Would Harm Kentucky Kids, Economy
    • HB 424’s Reformed Felony Threshold Would Reduce Incarceration for Low-Level Theft
    • Paid Sick Leave Legislation Would Protect Health and Promote Economic Security
    • Kentucky Response to COVID-19: Inadequate Rainy Day Fund Heightens Need for Federal Aid and More State Revenue
    • Kentucky Response to COVID-19: Protect State Economy Through Improved Unemployment Insurance
    • Three Steps to Passing a Better Budget for Kentucky
    • A Move from Local Occupational Taxes to Sales Taxes Would Be a Regressive Tax Shift
    • HB 21 Would Protect Kentuckians with Preexisting Conditions If ACA Protections Lost
    • Bipartisan Interest in Tax Break Accountability
    • Report Shows Importance of Expungement to Kentuckians’ Health – House Bill 327 Would Be Step Forward
    • State Policy Decisions Hinder Kentucky’s Readiness for Coronavirus
    • House Bill 1 Still Focuses on Punitive Measures that Take Assistance Away
    • House Bill 413 Creates Greater Accountability and Transparency for Tax Expenditures
    • Tax Plan Would Fix Kentucky’s Budget Challenges by Addressing Upside Down Tax Code
    • Bill Capping Insulin Prices Would Help Many Thousands of Kentuckians With Diabetes
    • House Bill 1 Proposes Costly and Unworkable Barriers to Well-Being
    • Understanding the Quasi Pension Funding Issue
    • Bill Supports Public Safety and Protects Children From Automatically Being Tried as Adults
    • Kentucky Classrooms Cannot Afford to Have Resources Siphoned Away by Most Expensive Neo-Voucher Proposal Yet
    • Another Year of Modest Job Growth in Kentucky
    • Tax Cuts Causing the Worst Revenue Projections Since Consensus Forecasting Began
    • Child Care Assistance Is a Great Investment for Kentucky, but Remains Inadequate
    • Harsh Measure Threatens Kentucky’s Families and Finances
    • What the Finally-Released Actuarial Analysis Tells Us About So-Called Pension Reform
    • Less to Sweep from Health Fund in Next Budget
    • With Proposed Barriers to Medicaid Gone, Kentucky Should Pursue Other Ways to Support Kentuckians’ Health
    • Forecast Confirms Weak Revenue Growth for Next Budget
    • Kentucky’s Youngest Kids Are Losing Health Coverage
    • Slot Machines Multiplying Rapidly Across Kentucky While State Deeply Undertaxes Them
    • Increased Funding Is Improving Kentucky’s Pension Plans
    • Policy Choices Pushing Kentucky’s Corporate Taxes Down
    • Proposed USDA Rule Would Limit Food for Kids in Kentucky, at Home and in School
    • Momentum Growing Among States to Abandon Barriers to Medicaid Coverage
    • Half of Medicaid-Eligible Kentuckians Were Unaware of New Barriers to Health Coverage, According to Study
    • Family First Is an Opportunity to Expand “2 Generation” Approaches to Addressing the Opioid Epidemic in Kentucky
    • Kentucky’s Changing Labor Force Participation, Explained
    • Impact of Cuts to Public Higher Education in Kentucky Continues as Students Begin Classes
    • Troubling Revenue Picture Emerges Due to Recent Tax Cuts
    • Kentucky Kids Head Back to School Amid Historically Deep Funding Cuts
    • Lopsided Recovery Continues to Leave Out Eastern Part of State
    • Kentucky’s History With Association Health Plans Shows They Undermine Health Coverage Protections
    • Many of the Quasi Employees Are Middle Age and Mid-Career
    • Three Ways the New Quasi Alternative Is Better than the Governor’s Proposal
    • Year End Revenues Are Above Projections, But Concerns Remain for the Future
    • Kentucky Public Universities and Community Colleges Serving More Low-Income Students and Students of Color Receive No Performance Funds in 2020
    • Average Kentucky Worker’s Paycheck Not Yet Benefitting from Growing Economy
    • Manufacturing Job Growth Has Slowed in Kentucky Since Passage of “Right-To-Work”
    • Further Shift from the Income Tax to the Sales Tax is Bad for Kentucky
    • Change to Poverty Measure Would Mean Hardship for Many Kentuckians
    • Record-Breaking Failure to Raise the Minimum Wage Is Holding Back Kentucky
    • Systemic Barriers Continue to Hold Back Wages and Employment for Kentuckians of Color
    • Taxing Betting Uniformly Would Generate Much-Needed General Fund Revenue
    • Pension Proposal Steers Quasi-Governmental Organizations Toward Breaking Promise to Current Employees
    • Ways Forward for the Commonwealth
    • Urban Growth in Kentucky Continued in 2018
    • Kentucky’s Gains in Health Coverage Are Resilient Despite Sustained Attacks on Public Insurance
    • 2019 Session Tax Round Up – More Special Interest Tax Cuts Means Less To Invest
    • Senate Pension Bill Also Breaks Inviolable Contract
    • Pension Bill for Quasis Jeopardizes Workers and Retirees, Increases State Costs Without Way to Pay
    • Expungement Bill Is a Highlight, But Deeper Commitment to Criminal Justice Reform Missing from Session
    • Bank Tax Break Passed This Session Was Not What Proponents Claimed
    • Breaking Inviolable Contract for Quasi-Governmental Employees Would Result in Massive Loss of Benefits
    • Conference Committee Agrees to Substantial New Tax Breaks in the “Tax Clean-Up Bill” – Digging Our Revenue Hole Even Deeper
    • Pension Bill Breaks Inviolable Contract, Shifts Contributions from Underfunded Plan
    • SB 57 an Important Step to Expand Felony Expungement
    • Big Cut to Bank Taxes Is Not Cleanup
    • Private School Tax Credit Math Does Not Add Up
    • HB 3: Taking Financial Help from Kentucky’s Kids, Including Those Raised by Grandparents
    • Kentucky Must Not Join Dangerous Threat to Constitution
    • HB 3: Taking Away Benefits From Poor Kentuckians Would Be Extremely Costly to State
    • HB 3 Proposes Massive, Expensive and Ineffective Bureaucracy That Will Hurt Kentucky Families and Open State to Legal Problems
    • Tax “Clean-Up” Bill Includes More Giveaways
    • New Bills Would Slash Unemployment Insurance and Leave Kentuckians Stranded
    • Pregnancy Accommodations Would Benefit Kentucky Families and Businesses
    • Bill Provides Huge Subsidy to Investment Companies and Does Not Require Return to Communities
    • Getting Real About Base Funding for K-12 Schools
    • New Tax Break Would Subsidize Private Schools at the Expense of Kentucky Public Schools
    • Legislature Considering New Tax Subsidy for Private Schools Despite Backdrop of Public School Cuts
    • Past Underfunding of Pensions Hurts in Multiple Ways
    • Kentucky Has Much to Learn from Other States on Criminal Justice Reform
    • Government Shutdown Could Leave Nearly 600,000 Kentuckians Without Food Assistance
    • Impending Loss of Federal Toll Credits Makes Kentucky’s Transportation Funding Hole Even Deeper
    • State Should Move Forward With Recommendations to Shed Light on Tax Expenditures
    • Pension Bills Cut Benefits, Will Have Minimal Impact on System Health
    • Warning Against Kentucky’s Barriers to Medicaid From Arkansas
    • Reenacting Pension Bill Would Cause More Harm
    • Repealing Combined Reporting in Kentucky Would Re-Open a Major Tax Loophole for Big Corporations
    • Reinstated SNAP Time Limit Has Led to Thousands Without Food Assistance
    • Falling Medicaid Enrollment Further Counters the Need for Cuts
    • Public Charge Rule Changes Would Hurt Kentucky Immigrants and Their Families
    • ‘Sky is Falling’ Pension Story Not Backed by Facts
    • Growing Number of Kentucky Counties Have More Available Workers Than Jobs
    • Kentucky Is 4th Worst in the Nation for Student Loan Default
    • Medicaid Expansion Especially Important for Rural Kentuckians
    • Manageable Medicaid “Shortfall” Was Created in Budget the Governor Originally Proposed
    • Planned Public Charge Rule Changes Would Harm Kentucky Immigrants and Their Families
    • Commenters on Kentucky’s Proposed Barriers to Medicaid Coverage Are Over 20 to 1 Against Re-approval
    • Financial Challenges Continue for Many Kentucky College Students
    • State Revenues Continue to Lag as a Share of the Economy and Recent Tax Changes Will Likely Worsen This Trend
    • As Kids Head Back to School, Districts Have Even Fewer Resources Than Previous Years
    • Voters’ Overwhelming Rejection of “Right to Work” Law Reflects Its Harm to Workers
    • New Report Shows Vast Income Inequality Across Kentucky
    • Year End Revenues Below Original Projections and Concerns Going Forward
    • Ending Benefits for Medicaid is Unnecessary and Harmful
    • Performance Funding for Higher Ed Already Beginning to Disadvantage Some Schools
    • Rural Kentucky Population Continues to Shrink While Urban Counties Grow
    • Billions Set Aside for Retiree Health Contradict Crisis Story
    • Supreme Court Ruling on Internet Retailers a Positive Step for Kentucky’s Budget
    • Kentucky Tax Shift Going Into Effect
    • Medicaid Boosts Kentucky’s Economy, New Barriers to Coverage Will Hold Us Back
    • Farm Bill Would Take Food Assistance from Some Older Kentuckians
    • SNAP Works for Kentucky’s Children, Farm Bill Threatens that Success
    • Putting Kentucky’s Employment Situation in Context
    • Farm Bill Proposal Would Worsen Poverty in Kentucky
    • New Tax Law Shifts from the Wealthy to Kentuckians of Color and Economically Distressed Regions of State
    • What Happened With Criminal Justice This Session
    • Final Budget and Tax Changes Spend More, Generate Less
    • What Are Taxes For?
    • Film Industry Tax Breaks Continue to Proliferate Despite Program Suspension
    • Quality and Equity of P-12 Education Will Continue to Decline with Funding in HB 200
    • A Chance to Get a Better Budget and Tax Plan
    • What’s in the Budget Agreement for Health Care and What’s Not?
    • Budget Cuts Will Impact College Affordability, Quality and Equity in Kentucky
    • House Bill 366 Represents a Tax Shift Away from the Wealthy to Low- and Middle-Income Kentuckians
    • Last Minute Pension Bill Ends Protections for New Teachers, Cuts Benefits
    • House Bill 6 Shortchanges Kentucky by Giving Huge Subsidies to Fund Managers, Banks and Insurance Companies
    • Amendment to SB 231 Could Reduce College Affordability for Low-Income KEES Recipients
    • HB 609 Would Provide Much-Needed Revenue for Roads in Kentucky Counties, Cities
    • Republican Proposals to End Tax Breaks Could Create a Better Budget
    • House Budget Relies Heavily on Monies from Kentucky Employees’ Health Plan
    • New Short-Term Individual Insurance Plans Would Raise Premiums and Number of Uninsured Kentuckians
    • Pension Bill Doesn’t Save Money for KRS, Revised Teacher COLA Cut Changed Little
    • Four Main Ways House Criminal Justice Bill Creates Savings
    • Governor’s Proposed Additional Investment in Justice System Still Limited
    • Reinstating Time Limits for Food Assistance Will Hurt Low-Income Kentuckians and Local Economies
    • Guest Blog: HB 2 Will Take Money Out of Injured Workers’ Pockets
    • What’s In the Senate Pension Bill
    • KEES Bill Could Worsen College Affordability for Low-Income Kentuckians
    • Switching to 401ks Is a Lose-Lose
    • Gang Bill Unproven and Costly Approach
    • Kentucky Better Budget Builder
    • Bill Would Limit Unemployment Insurance Benefits and Cut Them Off Much Sooner
    • Significant Cuts Proposed for PVA Offices Will Harm Property Tax Revenues Statewide
    • Four New Ways Kentuckians Will Lose Medicaid
    • Adequate Fund Balances are Crucial for Prudent School District Management and Should Not be Relied Upon to Make Up for State Funding Cuts
    • Governor’s Budget Cuts Per-Student SEEK Funding
    • More Detail About 70 Programs Defunded in Governor’s Budget Proposal
    • Medicaid Work Requirement Is Misguided and Harmful
    • School Voucher Tax Break Proposals Further Threaten Funding for Public Education
    • Marketplace Signups Robust and Would Likely Be Stronger Without Barriers
    • New 2018 Cuts Hit Some Departments Harder Than Others
    • Massive New Federal Tax Cuts for the Wealthy Should Be a Resource for Kentucky’s Budget
    • Some Federal Lawmakers Want to Use New Tax Cuts for the Wealthy as Cause to Undermine Basic Supports for Kentucky Families
    • Passage of the Dream Act Would Benefit Kentucky
    • New Tax Expenditure Report Obscures Growing Costs
    • Year-End Results Show Progress Made on Pensions in Last Budget
    • Plan to Front-Load Pension Payments Would Create Crisis in Next Budget
    • Senate Tax Plan Harms Low- and Middle-Income Kentuckians to Pay for Giveaways to Those at the Top
    • How Federal Tax Proposals Threaten Investments in Kentucky’s Congressional Districts
    • Analysis Shows Pension Bill Adds Huge New Costs for Teachers’ Plan
    • 5 Things to Watch for in the House Federal Tax Plan
    • Congressional Plan to Cut Taxes Now and Programs Later Would Harm Kentuckians
    • Additional Contribution for Retiree Health Benefits Is an Unnecessary Wage Cut
    • Supplemental Security Income is the “Assistance of Last Resort” for Kentucky’s Most Vulnerable
    • Film Industry Tax Credits are Growing Rapidly and Pose a Significant Threat to State Revenues
    • Pension Framework Makes Harsh Benefit Cuts, Adds Costs Without New Revenue
    • Report Shows Kentucky’s Preschool and Kindergarten Programs Effective, Need Greater Investment
    • Group Provides Insight Into Growth of Kentucky’s Inmate Population
    • Social Security Disability Insurance Works for Vulnerable Kentuckians
    • Pension Legislation Should Solve Real Problems and Avoid Harmful Consequences
    • Level Dollar Approach Shifts Enormous Burden to Upcoming Budget
    • Federal Tax Cut Framework Is Designed for Millionaires
    • 5 Things Kentuckians Need to Know About Federal Budgets Being Voted on This Week
    • Kentucky Will Face Transition Costs If It Switches to 401ks
    • Medicaid Works for Kentucky
    • Kentucky Still Among the Worst for Student Loan Default
    • Decline of Private Sector Defined Benefit Plans No Model for Public Plans
    • Cassidy-Graham Bill is Latest Attempt to Unravel Kentucky’s Health Care Gains
    • Small Tax Breaks’ Costs Add Up Over Time
    • Proposed 401ks Cost More Than Kentucky’s Existing Pension Plans
    • Lack of Jobs and Wage Growth Still Hurts Kentuckians this Labor Day
    • Clawback of Cost of Living Adjustments Would Be Major Hit to Retiree Checks
    • PFM Report Uses Exaggerated Claims to Justify Harsh, Counterproductive Cuts
    • Pell Grant Cuts Would Reduce College Access and Economic Opportunity in Kentucky
    • Five Things to Keep in Mind as College Students Head Back to School
    • School Funding Challenges Remain as Students Return to Classrooms
    • Ending Cost Sharing Reduction Payments is a Lose-Lose for Kentucky
    • Too Many Community College Students Are Hungry or Homeless
    • Kentuckians Are Concerned About Proposed Changes to Medicaid
    • How Cuts to Federal Non-Defense Discretionary Funding Would Impact Kentucky
    • Four Added Concerns About Kentucky’s Fiscal Outlook
    • Continuing General Fund Erosion Is More Evidence of the Need to Clean Up Tax Code
    • Trump Tax Plan Would Be a Windfall for Only the Wealthiest Kentuckians
    • What’s at Stake in U.S. House Budget by Kentucky Congressional District
    • Critical Investments in Kentuckians at Risk in U.S. House Budget
    • Revised Senate Health Repeal Has Same Harmful Impacts
    • Year-End Revenue Results Underscore Need for Right Actions on Tax Reform
    • New Study Provides More Evidence Harsher Penalties Are Not Solution to State’s Drug Problems
    • Kentucky Has the Most to Lose from Senate Health Care Repeal Bill
    • Senate Health Care Repeal Bill a Drastic Step Backward for Kentucky’s Health
    • Medicaid Cuts Would Harm Kentucky’s Kids
    • Kentucky Public Pensions Are Not Expensive — If You Fund Them
    • Kentucky’s State Budget Unable to Compensate for Massive Cuts in Trump Budget
    • Troubling Hints About Direction for Tax Reform
    • Kansas’ Experiment Yields Valuable Lessons for Kentucky
    • Kentuckians Who Lose Coverage from Medicaid Cuts Won’t Have Other Options
    • Pension Benefits Inject $3.4 Billion into the Economies of Kentucky Counties
    • The Health Care Repeal Bill Would Double What Kentucky Must Pay for Medicaid Expansion
    • Trump Budget Makes It Harder for Low-Income Kentuckians to Climb Economic Ladder
    • What Combined Federal Cuts to Medicaid Would Mean for Kentucky
    • CBO Shows 23 Million Would Lose Coverage Under Health Care Repeal Bill
    • Food Assistance Cuts in Trump Budget Would Have a Devastating Impact on Kentucky
    • What Trump Budget Proposal Would Mean for Kentucky
    • Angel Investor Tax Credit Program is an Overly-Generous Subsidy for Wealthy Investors
    • Health Care Repeal Bill Would Squeeze In-Home Health Services for Elderly & Disabled Kentuckians
    • Report on County Jails Shows Why We Need Additional Criminal Justice Reforms
    • Any Way You Slice It, A Shift To Consumption Taxes Will Hurt Kentucky
    • Critical Poverty-Reducing Programs at Risk in Upcoming Trump Budget
    • Kentucky Has Nation’s Most Rural Medicaid Expansion Enrollees, and AHCA Would Take That Away
    • Study of Indiana’s Medicaid Program a Warning Against Kentucky’s Plans to Charge Premiums
    • Kentucky Moms Deserve Better
    • Proposed Health Care Changes Would Hurt Kentucky’s Moms
    • Job Recovery for Some Kentucky Counties, Second Recession for Others
    • Important Federal Investments in Kentucky’s Coal Communities at Risk
    • The Many Harms of the American Health Care Act for Kentucky
    • New Amendment to Healthcare Repeal Bill Threatens Kentuckians with Pre-existing Conditions
    • A County-by-County Look at Kentucky’s Dramatic Health Coverage Gains
    • 2017 Session a Step Backward for Kentucky Workers
    • What Are Taxes For?
    • Kentucky’s ACA Health Insurance Marketplace Is Not Falling Apart
    • Criminal Justice Bills Passed This Session
    • Tuition Increase Ceilings Announced
    • New Version of Drug Bill Would Have Serious Consequences for Addicts and Criminal Justice System
    • Eastern Kentucky Would Be Hardest Hit Place in Country by Job Loss from ACA Repeal, Report Says
    • A County-by-County Look at Kentucky’s Dramatic Drop in Uninsured
    • Getting Rid of Essential Health Benefits Means Less Coverage, More Costs for Kentuckians
    • What You Need to Know About the AHCA’s Harmful Effects on Kentucky
    • SNAP Works and Shows Where Economic Progress Still Needed
    • Kentuckians’ Marketplace Health Care Costs Would Rise $1,804 Under AHCA
    • House Health Repeal Would Shift $16 Billion in Costs to the Kentucky State Budget
    • Trump Budget Eliminations Would Be Major Hit to Kentucky
    • Tiny Fraction of Wealthiest Kentuckians Gain from Tax Cuts in Health Repeal
    • New Reports Highlight Kentucky’s Gains in Care and Health
    • Charter School Legislation Passes, But Questions and Concerns Remain About Funding
    • Funding and Accountability Concerns Still Apply to Senate Version of Charter Bill
    • More Federal Budget Cuts Would Especially Harm Kentucky
    • What’s at Stake in ACA Repeal by Kentucky Congressional District
    • House Health Repeal Plan Would Worsen Kentucky’s Drug Problems
    • Coverage for Kentucky Seniors Threatened by House Plan
    • House Plan Unwinds Coverage Gains and Makes Harmful Changes to Medicaid Program
    • Big Funding Concerns with Amended Charter Bill
    • Tax Credit Doesn’t Help Kentucky Schools and Kids
    • Undocumented Immigrants Contribute $37 Million Toward Investments in Kentucky Each Year
    • Layers of Concern in Funding for Charter Schools
    • Gang Bill Costly and Missing Effective Approaches to Supporting Youth
    • Worker Protections Undermined by SB 237
    • Too Many Kentuckians Remain Underemployed
    • Virtual Schools Problematic in Charter Bill
    • Funding Concerns Persist in New Charter Bill
    • The Math Behind Ed Choice Tax Credit Fails Many Tests
    • New Tax Breaks Are Not Free
    • Questions and Answers on Performance Funding for Higher Education
    • How Would the Performance Funding Proposal Impact Low-Income, Minority and Academically Underprepared Students?
    • Kentucky’s Experience with High Risk Pool Shows Dangers of ACA Repeal
    • Many Kentuckians Work in Bad Jobs
    • What’s In the Criminal Justice Reform Bill, and What’s Not
    • Harsher Criminal Penalties Not a Proven Way to Address Heroin Problem
    • Not Yet to Full Economic Recovery
    • No Need to Overinflate Pension Liabilities
    • Will More Revenue from Tax Reform Be Real and Sustaining?
    • Low Wages at Bottom Demonstrate Need for Policies that Boost Earnings
    • Kentucky Should Reject Dangerous Call to Reopen Constitution
    • Would Charter School Proposal Negatively Impact Funding of Kentucky’s Existing Public Schools?
    • Refugees, Immigrants Important to Kentucky and the Economy: An Overview of the Research
    • Targeted Refugee Groups Make Important Contributions to Kentucky’s Communities and Economy
    • Kentucky Would Have the Second Highest Rate of Job Loss With Healthcare Law Repeal
    • 130,000 Kentuckians in Individual Market Would Lose Coverage from Health Reform Repeal
    • Mix of Criminal Justice Bills So Far in 2017 General Assembly
    • A County-by-County Look at Kentuckians at Risk if Congress Rolls Back Health Coverage
    • Job Growth Claims from Right to Work Not Backed by Evidence
    • Prevailing Wage Repeal Would Worsen Job Quality, Harm Kentucky Economy
    • How Criminal Justice Reform Would Help Kentucky Kids
    • Six Protections Kentuckians Will Lose if ACA Is Repealed
    • Those at the Top Would Get More Tax Breaks, Investments Would Suffer from Shift to Consumption Taxes
    • Number of Uninsured Kentuckians Would Triple Under a Partial Health Reform Repeal
    • Kentucky Should Not Follow Kansas Down the Income Tax Cutting Road
    • Kentucky’s Repeat Offender Laws Need Reform
    • Social Security Keeps Kentuckians Out of Poverty and Boosts Local Economies
    • Key Mechanism for Growing Middle Class in Kentucky Is Still Broken
    • Kentucky’s Performance Funding Design Should Work to Prevent Unintended Consequences Reported in Neighboring States
    • Closing Tax Breaks at the Top Will Generate Needed Revenue, Not Cause Millionaire Tax Flight
    • New Urgency for State Minimum Wage Action
    • Dealing with the Risks of Public-Private Partnerships
    • SNAP Works for Kentucky’s Children
    • Comments to Washington on Proposed Medicaid Changes were 9 to 1 Against
    • Roundup on Kentucky’s Criminal Justice Reform Needs and Options
    • Promising Reform Options Being Considered by Criminal Justice Policy Assessment Council
    • Infographic: Why Kentuckians Will Benefit from New Overtime Rule
    • Department of Labor Rule Clears the Way for State Sponsored Retirement Plan for Private Sector Workers
    • New Data Shows Kentucky Has Third-Highest Student Loan Default Rate for Second Consecutive Year
    • Corrections Data Shows Positive Impact of HB 463 That Additional Criminal Justice Reforms Can Build On
    • New State Report Shows Little to No Progress on Achievement Gaps
    • Criminal Justice Reform and Racial Disparities in Kentucky
    • A County-by-County Look at Potential Enrollment Decreases from Proposed Medicaid Waiver
    • Modest Savings from Medicaid Waiver Ignore Added Costs and Mostly Don’t Come from Expansion Population
    • Budget’s Reliance on One-Time Funds Presents Challenge Next Time Around
    • New Medicaid Waiver Plan Keeps Approach from Problematic Original Proposal
    • Five Challenges Kentucky College Students Face in 2016
    • The Safety Net in Kentucky Lifts 810,000 People Out of Poverty
    • Kentucky’s Revenue Not Keeping Up with Economy
    • A Roundup of Recent Research on Kentucky’s Medicaid Expansion
    • What is Recidivism and What Can Be Done to Reduce It?
    • Kentucky’s Schools Face Funding Challenges as Kids Head Back to School
    • Report Explores Contributions of Refugees to Kentucky and the U.S.
    • Five Takeaways from Kentucky’s Year-End Revenue Results
    • Address Declining Workforce through Job Creation and Work Supports
    • Vision Benefits Critical to Health of Kentuckians
    • Things to Keep in Mind as Public Hearings on Medicaid Proposal Begin Today
    • Approach to Medicaid Should Reflect Realities Facing Low-Income Kentuckians
    • Eliminating Medicaid Dental Coverage Would Set Kentucky Back
    • Waiver Proposal Says Cost Savings Come from Covering Fewer People
    • What’s In the Governor’s Proposed Medicaid Changes
    • Rising Kentucky Prison Population Should Make Penal Code Reform a 2017 Priority
    • New Report Shows Cause for Concern Over High Income Inequality in Kentucky
    • How Income Inequality Looks Across Kentucky Counties
    • Infographic: Ky. Higher Ed Cuts Among Worst in the Country
    • Federal Payday Lending Rule a Win for Kentuckians
    • Understanding Pension Contributions in the Final Budget
    • Report Points Out Successes with Kentucky’s Preschool Program and Progress to be Made
    • Five Reasons Cutting Higher Education Hurts Low-Income and Minority Kentuckians
    • Rural Kentucky Population Continues Decline While Urban and Suburban Areas Grow
    • What Are Medicaid Waivers?
    • A Fourth of Kentucky’s Salaried Workforce Will Benefit Under Increase to Overtime Threshold
    • Kentucky’s Lopsided Recovery Continues
    • Governor Vetoes Need-Based Scholarships for Thousands of Students
    • Kentucky’s Class of 2016 Faces Lingering Slack in Labor Market
    • Child Care Assistance and Preschool Improved in Budget Agreement
    • New Early Childhood Education Report Highlights Benefits of Investment
    • General Assembly’s Budget Includes Critical Scholarship Investments
    • What Are Taxes For?
    • Indiana Medicaid Waiver Model Should Not Be Replicated in Kentucky Without Evaluation
    • What the Cuts Would Mean: A Look at How Kentucky Is Hurt By Proposed Disinvestments
    • Questions and Concerns About the Senate’s Performance-Based Funding Proposal
    • Uninsured Costs at U of L Hospital Have Dropped Dramatically Because of Medicaid Expansion and Kynect, But Could Go Up with Changes
    • House Should Vote to Keep Kynect and Protect Medicaid Expansion from Harmful Changes
    • House Budget Does Not Restore Many Crucial Services for Vulnerable Kentuckians
    • Why the House Budget Approach Is Better than a Big Set Aside of Idle Funds
    • House Budget Would Make College More Affordable for Kentuckians
    • House Minority Budget Doesn’t Put More Money into Education
    • It’s Kentucky’s Lack of Coverage and Poor Health that Are Unsustainable, Not Medicaid
    • Budget Should Move Forward on Early Childhood, Not Back
    • With Medicaid Expansion, Kentucky Healthcare Job Growth Picked Up in 2015
    • Criminal Justice Reform Bill Would Save State Money and Reduce Recidivism
    • Kentucky Weak in Some Aspects of Poverty and Opportunity, Strong in Others
    • Cuts to Adult Education Would Decrease Access to GED Credential
    • Three Steps to a Better Budget this Session
    • Coal County Services Harmed by Severance Tax Collapse at Time of Transition
    • Cuts to Property Valuation Administrators Counterproductive
    • Undocumented Immigrants in Kentucky Pay $37 million in State and Local Taxes, Would Increase with Legal Status
    • Fact Sheet: Need-Based Financial Aid Dollars Being Diverted to General Fund
    • Unanswered Questions about the Cost and Feasibility of Shutting Down Kynect
    • Cuts to Community Colleges Mean Disinvestment in Kentucky’s Primary Workforce Development Source
    • Infographic: Kentucky Higher Education Cuts Among Worst in Country
    • Tuition Freeze Is Not Proper Answer to College Affordability Problem Given Large, Continuous Budget Cuts
    • What Would Budget Cuts to the Attorney General and Board of Elections Mean?
    • Governor’s Budget Proposal Would Worsen College Affordability
    • Infographic: Budget Cuts Have Costs and Consequences
    • Research Shows Disconnect Between States’ Job Creation Policies and Real World Job Growth
    • What’s Not Exempt from Cuts in the Governor’s Budget
    • Diversion of Lottery Funds Undermines College Affordability
    • A County-by-County Look at the Medicaid Expansion
    • Eastern Kentucky, Veterans Affairs Workers Benefiting From Raised Minimum Wage for State Workers
    • Raising Minimum Wage Would Reduce Spending on Medicaid
    • Shutting Down Kynect Would Take Money From Other Important Priorities
    • Who Stands to Benefit from Lexington’s New Minimum Wage
    • 8 Reasons Kentucky Shouldn’t DisKynect
    • Close Look at Employment Numbers Shows Need for More Jobs
    • Child Care Workers’ Pay Is Not Enough
    • New Report Shows Kentucky Child Care Assistance Continues to Fall Short
    • Even Big Cuts to New Teachers’ Pensions Would Do Little to Address System’s Funding Challenge
    • Report Shows Quality Childcare is Out of Reach for Kentucky Families
    • New Data Shows Kentuckians with Third-Highest Student Loan Default Rate Among States
    • Eastern Kentucky the Big Winner in Insurance Gains, but Rise in Poverty Shows Work to Be Done
    • The Low-Income Kentucky Workers Who Would be Harmed by a Federal Tax Credit Cut
    • Indiana Approach to Medicaid Expansion Limits Access to Needed Care
    • Pension Needs Far Exceed Likely Revenue Growth in 2017
    • Don’t Trust the Unemployment Rate: Coal Counties Edition
    • Restricted Access to Unemployment Benefits Played Role in Paying Back Loan
    • Job Growth since Recession Continues, but Quality is Mixed
    • Despite Good Growth in 2015, Erosion Still Hurting Revenue
    • 10 Reasons to Celebrate Medicaid’s 50th Birthday
    • Road Fund Helped by 2015 Fix but Still Feeling Funding Challenges
    • Year-End Revenues Highlight Importance of Individual Income Tax
    • Yes, the Minimum Wage Helps Fight Poverty
    • Busting a Right-to-Work Myth: Why Unions Need to Cover ‘Free Riders’ in RTW States
    • Visual: Who Benefits from Lexington Raising the Minimum Wage?
    • The Safety Net Is Effective at Fighting Poverty in Kentucky, Should Be Protected
    • Working Family Tax Credits Support Kentucky Moms and Kids
    • Visual: Medicaid Expansion Helps, Not Hurts, State Budget
    • Kentucky’s Lopsided Recovery
    • April 15 Isn’t Popular, But Taxes Still Important
    • Kentucky a Loser in Proposed Tax Giveaway to Wealthiest
    • County, Rural Roads Will Lose Millions Without Gas Tax Freeze
    • Inaction on Gas Tax Will Drop Rate to Historically Low Levels
    • Local Economies Harmed If Lawmakers Fail to Safeguard Road Fund
    • Minority Working Families in Kentucky Far Behind Economically
    • How Sentencing and Costs Compare in Heroin Bills
    • Corporations Shouldn’t Get Pass on Local Option Sales Tax
    • New Gallup Poll Shows Kentucky Now a Leading State in Insurance Coverage
    • Bill Would Provide Greater Retirement Security for Workers at Kentucky Small Businesses
    • Misclassification Harms State Budget as Well as Workers
    • Kentucky Must Reject Deeply Dangerous Call for Constitutional Convention
    • Map Shows How HB 374’s State EITC Would Help Working Families and Communities Across Kentucky
    • Independent Study Says Medicaid Expansion a Good Deal for Kentucky’s Economy
    • Expanding Kentucky’s Film Tax Credits Not a Strategy that Will Pay Off
    • Missing Workers Problem Dampens Drop in Unemployment Rate
    • Aspects of Heroin Bills Would Increase State Costs But Have Little Expected Impact on Crime
    • Top 1 Percent of Kentuckians Continue to Capture Bulk of Income Gains in Recovery
    • Manufacturing is Still Crucial to Kentucky’s Economy, Workers
    • President’s Community College Proposal Could Help Make Higher Education Accessible for More Kentuckians
    • Kentucky’s Upside Down Tax System Asks the Least of Those at the Top
    • Kentucky Workers Left Behind as Majority of States Lift the Wage Floor
    • More Support for Family Caregivers Good for Seniors and State
    • Who Stands to Benefit from Louisville’s New Minimum Wage
    • New Report Argues for Funding Proven Strategies to Enhance K-12 Student Achievement
    • Trade Deficit with China Has Cost 41,100 Kentucky Jobs, Many in Manufacturing
    • Gas Tax Formula Needs Change to Protect Investments in Infrastructure
    • Despite Exemptions, Kentucky’s Sales Tax is Still Regressive
    • Some Manufacturing Jobs Growing in Kentucky, but Not at Wages of Before
    • Refinancing KTRS Debt a Sensible Step Toward Addressing Budget Challenge
    • Kentuckians Will Benefit Under the President’s Immigration Action
    • Is Another Budget Shortfall in the Works?
    • As Costs Rise, Disadvantaged Students Falling Behind in Higher Education in Kentucky
    • What’s So Dangerous About Cutting Income Tax Rates
    • Kentucky Workers’ Productivity Is Growing But Wages Are Not
    • What the Research Says About Minimum Wage Increases
    • Energy Future Contains Risks But Also Opportunities for Kentucky
    • Student Loan Default Rates Drop Nationally but Not in Kentucky
    • Don’t Pop the Champagne on a Job Recovery Just Yet
    • S&P Report Says Growing Inequality Harming State Budgets, Especially in States More Dependent on Sales Taxes
    • New Census Data Does Not Reflect Health Insurance Gains Made in 2014, But Shows How Much Kentuckians Needed Coverage
    • Two Pillars of Making Work Pay: Minimum Wage Increase and a State Earned Income Tax Credit
    • Congressional Vote on Internet Tax Loopholes Could Help or Harm Kentucky’s Budget
    • Increasing Accountability of For-Profit Colleges
    • New Health Cooperative Leading Way in Providing Exchange Coverage
    • New Year-End Data Show Kentucky’s General Fund Continuing to Erode
    • Revenue Growth Will Need to Pick Up to Hit 2015 Forecast
    • Five Factors Behind Shrinking Revenue Growth in the Recovery
    • Kentucky Should Get Involved In Debate About New College Affordability Strategies
    • Evidence of Benefits of Medicaid Expansion Starting to Come In
    • Lopsided Recovery Reflected in Which Revenue Sources Have Grown
    • Details of Revenue Shortfall Should Not Be Misinterpreted to Support Bad Tax Ideas
    • What’s Behind the State’s Revenue Shortfall?
    • Why Kentucky Is Especially Vulnerable in Revenue Shortfall
    • Lessening Burden of Student Loans One Step of Many Toward Greater College Affordability
    • There’s Precedent for the Transition Assistance Eastern Kentucky Needs
    • The Real Threat to Kentucky Manufacturing Jobs
    • Growing Tuition Tax Credit Denies Students in Poverty Even As Need-Based College Aid is Underfunded
    • State EITC Would Make a Regressive Tax System Fairer
    • Cutting State Income Taxes No Way to Attract New Residents
    • What Are Taxes For?
    • Tax Break Bill a Setback for Revenue System
    • New Budget Will Worsen Kentucky’s College Affordability Problem
    • Pre-School Expansion a Notable Part of Budget Agreement
    • Senate Budget Accepts Affordable Care Act Funds and Draws on Law’s Benefits
    • Infographic: Make Work Pay for Kentucky Families with a State EITC and Minimum Wage Increase
    • How the Senate Budget Differs from the House
    • Severance Tax Dollars Need Stronger Overall Strategy
    • While Kentucky’s Budget Faces More Cuts, Profitable Fortune 500 Companies Avoid Paying State Corporate Income Taxes
    • What Revenue Changes Are Moving in the General Assembly
    • Privatization Brings Concerns about Accountability, Quality and Cost
    • Infographic: A State Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for Kentucky
    • Interactive Map: How a State Earned Income Tax Credit Would Benefit Each Kentucky County
    • Expanded Federal Earned Income Tax Credit Would Be Big Benefit to Kentucky Workers
    • Budget Cuts Threaten Kentucky’s Ability to Sustain and Grow Progress in Adult Education
    • Fund Transfers Can Harm Needed Programs and Result in Higher Costs
    • Diverting Lottery Revenues Makes College Less Affordable For Those Who Need It Most
    • Top 1 Percent of Kentuckians Captured Nearly Half of State Income Growth over Last Few Decades
    • How Governor’s Tax Plan Differs from Tax Commission’s Recommendations
    • State EITC Would Help Working Kentuckians Afford Necessities
    • Increase in Tipped Minimum Wage Is Long Overdue
    • Statement on Governor Beshear’s State of the Commonwealth Address
    • Official Revenue Estimate for Next Budget Slightly Worse than Weak October Forecast
    • New Report Shows Continued Higher Education Gaps for Disadvantaged Students Alongside Funding Cuts
    • Cut-off in Unemployment Benefits Would Hurt Thousands of Kentuckians and the Economy
    • Preliminary Forecast Predicts Weakest Revenue Growth Since Recovery Began
    • Sequestration Cutting Housing Assistance for Thousands of Low-Income Kentuckians
    • 875,000 Kentuckians to See a Cut in Food Assistance Beginning Today
    • Budget Cuts Further Widen Education Funding Gaps
    • Kentucky Among States with Biggest Coverage Assistance from Health Reform
    • Kentucky Fast Food Workers Struggle with Low Wages While Industry Does Well
    • Revenue Forecast for Next Budget Remains Weak
    • Kentucky Scores Poorly in Report on Women’s Well-Being
    • Health Reform Is Increasing Coverage in Kentucky with More Gains Soon to Come
    • Census: Number of Poor Kentuckians Remains High, Incomes Stagnant
    • Kentucky Among States that Have Substantially Cut Funding for Schools
    • Kentucky’s Income Tax Critical to Preventing Deeper Budget Cuts
    • New Data: One in Six Households in Kentucky Struggle Against Hunger
    • Investing in Education Will Build a Stronger State Economy
    • Revenue Forecast Shows Continued Deterioration of State Tax System
    • Kentucky’s Joblessness a Big Reason to Protect SNAP
    • Graphic: New Revenue Wouldn’t Even Cover Basic Costs
    • Another Bad Year for Kentucky Workers’ Wages
    • Small Budget Surplus Provides Little Reason to Celebrate
    • 875,000 Kentuckians Will See Cuts to Food Assistance This Fall
    • Kentucky Program Led the Way in Helping Low-Income Adults Get Higher Education, but Barriers Growing
    • Budget Cuts Stack Up: Kentucky Faces the Eighth Largest Decrease in Federal Grants Among States
    • Kentuckians Face Challenges in Accessing the GED in 2014
    • Kentucky’s 2013 Revenue Growth Lower than Many Other States
    • Underfunding Also Led to Shortfall in Local Government Pensions
    • A Tax Shift Is Not Tax Reform
    • Proposed Cuts to Medicare and Social Security Would Drive More Seniors into Financial Hardship
    • Need for Health Care Workers Is an Economic Opportunity
    • Implementing Health Reform Will Promote Entrepreneurship in Kentucky
    • Pathway to Citizenship for Immigrants Would Be Good for Kentucky’s Economy
    • Medicaid Expansion Can Help Address Kentucky’s Substance Abuse Problem
    • Medicaid Expansion Will Help Kentuckians Get the Care They Need and Increase Financial Security
    • Bill to Collect Internet Sales Tax Would Help Kentucky’s Budget and Level Playing Field for Local Businesses
    • Federal Limit on Tax Expenditures Would Generate Needed Revenue and Make Taxes Fairer
    • Expanding Medicaid in Kentucky Could Improve the Health of Women and Babies
    • Interactive Map: Expanding Medicaid Would Increase Health Coverage In Every Kentucky County
    • What Are Taxes For?
    • Without More Revenue, Paying Pension Liabilities Will Continue to Be Challenge
    • Child Care Cuts Part of Broader Underinvestment in Early Learning
    • State’s Mental Health System Has Experienced Severe Funding Shortfalls
    • Higher Minimum Wage Is Good for Kentucky Workers and the State’s Economy
    • Expanding Medicaid is a Good Move for Kentucky
    • Ryan Budget Would Mean Substantial Funding Cuts in Kentucky
    • Kentucky Remains Long Way from Employment Recovery
    • Revenue Recovery from Great Recession is Slow
    • Not Paying Pension Bills Adds Up
    • Retirement System’s Investment Return Assumption is Reasonable
    • New Projections Say Senate Pension Bill Is $206 Million More Expensive than House Plan
    • Lottery Funds Not Adequately Supporting State Financial Aid Programs
    • Gambling Revenues Are No Substitute for Tax Reform
    • Income Tax Cuts No Way to Grow Small Businesses
    • Bill Would Be a Step Toward Greater Accountability for Tax Breaks
    • Administration Describes Bleak Outlook for Next Budget without More Revenue
    • State Can’t Pay Pension Debt from Natural Revenue Growth without Harming Services
    • The State of Working Kentucky 2012: Jobs by Industry
    • The State of Working Kentucky 2012: Race
    • The State of Working Kentucky 2012: Education
    • The State of Working Kentucky 2012: Wages
    • Penny Increase in Sales Tax Would Worsen Tax Fairness and Fail to Fix Long-Term Revenue Problem
    • The State of Working Kentucky 2012: Youth
    • Tax Commission Recommendations Raise Needed Revenue but Include Big Corporate Tax Cut
    • Kentucky Job Growth Remains Slow and Jobs Deficit Substantial
    • The State of Working Kentucky: Gender
    • The State of Working Kentucky 2012: Employment
    • Pension Recommendations Emphasize Employee Sacrifice While Addressing Only Portion of Liability
    • Kentucky Falls Short in Closing Higher Education Gaps
    • Arguments to Cut Income Tax Miss Context and Ignore Tax’s Benefits
    • What Would Kentucky Gain from More Business Tax Cuts?
    • The Bigger Picture on Who Pays Taxes
    • Taxing Groceries Not a Good Strategy for Kentucky
    • Transitioning Adults to Postsecondary Education Crucial to Meeting Goals
    • Pension Issue is Primarily a Revenue Challenge
    • Higher Education Helped in the Recession, but Doesn’t Guarantee a Good Job in Recovery
    • State Cuts to Education Continue to Deepen
    • Increase in Federal Minimum Wage Would Provide Much-Needed Boost to Kentucky Families
    • Agenda to Reduce Taxes and Workers’ Rights No Path to Prosperity
    • Kentucky Job Growth Continues To Be Too Slow
    • Report’s Findings Suggest Kentucky’s Business Tax Incentives Not Very Cost-Effective Way to Create Jobs
    • Report Estimates Medicaid Expansion Could Actually Save Kentucky Money
    • Medicaid Expansion is a Very Good Deal for Kentucky
    • Supreme Court Ruling Allows Kentucky to Move Forward on Addressing Health Challenges
    • Immigrant Entrepreneurs Help Grow Kentucky Economy
    • Budget Cuts Lead to Job Losses
    • The Problem of Low Wages in Kentucky
    • Senior Tax Breaks Don’t Attract Migrants
    • Spring Job Growth in Kentucky Slows, Big Gap Remains
    • Kentucky’s Adult Education Challenge
    • Growth of Economic Development Incentives Comes with Little Accountability
    • What Are Taxes For?
    • Decline of TANF Caseloads Not the Result of Decreasing Poverty
    • Budget Agreement Affirms Deep Cuts to Core Investments
    • Report Highlights Kentucky’s Need for More Progressive Income Tax
    • The Benefits of Expanded Pre-School
    • Legislation Requiring Government-Issued ID Could Deny Public Benefits to Eligible Recipients
    • Blue Ribbon Commission on Tax Reform Launches Website
    • A Decade of Erosion in Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance in Kentucky
    • Tax Expenditures Big Cause of Budget Problems, but Some Legislators Want More
    • Faster Job Growth is Encouraging, but Kentucky Still Has Long Way to Go
    • Budget Would Further Reduce College Affordability
    • Inadequate Tax System Has Big Role in Austere Budget
    • State Releases More Pessimistic Revenue Forecast
    • Op-Ed: Kentucky Must Invest, Reform Tax Code to Progress
    • Category: COVID-19
      • Kentucky Has Much to Lose if Supreme Court Strikes Down the Affordable Care Act
      • Black Kentucky Workers Have Been Disproportionately Laid Off During the COVID-19 Downturn
    • Category: Criminal Justice
    • Category: Economic Security
      • How the Medicaid Expansion Can Save Money in the State Budget
    • Category: Education
      • Study Calls for New Approach to State Financial Aid
      • Budget Makes Education Goals Harder to Achieve with Cuts to Per-Student Funding
    • Category: Federal Tax and Budget
    • Category: Health Care
    • Category: Jobs and the Economy
    • Category: State Tax and Budget
      • Retirement Income Growing Much Faster than Wages, Spelling Trouble for State Revenues
      • Where Dollars Moved in the House Version of the State Budget
      • Pension Revenue Bill Provides Modest Resources to Address Budget Challenges
      • Debt Limit Could Increase Costs for Kentucky
    • Category: Tax and Budget
    • Category: Workforce and Economic Development
  • Category: Budget and Tax In-Focus
    • What Does Kentucky Value? A Preview of the 2020-2022 Budget of the Commonwealth
    • Critical Investments for a Healthier Kentucky
    • Time for Sensible Approach to Paying Pensions
    • Governor’s Budget Cuts Education, Eliminates Some Programs
    • Commonwealth At Risk: A Preview of the 2018-2020 Kentucky State Budget
    • The Funding Gap Between Kentucky’s Poor and Wealthy School Districts Continues to Grow
    • Revenue Options to Meet Obligations and Protect Investments
    • Pensions Need Responsible Funding Plan, Not Exaggerated Claims
    • Switch to 401k-Type Plan for Kentucky Public Employees Will Cause More Harm
    • How At-Risk Federal Discretionary Funds Are Important to Kentucky
    • What Good Tax Reform Looks Like
    • The Impact of the 2017 General Assembly on the Kentucky State Budget
    • Taxing Groceries in Kentucky Would Hurt Low-Income Families, Weaken Revenue Growth
    • Inheritance Tax Repeal Is Giveaway to the Top Kentucky Can’t Afford
    • The Path to a Stronger Commonwealth: Prioritizing Investments in Our Communities Over Tax Breaks for the Powerful
    • Budget Agreement Affirms Deep Cuts, Higher Pension Contributions
    • Senate Budget Maintains Governor’s Deep Budget Cuts, Increases Pension Contributions by Reducing Governor’s Set-Aside Funds
    • House Budget Uses Set-Aside Money to Reduce Cuts and Fully Fund Teachers’ Pensions
    • Revenue Options that Strengthen the Commonwealth
    • Investing in Kentucky’s Future: A Preview of the 2016-2018 Kentucky State Budget
    • Reinstating Kentucky’s Tax on Extreme Wealth a Part of Making State Taxes Fair and Adequate
  • Category: COVID-19 In-Focus
    • Kentucky’s Senators Must Agree to Adequate Federal Aid for the State to Survive Recession
  • Category: Criminal Justice In-Focus
  • Category: Economic Security In-Focus
    • “New Americans in Kentucky” Are Diverse and Contribute Substantially to State’s Economy
  • Category: Education In-Focus
  • Category: Employment Opportunities
    • State Policy Fellow
  • Category: Health Care In-Focus
  • Category: Home Feature 1
    • Revenue Options That Strengthen the Commonwealth
    • Governor’s Budget Makes Modest Increases to Education Funding and Selected Other Areas, Raises Small Amount of New Revenue
    • Don’t Miss Important Conversations at KCEP’s 2019 Policy Conference
    • House Budget Raises Revenue, Prevents Some Education Cuts
    • Governor Presents Austere Budget that Cuts Public Investments Further and Dedicates More for Pension Liabilities
    • Promoting Long-Term Investment in Appalachian Kentucky: A Permanent Coal Severance Tax Fund
  • Category: Home Feature 2
    • Our Commonwealth: A Primer on the Kentucky State Budget
    • Kentucky’s Economic Performance Falls Short of Claims Based on Corporate Announcements
    • The State of Working Kentucky 2018
    • Shifting to a Tennessee-Like Tax System Would Harm Kentucky
    • Senate Budget Shifts Money Between Retirement Systems, Contains No New Revenue So Deeply Cuts Services
  • Category: Home Feature 3
    • House Budget Makes Adjustments Including to Employee Raises, Social Workers and Rainy Day Fund and Contains No New Revenue
    • A Better Way to Understand Kentucky’s Pension Health
    • What the Research Says about “Right-to-Work” Laws, Employment and Wages
  • Category: Jobs and the Economy In-Focus
  • Category: Press
    • New Census Data Show Economic Progress Stalling Out for Low- to Middle-Income Kentuckians
    • New Report: An Economic Agenda for a Thriving Commonwealth
    • Kentucky 1115 Medicaid Waiver Statement
    • Tax Plan an Enormous Giveaway to the Wealthy that Will Harm Kentucky Families
    • Young Undocumented Immigrants in Kentucky Contributing More than $9 million in State and Local Taxes
    • Statement on Supreme Court Ruling on Louisville Minimum Wage Ordinance
    • Statement on House Passage of Kynect and Medicaid Expansion Bills (HB 5 and 6)
    • Statement on Gov. Bevin’s Decision to Reverse Minimum Wage Executive Order
    • Statement on Louisville Minimum Wage Ruling
    • Statement on Governor Beshear’s Action Raising the Minimum Wage for State Employees
    • What the Research Says about “Right to Work” Laws
    • KCEP Hires Colston as Communications Director
    • Category: Budget and Tax Press
      • The Economic State of the State
      • Letter to Governor Beshear: Priorities for Use of Remaining Coronavirus Relief Fund Monies
      • Congress Can’t Go Home Without Passing a Strong Aid Package
      • New Census Data on Poverty, Income, Housing Insecurity and Food Scarcity Reveal Many Kentuckians on the Brink in the Pandemic
      • Statement on Failed Senate “Skinny” Aid Proposal
      • Inequality Between Rich and Poor Kentucky School Districts Grows Again Even as Districts Face New COVID Costs and Looming Revenue Losses
      • Challenges Arise in Face of No New Stimulus Funds
      • ‘Mitch Better Have My Money’: Kentuckians Gather Outside McConnell’s Office to Protest Alleged Blocking of Stimulus
      • Reckoning in Coal Country: How Lax Fiscal Policy Has Left States Flat-Footed as Mining Declines
      • Report: Kentucky Ranked 9th in the Nation for Public Sector Job Losses
      • Statement on U.S. Senate COVID Aid Proposal
      • A Ringing Question Amid KY Unemployment Meltdown: ‘What Are We Going to Do as a State?’
      • COVID-19 Leads 800,000 Kentuckians to File for Unemployment Insurance
      • McConnell Strangles the States: So Much for a Quick Recovery and Trump’s Reelection
      • Economists Grapple With Pandemic’s Effects as Ohio Valley Officials Brace for a Fiscal Blow
      • Facing the COVID Recession, Beshear Must Cut $618 Million in State Spending by June 30
      • Kentucky Tonight: Debating Steps to Restart Kentucky’s Economy
      • Will College Students Return This Fall? Universities Map out Return Plans, With Plenty of Caveats
      • ‘Otherworldly.’ Kentucky Faces Shortfall of up to $500 Million Unless Congress Helps
      • Coronavirus Could Create Nearly $500M Crater in This Year’s State Budget
      • Kentucky Is Burning Through Its Unemployment Funds. What Happens If They Run Out?
      • Commentary: Ky. Needs More Federal Aid to Address Severe Health, Economic Harms of COVID-19
      • No New Cases; State Freezes Pensions for Quasi-Government Agencies
      • Unimaginable Magnitude
      • General Assembly Approves State Budget, Cuts Library Funding and Scales Back on Spending
      • Cash-Strapped Kentucky Braces for the Unknown During Coronavirus
      • Dr. Sarah Moyer, Louisville’s Health Chief, is Leading City’s Battle Against Coronavirus
      • State Budget Bill With Teacher Raises, Pension Funding Advances to Kentucky House
      • Ky. House Unveils Budget Proposal That Cuts Some Beshear Plans
      • What Does Kentucky Value?
      • Kentucky Tonight: Debating State Budget Priorities
      • Eastern Standard: Kentucky’s Next State Budget
      • SB 1 Will Worsen Racial Disparities in Kentucky
      • Beshear Says He’ll Save the Fund That Saves Kentucky Natural Lands
      • Pension Bill Has Winners and Losers Among Health Departments
      • Organizations and Lawmakers React to Beshear’s Budget Proposal
      • Where Will He Get the Money? Five Things to Look for in Andy Beshear’s First Budget.
      • Don’t Be Fooled. Tax Credits for Private School Are About Dismantling Public Education.
      • KY Center for Economic Policy Previews 2020-2022 Budget of the Commonwealth Address
      • Immigration Bill Demands KY Public Agencies Cooperate with ICE
      • Improvements Under School Safety Act Will Cost Millions
      • Kentucky Center for Economic Policy Offers State Budget Preview
      • Kentucky General Assembly Kicks Off Its 2020 Session Tuesday. Here’s What to Expect
      • Comprehensive State Budget Preview Report: Recent Tax Cuts Drive Another Budget Where Investments Face Squeeze
      • Efforts in Kentucky to Eliminate Income Tax Likely Stalled by Election of Beshear
      • Prime Anchor: An Amazon Warehouse Town Dreams of a Better Life
      • With Little New Revenue, Kentucky Faces Another Tight Budget
      • County Looks at Insurance Tax
      • Kentucky Tonight: Gubernatorial Transition
      • Will the 2020 Budget Session Be Like Watching Groundhog Day?
      • Beshear Promised Teacher Pay Raises. Without New Revenue, He Already Faces a Deficit.
      • Bevin Administration Says Kentucky Faces $1.1 Billion Budget Shortfall Over Next Two Years
      • ‘We’re Down to the Bone’: Kentucky’s Higher Ed Agency Calls for More State Spending
      • Who Pays for Kentucky Public Schools? More and More, It’s Local Taxpayers
      • Support Health in Kentucky With a Stronger State Budget
      • Kentucky to Spend Millions on It Upgrades to Medicaid
      • Rand Paul Tells ‘The View’ That People Who Earn $50K Don’t Pay Income Taxes
      • Bevin’s Medicaid Work Requirement Would Cost Kentucky Hundreds of Millions, Feds Say
      • Casinos or Taxes? Can Andy Beshear or Matt Bevin Deliver on Budget Promises?
      • Could Kentucky See Sports Betting in the Near Future? The Odds Are Improving
      • Will Kentucky Keep Choosing Special Interests Over Our Commonwealth?
      • Kentucky Lawmakers Kick Off Pension Special Session
      • Making Connections: State Policies Harm Kentuckians
      • Why Is the Legislature Meeting in the Middle of Summer? and Other Special Session Questions
      • Sunday Edition: Is Kentucky Being ‘Shortchanged’ on Its ‘Slots’
      • New Report Explores Connections Between Kentucky’s Poor Health and Inadequate Budget Investment
      • Kentucky Retirement Systems Asked to Reconsider Math That Made Pension Costs Skyrocket
      • ‘SOTC’: Panel Discusses Paths Forward Out of Kentucky’s Pension Crisis
      • As Matt Bevin Scrambles for Votes to Pass Pension Bill, Jeff Hoover Works Against It
      • Report: Instant Racing Could Generate Millions in Tax Dollars for Kentucky Economy
      • Report: Kentucky Could Make Millions By Taxing Betting Higher
      • In Focus: Kentucky Center for Economic Policy on Pension Concerns in the Commonwealth
      • Bevin’s Latest Pension Proposal Faces Criticism for High Costs to the State
      • Bevin’s Pension Relief Bill Quickly Greeted With Criticism After Lawmaker Briefings
      • As Special Session Looms, Groups Wonder What Pension Bill Impact Might Be
      • Kentucky Tonight: Public Employee Pensions
      • As Betsy Devos Comes to KY to Tout “School Choice,” Others Say It Isn’t a Good Choice
      • On Tax Day, Let’s Celebrate What We Build Together With Taxes
      • Sine Die: Lawmakers, Advocates Reflect on Session
      • Lawmakers Just Passed Pension Relief…or a ‘Path to Insolvency.’ It Depends on Whom You Ask
      • General Assembly Passes Pension Relief Bill, But Will Bevin Sign It
      • State Bank Tax Cut Would Enrich Out-Of-State, National Banks
      • ‘Pension Relief’ Bill Still Pending on Legislature’s Final Day, With Much at Stake
      • Pension Changes Back on Deck as Legislative Session Winds Down
      • Gov. Bevin Signs Tax Cut Bill That Will Reduce State Revenue by $106 Million a Year
      • How Kentucky Lawmakers Can Still Provide Pension Relief Before the Session Ends
      • Watch Out for Attack on Pensions on Session’s Final Day
      • Bevin: Lawmakers Need ‘the Intestinal Fortitude’ to Pass Pension Reform
      • Pension Relief Bill for Universities Still Has Life
      • Troubling Cost, Content and Process of 2019 Tax Bill
      • Tax Reform ‘Cleanup’ Bill Scales Back Bank Taxes
      • ‘No Good Options’: Kentucky Lawmakers’ Vote Hurts Pensions
      • Kentucky Could Lose $105 Million If Lawmakers Cut Taxes on Banks and Others
      • ‘Best of the Worst Options.’ Pension Relief Bill for Universities, State Agencies Progresses
      • How Will Private School Tax Credit Affect Kentucky Schools? Florida’s Program Is Spiraling
      • Sponsor Says Controversial Scholarship Tax Credit Bill Is Unlikely to Pass This Year
      • Pension Costs Could Shut Down Dozens of Kentucky Health Departments
      • As HB 205 Debate Rage, Here Are Facts on Kentucky Public School Funding
      • Kentucky Could Spend Millions More on Job ‘Incentives” Under Bipartisan Bill
      • Kentucky Superintendents to Lawmakers: Don’t Pass Scholarship Tax Credits
      • Cuts to K-12 Funding in Kentucky Among Worst in the Nation
      • Statement: HB 292 Creates Greater Accountability and Transparency for Tax Expenditures
      • Bill Gives Away $75M to Bring Jobs to Rural Kentucky. Critics call it ‘Horrible Deal.’
      • Tax Break Debate Over Film Industry
      • Statement: HB 387 Undermines Business Tax Break Transparency and Accountability
      • House Panel Approved Surprise Request by Bevin to Borrow $150 Million for State Parks
      • Don’t Hurt Public Education by Diverting Money to Private Schools
      • Yes to More Sunlight on Lobbying, No to Private School Tax Credits
      • Group Rallies in Support of School Choice Tax Credits
      • Yes to More Sunlight on Lobbying, No to Private School Tax Credits
      • Libertarian Group Joins Pension Reform Session, and Some Aren’t Happy
      • Kentucky Tonight: 2019 General Assembly
      • Kentucky Parents Pay Taxes on Diapers. The Legislature Could End That.
      • Rep. Attica Scott Wants to End Kentucky’s Tampon Tax
      • From the Reporter’s Desk: Pensions and What I Want to See This Session
      • Nonprofit Study Shows Kentucky’s Corporate Tax Breaks are Largely Ineffective
      • 3 Questions About Pension Reform Before the Kentucky Legislature Starts
      • GOP Lawmakers Consider Passing Old Pension Bill Again, Despite Bevin’s Wishes
      • Why Call a Special Session?
      • Kentucky Pension Overhaul Has Failed Twice. Republicans Should Try a New Approach
      • First a ‘Sewer’ Bill, Now a Christmas Crisis.
      • Kentucky Governor Calls Special Session to Go After Teacher Pensions Again
      • GOP Lawmakers May Drop Bevin’s Pension Bills in Favor of Version Tossed by High Court
      • Statement on Pension Special Session
      • The Supreme Court Struck Down Kentucky’s Pension Overhaul. Now What?
      • As Pension Costs Rise, Agencies Cut Jobs – Which Hurts Pension Funding
      • As Democrats Take House, Louisville’s John Yarmuth May Rise to Power
      • Paul Ryan Talks Taxes on the Campaign Trail for Andy Barr in Kentucky
      • Kentucky Pension Crisis: A Closer Look at What ‘Frontline’ Found
      • New Report Shows Kentucky’s Tax System Worsens Income Inequality
      • Tax Study Explores ‘Who Pays’ in Kentucky
      • New Report: Wealthiest Kentuckians Pay the Lowest Tax Rate and the Problem Is Worsening
      • Pursuing Policy Change in Kentucky
      • Policy Steps To Improve the Kentucky Economy
      • Americans for Prosperity Already Gearing Up Against Gas Tax Hike
      • Promises, Promises: Still No Pay for Grandparents Raising Abused Kids
      • Non-Profit Led by Hospital Executives Hoping for Changes to Kentucky’s Health Care Tax Code
      • OK. Forget the ‘Knock Out’ Analogy. Bevin’s Public Pension Scare Tactics Are Still All Wet
      • Kentucky Kids Go Back to School Amid More Budget Cuts
      • Sports Betting Gains May Be Short-lived
      • Fitch: Kentucky’s Medicaid Costs Up More Than 40 Percent
      • How KFC YUM Center Became Louisville’s Billion-Dollar Baby
      • Car Repairs. Gym Fees. Pet Care. On July 1, a Lot Will Cost 6% More in Kentucky
      • Online Sales Tax Ruling Could Boost Kentucky Revenue
      • Kentucky’s Republican Tax Reform Starts to Hit Worker Paychecks
      • Legislators Compromised On Coal Severance — Too Little Too Late?
      • Kentucky Losing Money On the Movies
      • Even Kentucky’s Film Office Can’t Justify Losing Millions to Filmmakers
      • Republicans Are Paying for Teacher Raises with Taxes and Fees That Hit Working- and Middle-Class Taxpayers
      • School Districts Contend with State Budget Cuts
      • WKU Studying Tuition Plan as State Funding Dwindles
      • Brown-Forman Urging Bevin to Veto Tax ‘Cleanup’ Bill, Citing Change that Would Hurt Big Companies
      • Kentucky is Giving this Coal Company Tax Breaks Worth Millions to Keep 250 Jobs
      • What the Recent Tax Reform Bills Mean for the Average Kentuckians
      • Legislative Session Was About Shift and Shaft
      • Kentucky Lawmakers Earmark Mineral Taxes to Fund Louisville’s Botanical Gardens
      • Kentucky’s Tax Cut for the Top 5 Percent Survives Despite Governor’s Veto
      • Statement on the Final Passage of Budget and Tax Plans
      • WKU Students, Others Rally to Support Higher Education
      • Kentucky Approves Another $421 Million for Film Incentive Program Bevin Wanted to End
      • Striking Teachers in Coal and Gas Country are Forcing States to Rethink Energy Company Giveaways
      • Kentucky Governor Signs Controversial Pension Bill as Teachers Call for Rally
      • After Bevin’s Vetoes, Could Charter School Money and Tuition Tax Credits Still Have a Shot?
      • NKU Students, Faculty, Staff to Speak Out Against Budget Issues at Campus Rally Thursday
      • Kentucky Organizations Issue Statement on Budget Vetoes
      • ‘We Need to Govern in a Different Way’: Kentucky’s GOP Governor to Veto Tax Plan
      • The Red-State Teacher Revolt has Been Brewing for Decades
      • Oklahoma Teachers’ Walkout to Continue Next Week, Group Leader Says
      • Just What John Calipari Needs – an $80,000 Tax Cut
      • Study: GOP Bill Cuts Taxes for the Rich, Raises Taxes for 95 Percent of Kentuckians
      • Kentucky Legislators Send Tax Cuts for Wealthy, Tax Hikes for the Other 95 Percent to Governor’s Desk
      • Amid Massive Teacher Revolt over Starving Schools, Kentucky GOP Passes ‘Huge Tax Cut for the 1%’
      • WKU Officials Anxiously Wait for Bevin Action on Budget Bill
      • Kentucky Tax Reform Bill is a Break for the Rich but a Hike for Everybody Else, Study Says
      • Thanks, Teachers, You Helped Kentucky Avoid Self-Destruction
      • Striking a Match
      • Editorial: State Legislature Should Give Due Diligence a Try
      • State Budget Doesn’t Fund Charter Schools
      • New Analysis Shows Kentucky’s New Tax Plan Is a Millionaire Tax Cut
      • Kentucky Policy Group Criticizes Kentucky Tax Reform Plan
      • Republican Lawmakers Push Taxes on Car Repairs, Pet Grooming as Part of Kentucky Budget Deal
      • Senate Advances Last-Minute Overhaul of Tax Code
      • Kentucky Tax Overhaul Plan: Good for Humana, Bad for Your Lawn (and Dog)
      • Surge in Teacher Activism Challenges GOP Austerity Mindset
      • Senate Passes Big Changes in Tax Code, Restores Many Controversial Cuts in Budget
      • Kentucky Teachers Walk Out
      • Gov. Bevin Says He’s Worried Kentucky’s Budget and Tax Bills Aren’t Fiscally Responsible
      • Kentucky Lawmakers Eyeing Sales Tax Increases on Services
      • Lawmakers Ignored Tenet of Good Government in Passing Pension Bill
      • Pension Bill Takes an Extra Six Years and $5 Billion to Pay Kentucky’s Pension Debt
      • Lawmakers Move to Sweeten Program that Helped Bevin Get Investors for Company He Co-owns
      • Charter Schools May Be Coming To Kentucky, But Funding Is Still in Limbo
      • Rural Tax Credit Bill Advances
      • Kentucky’s Budget is on a Starvation Diet. But Lawmakers Keep Dishing Up Tax Breaks.
      • Bill Gives Away $60 Million to Create Jobs in Kentucky, but No Proof of Jobs Required
      • KY Teachers’ Pension System Would Face ‘Severe’ Cash Flow Problem Under Senate Plan
      • Are More Strikes Coming? West Virginia Wasn’t the Only State Neglecting Employee Health Care
      • As Senate Budget Takes Money from Teacher Pensions to Fund Others, Some Claim Retaliation
      • If You Hate Gangs, Don’t Support this Bill
      • Who’s “Ignorant” and “Uninformed”? Bevin Should Do More Homework Before Ranting on Radio
      • KY Libraries, Schools and Cities Face Explosion in Pension Costs if Relief Bill Dies
      • Time to Put End to Wrong-Headed Pension Bill
      • State Senate Should Spare Higher Education from Harmful Cuts
      • Chamber Says Tax Cuts Will Grow Kentucky’s Economy. History Says Otherwise
      • Pension Bill Wins Its First Approval as Teachers Shout Their Disgust, Plan Protests
      • House Takes $480.6 Million from Public Workers’ Health Plan to Balance Budget
      • Kentucky Politics Distilled: The New Pension Bill
      • Changes Coming to Pension Bill, but Cuts for Retired Teachers Staying, Lawmaker Says
      • Kentucky Education Groups Say Newly Filed Pension Reform Bill Needs Changes
      • The Kentucky General Assembly Finally Has a Pension Bill, Which Varies Greatly from Bevin’s Original Proposal
      • GOP Pension Bill Tweaks Kentucky State Worker Benefits, More Changes for Teachers
      • 7 Things Kentucky Teachers Need to Know About the Republican Pension Bill
      • Kentucky’s New Pension Bill Would Cripple Schools and State Budget, Analyst Says
      • Executive Director at KCEP Says Budget Cuts Are Not the Only Option
      • Eastern Kentucky Districts Struggle with Budget Cuts While Some Already May Not Be Able to Pay Bills
      • The Roots of a Terrible Budget
      • Survey Shows Cuts to Ky. School Districts Have Meant Fewer Services, Proposed Budget Risks Quality of Education
      • Lack of Adequate Revenue to Make Needed Investments in Commonwealth Sets Up the Most Difficult Budget Session in Years
      • Statement on Justice Reinvestment Work Group Recommendations
      • Funding Gap Between Kentucky’s Wealthy and Poor School Districts Climbing Toward Pre-KERA Levels
      • Senate Votes to Give Massive Tax Cuts to Corporations and the Wealthy While Harming Middle Class and Working Kentuckians
      • Kentuckians Can’t Live in a House of Cards
      • U.S. House Tax Plan: Benefit for Richest 1 Percent in Kentucky Grows Over Time
      • Exaggerated Pension Panic Fueling Harmful Bill
      • GOP Tax Plan Offers Nothing to Most Kentuckians While Paving the Way for Cuts to Education, Health Care and Other Key Programs
      • Revenue Options Provide Solution to Kentucky’s Pension Funding Problems
      • Pension Session Without New Revenues Won’t Fix Problem
      • Press Release: Report Shows Switch to 401k System Will Cause Added Harm
      • Trump Budget Would Harm Kentuckians, Push Massive Costs Onto State
      • Profitable Fortune 500 Companies in Kentucky Avoid Paying Millions in State Corporate Income Taxes
      • Who Pays, and How Much in Tax Reform?
      • Upside-Down Tax Plans Would Weaken Ky.
      • Kentucky Continues Decline As One of Worst States for K-12 Core Funding Cuts
      • Decisions Shouldn’t Be Made Based on False Choices
      • Undermining Kentucky’s Foundation Not a Lasting Solution to Pension Challenge
      • Statement on Passage of Executive Branch Budget
      • Kentucky’s Past Shows Public Investment Is Essential to Progress
      • Kentucky’s Funding Cuts to Schools among Nation’s Deepest
      • Many Thousands of Kentucky Workers At Risk of Losing Coverage if Medicaid Expansion is Changed
      • Reinstating Kentucky’s Tax on Extreme Wealth a Part of Making State Taxes Fair and Adequate
      • Kentucky’s Undocumented Immigrants’ Tax Contributions Would Increase Under Reform
      • Yum! Brands Sneaks Through Donated-Food Tax Credit, Continuing a Frankfort Tradition
      • Yum Revives Bill on Donated-food Tax Credit
      • Stiff Penalties Cost Both Ky., Addicts
      • Tax Reform Likely to Be Deferred
      • N. Ky. Bridge Toll Foes Concerned About Bill
      • Study: Middle-Income Earners Shoulder Highest Tax Burden in Kentucky
      • Wealthiest Kentuckians Have Lowest Overall State and Local Tax Rate
      • Kentucky House Democrats’ Top Priority: The Local Option Sales Tax
      • Eastern Kentucky Advocates Want Legislature to Set Up Separate Fund for Region’s Development
      • Kentucky Revenue Receipts Suggest Slow Growth
      • Cutting Tax Rates Proving to Be a Fad Hurting State Budgets
      • Tax Reform Again Comes to Forefront
      • Budget Shortfall Raises Spending Cut Fears in KY
      • Local Taxes in Louisville
      • Making Kynections to Other Policy Matters
      • Report: KY Losing Ground on Higher Ed Funding
      • Estimate of the Cost of State Tax Breaks is Slashed
      • Kentucky Going Against National Trend by Failing to Reinvest in Higher Education
      • Who Were the Biggest Winners, Losers of the 2014 General Assembly?
      • General Assembly
      • Kentucky Gets ‘B’ Grade In Government Transparency
      • State Gets a Backroom Budget
      • Kentucky Budget Falls Short
      • Bill’s Last-Minute Tax Breaks Raise Questions
      • How to Spend 20 Billion Dollars
      • Economic Policy Expert – Proposed State Budget Doesn’t Do Enough to Correct Revenue Shortfalls
      • Progressives Say Legislature Missed an Opportunity When It Approved Bourbon and Alcohol Tax Breaks
      • Statement on Budget that Passed the General Assembly
      • Budget Options Make Higher Education Harder to Afford for Those Who Need It Most
      • Mine Safety Quietly Cut in House Budget Bill
      • Students Have Potential to Lose $76M in State Aid
      • Why Grant Programs to Help Low-Income Students Pay for College Is Being Short-Changed
      • Budget’s Good News Not Enough for What Ails Kentucky
      • Stop Shortchanging College Student Aid
      • Will Kentucky Move Forward or Go Backward?
      • Proposed State Budget Would Divert $76 Million Away From Cash-Strapped Student Aid Programs
      • State Tax Reform
      • Tax Code Changes in KY: Is Now the Time?
      • The Death of State-Supported Universities
      • Plan to Tax Services Raises Questions Among Kentucky Lawmakers
      • Beshear Proposes 22 Tax Changes to Raise $210 Million a Year for Kentucky
      • Beshear Puts Tax Reform Plan on Table
      • Statement on Governor Beshear’s Tax Proposal
      • Tax-Reform Plan to Be ‘Wide-Ranging,’ Gov. Steve Beshear Says
      • Tax Reform in Kentucky
      • Pension Reform Leaves Out Teachers
      • Stop Cowering on State Tax Reform
      • Beshear Budget: Ky Center for Economic Policy Shines Light on Painful Cuts
      • Beshear Proposes State Budget that Boosts School Spending, Cuts Many Other Programs
      • Principles Must Guide Details of Tax Reform Proposal
      • Op-Ed: 3 Key Principles Must Guide Tax Code Changes
      • Some Reactions to State of the Commonwealth
      • Beshear Promises Tax Overhaul Plan in State of the Commonwealth Speech
      • Kentucky Tax Reform and New Revenues are a Wild Card for State of the Commonwealth
      • Lawmakers Face “Stark Choice” in Next Budget
      • Area Administrators, Others Say Local Taxes Can’t Make Up Shortfall
      • Kentucky’s Future
      • Kentucky Finances in Shambles
      • Funding Education Area of Debate, Concern
      • Lawmakers Roll Up Sleeves for Session
      • Tale of Two Kentucky Schools
      • Legislators Face Stark Budget Choices
      • Jan 2 Budget Issues
      • Think Tank Says School Districts Unequal on Local Revenues
      • School Tax Revenue Varies Widely Between Rich and Poor Districts
      • SOAR: Creating Development Fund from Coal Severance Explored
      • Governor Steve Beshear Will Still Push Tax Reform
      • Economic Analyst: Budget Austerity Hurting Kentucky
      • Extended Library Hours are Worth Preserving
      • Kentucky School Districts Turn to Local Taxes in Search of Funds
      • Federal Budget and Debt Ceiling
      • Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer Pitches Local Option Sales Tax to State Lawmakers
      • Gray, Fischer Push For Local Option Sales Tax In Frankfort
      • Lawmakers to Consider Proposal to Allow Temporary Sales Tax Increases
      • Private Prisons’ Legacy in Kentucky is Mixed
      • Cuts to Snap Would Hurt Kentucky
      • Forecast: Kentucky Revenue Growth To Remain Sluggish
      • Coal Severance Expected to Decline
      • Nuclear Seen as an Option for State
      • Reclaiming Kentucky: Why Is the Coal Severance Tax Funding Rupp Arena’s Renovation?
      • Study Examines the Value of Immigration Reform
      • Fifty-State Study Shows Immigration Reform Would Boost Kentucky Revenues $23.2 Million
      • Immigration Reform Would Boost Kentucky Revenues By $23 Million
      • Immigration Reform Would Boost Kentucky Revenues By $23.2 Million
      • Kentucky Tax on Chewing Tobacco to Drop
      • A Very Bad Tax Cut
      • Brock, Fiscal Court Commended for Budget Practices on Coal Dollars
      • Internet Sales Tax Bill Could Restore Some State Budget Cuts, Kentucky Group Says
      • Tax Reform Commissioners Fear Governor Beshear Will Shelve Revenue Proposals
      • Taxing Internet Sales Could Help Local Businesses
      • Tax Reform on Beshear’s Agenda
      • Five Big Problems Stand in Way of Adequate State Budget
      • A Win-Win for Kentucky’s Budget and Small Businesses
      • Far Less Mining: Region Experiencing Rapid Drop in Coal Severance Tax Funds
      • Ryan Budget Big Cost for KY
      • Federal Budget
      • Report – Kentucky Has Cut Higher Ed Funding 26 Percent Since 2008
      • Funding for Higher Education Lags Since Recession, Report Says
      • In the Game of Pension Risk, Cost Isn’t the Only Thing Lawmakers Are Considering
      • Thayer to Lawmakers: Don’t Throw Out Pension Bill with Bipartisan Support Because of One Report
      • Pension-Overhaul Bill Could Cost Kentucky Millions
      • Pension Bill Provision will cost $55 Million
      • Bluegrass Poll on Tax Increase and Budget Cuts
      • Senators Could Soon Vote on Pension Reform
      • Wealthiest Kentuckians Pay Far Less in State and Local Taxes than Low- and Middle-Income Kentuckians
      • Report: Kentucky Tax System Unbalanced on Backs of Poor
      • Kentucky Tax Reform Will Likely Wait Until Special Session
      • Kentucky Falls Short on Preparing for Future Recessions
      • Coal Severance Trust Still a Good Idea
      • Lexington Mayor Says Pension Costs Have ‘Spiraled Out of Control’
      • Ky Center for Economic Policy Report: ‘Worst Outlook in Recent Memory’
      • Seeking Tax Fairness Out of Tax Reform
      • Tax-Reform Commission Showed Courage in Many Recommendations
      • Plan Offers a Shot at Kentucky Tax Reform
      • Kentucky Tax Reform Commission Changes Would Create $690 million in Revenue in First Year
      • Governor Beshear’s Reform Panel Expected to Tackle Income Tax Rates
      • Fiscal Cliff
      • Kentucky Reform Commission Recommends Hiking Cigarette Tax to $1 a Pack
      • Decisions Loom Monday for Kentucky Tax Reform Commission
      • Commission Whittling Down Tax Proposals
      • Kentucky Commission Rejects Adding Tax to Food Bought at Groceries
      • Tax Reform Commission Seeks to Narrow Proposals
      • Federal Proposals Would Extend Tax Breaks for a Handful of Wealthy Kentuckians While Ending Support for Many Working Families
      • State Must Face Pension Debt
      • A Discussion About the Federal Budget
      • Reducing Federal Deficits Without a Significant Revenue Increase Would Cost Kentucky Billions
      • Coal Severance Trust Fund a Good Idea
      • Kentucky Debating a Tax Overhaul — Again
      • Kentucky’s Income Tax: Protecting and Strengthening a Key to Growth
      • Who Would Benefit from Alternative Ways to Extend the Bush Tax Cuts?
      • Do We Need a Coal Severance Tax Trust Fund?
      • Set Endowment for Coal Counties
      • Given Kentucky’s Budget Downpour, State Should Use Rainy Day Fund
      • Report Urges Policymakers to Consider Long-Term Sustainability of Coal Severance Fund
      • Beshear Names 23, Including Todd and Silberman, to Tax Reform Commission
      • Tax Reform Panel Named
      • KCEP Urges Tax Reform Over Expanded Gaming
      • Kentucky, Ohio Businesses Trading Spaces
      • Tax Breaks for Jobs, Half Fall Short
      • Lawmakers Expect Budget Cuts Will Affect All Areas
      • Principles Critical to Effective Tax Reform
      • Principles Critical to Effective Tax Reform
      • A Tasty Tax Deal
      • Rep. Farmer Pre-files New Tax Reform Bill
      • Get Corporations to Pay More Taxes
      • Study: Yum Brands Avoided Paying State Income Taxes Despite Large Profits
      • New Report Shows Major, Profitable Corporations Paying No State Corporate Income Taxes
      • More Dollars for Degrees Puts Crunch on Kentuckians
      • KY Women’s Group to Push for Tax Changes to Services and a New Bracket on the Rich
      • Income Tax Vs. Sales Tax Debate Heats Up
      • Kentucky Higher Education: New Report Details Rising Cost of College, Erosion of State Support
      • Restore Employer Funding for Jobless Benefits
      • Should KY Employers Foot Bill for Unemployment Interest Due to Feds?
      • Focus on Spending Cuts Ignores Revenue Problem
      • KY’s Economic Growth Signals Tax Reform?
      • KY Economic Think Tank Says Reform, Don’t Scratch Corporate Taxes
      • Economic Group Says Eliminating Kentucky’s Corporate Taxes Wouldn’t Be Very Beneficial to State
      • State Shouldn’t Cut Corporate Taxes
      • KY Group–Bush Tax Cuts Extension is Deficit-Doubling Proposition
      • Fox Strains to Make Debt Top Issue
      • Proposed Medicare and Medicaid Cuts Break an American Promise
      • Proposed Medicare and Medicaid Cuts Break an American Promise
      • Kentucky Must Invest, Reform Tax Code to Progress
      • Federal Budget Debate Must Include Discussion of Investments Needed for Growth
      • Federal Budget Debate Must Include Discussion of Investments Needed for Growth
      • State Lawmakers Call for Constitutional Convention
      • Farmer’s High-Risk Overhaul Creates Imbalance in Kentucky’s Tax System
      • Kentucky Exempts More Than It Takes In
      • Special Tax Breaks and Preferences a Big Drain on Kentucky’s Budget
      • A New Voice in Kentucky Public Policy Debates
      • End of Recovery Act Funds Could Mean Serious Budget Challenge for Kentucky
      • MACED Launches Economic Policy Center
    • Category: COVID-19 Press
      • New Survey Shows Extreme Hardship Among Kentuckians as President Halts Talks on New COVID-19 Aid Bill
      • Mitch McConnell Dismisses Claims About Future of Affordable Care Act: “No One Is Going to Lose Their Health Care”
      • Commentary: An Open Letter To Sen. Mitch Mcconnell From Kentucky Voices for Health, Advocating for Relief
      • New Census Data on Poverty, Income, Housing Insecurity and Food Scarcity Reveal Many Kentuckians on the Brink in the Pandemic
      • Labor Day Town Hall With Rep. John Yarmuth Will Discuss Federal Aid, Support for Families
      • Labor Day Town Hall Focuses on Support for Workers
      • Guest Columnist: Landlords Must Provide 30-Day Notice Before Evicting Tenants
      • Report: COVID-19 Widens Resource Gap Between KY School Districts
      • Families Encouraged To Apply for Pandemic Benefits Before Deadline
      • Kentucky Families Encouraged To Apply for Pandemic Relief
      • Deadline Nears for Low-Income Families for $313 Benefit
      • Chance To Get COVID-19 Food Benefits for Kentucky School Children Ends Aug. 31
      • Families of Students Encouraged To Apply for Food Benefits Before Aug. 31 Deadline
      • Meager Executive Action Is No Substitute for Real Congressional Aid
      • Here’s How Kentucky Can Create a Safe, Convenient and Secure November Election
      • Challenges Arise in Face of No New Stimulus Funds
      • “Mitch Better Have My Money”: Kentucky Voters Angry at McConnell’s Response to Economic Crisis
      • Kentucky Workers and Businesses Are Furious With Mitch Mcconnell Over His Response to State’s Economic Crisis: Report
      • An Economic Crisis in Kentucky Has Workers, Businesses Furious With Mcconnell
      • Trump Executive Action on Unemployment Insurance Deliberately Leaves Out Poorest
      • Experts Warn Trump Executive Action on Unemployment Insurance Deliberately Leaves Out Poorest Americans
      • Here’s How Mcconnell’s $1 Trillion Heals Act Would Impact Kentucky Businesses and Workers
      • Once Seemingly Insulated, Kentucky’s Appalachian Counties Scramble to Stop COVID-19 Outbreak
      • Kentucky Faced a $457 Million Shortfall. Then It Had a Surplus. Here’s What Happened.
      • Advocates Warn Kentucky Homeless Services Systems Can’t Handle the Coming ‘Tsunami of Evictions’
      • Kentuckians Sound Alarm for More Federal COVID-19 Relief
      • Beshear Sees Signs That Mask Mandate Is Slowing the Spread of the Coronavirus
      • Kentucky Leading Among States in Medicaid Enrollment as It Works to Sign up Those Eligible
      • Here’s How Mcconnell’s $1 Trillion Heals Act Would Impact Kentucky Businesses and Workers
      • Will Rural Homelessness Hit After Benefits and Eviction Moratoriums End?
      • Loss of $600 Weekly Unemployment Boost Called ‘Devastating’
      • Beshear Sees Signs That His Mask Mandate Is Slowing the Spread of the Coronavirus
      • Survey: Half of Kentuckians Have Lost Household Income Since Start of COVID-19 Pandemic
      • Analysts: Out-Of-Work Kentuckians Face ‘Benefit Cliff’ in Coming Days
      • Nearly 1 in 3 Kentuckians Are Enrolled in Medicaid as COVID-19 Recession Ends Jobs
      • Andy Beshear Picked 1,235 Inmates for Release to Stem COVID-19. Here’s How It Worked
      • ACA Repeal More Dangerous Than Ever for Kentuckians During Pandemic and Economic Crisis
      • KY Continues to See Sky-High Unemployment Claims
      • An Equity-Focused Pandemic Policy Response Helps Us All
      • Mitch McConnell Is Blocking Aid Local Governments in His State Desperately Need
      • 48 Kentucky Groups Call on Congress for Robust Federal Fiscal Relief to States
      • Kentucky’s Reopening Brings Health Fears, Hope for Economy
      • High Unemployment Rates Likely Not Going Away Soon
      • Kentucky’s Unemployment Claims Are Down, but Still Remain High
      • The Deficit Hawks Are Circling Their Old Roosts
      • As Mitch Mcconnell Suggests State Bankruptcies Over Bailouts, Kentucky Has Largest Share of Unemployed in U.S.
      • Report: Great Recession Provides Lessons on Need for Adequate Relief to States During COVID-19 Crisis
      • KY Counties See Dark Days Ahead as Tax Revenue Drops
      • Women, Minorities Over Represented in Kentucky’s ‘Essential’ Workforce
      • Increase to Food Stamp Benefits Could Take Weight off Local Food Banks
      • Newly Eligible Arts Workers Try to Navigate KY.’s Unemployment System
      • Congress Must Act to Prevent State Budget Cuts from Dragging Economy Further Down
      • Lost Health Insurance During the COVID-19 Pandemic? Here’s How to Apply
      • Ohio Valley Continues Unprecedented Surge of Unemployment
      • Beshear Pleads for More Protective Gear, Notes First Death of a Long-Term-Care Worker From COVID-19, Says, ‘They’re Heroes, Too’
      • For West Virgina’s Hospitals, the Financial Crisis Came First
      • Kentucky Needs Significantly More Federal Aid to Address the Severe Health and Economic Harms of COVID-19
      • More than 117K Kentuckians File for Unemployment as Country Continues Jobless Claims Spike
      • Uninsured Urged to Apply for Temporary Medicaid During Pandemic
      • As Groceries Dwindle, Kentuckians Seek Unemployment Help in Record Numbers
      • Broad Coalition, Including Conservative Groups, Calls for Beshear to Reduce Inmate Numbers
      • Coronavirus Will Devastate Struggling Families in Eastern Kentucky
      • Here’s What Kentucky Will Get out of the $2 Trillion COVID-19 Relief Bill
      • Kentucky to Receive $1.7 Billion From Federal Coronavirus Bill
      • A Record 48,000 Kentuckians Filed for Unemployment Last Week. U.S. Total Was 3.28M.
      • SB 150 Would Cushion the Blow for Unemployed Workers and Our Economy
      • Unemployment Insurance: How It Works and How To Apply
      • Coronavirus Threatens Strained Rural Health Care System
      • States and Cities Scramble Amid Virus ‘Chaos’ in Washington
      • Employees, Union and Community Leaders Call for Paid Sick Leave
      • Steps Taken to Prevent the Spread of Coronavirus
      • Trump’s Coronavirus Emergency Declaration Will Speed up Medicaid Enrollments in Kentucky
      • Kentucky Business Groups Quiet on Bill to Mandate Sick Leave
      • Kentucky’s Economic Catastrophe Mounts With Each Passing Hour Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
      • For Many in Kentucky, a Sick Day Means No Pay
      • Clinicians Suspected Kentucky’s First Case of Coronavirus, but Patient Didn’t Qualify for Testing
      • After Hep A Failures, Are Kentucky Health Departments Ready for Coronavirus
    • Category: Criminal Justice
      • Meet the Groups Bailing Louisville Protesters and Others From Jail. What They Want Is Reform
      • Kentucky Law Enforcement Group Says Assignment Question on Breonna Taylor ‘Targets’ Police
      • A Bail Reform Tool Intended to Curb Mass Incarceration Has Only Replicated Biases in the Criminal Justice System
      • Groups Launch Kentucky Resource Hub for Those Leaving Incarceration
      • Statement on Systemic Change and Police Violence
      • These Bills Would Help KY’s Bursting Prisons and Jails. Here’s Why They’re Stalled
      • Criminal Justice Reform Efforts in the Kentucky General Assembly
      • Legislation Would Raise Threshold on Felony Theft, Fraud to Help Reduce Prison Population
      • Youth Advocates Optimistic of Bill That Includes More Discretion on Trying Teens as Adults
      • Federal Crackdown on Fentanyl Analogues Repeats the Mistakes of the Drug War, Advocates Warn
      • Andy Beshear Says Kentucky Might Buy Two Private Prisons, Needs to Reduce Inmate Squeeze
      • Kentucky’s Bail System is Broken, Clogging Overcrowded Jails. Will Lawmakers Fix It?
      • Time for a Change: Justice Reform Needed and Fast
      • ‘Get Something Done’: Community Talks About Bail Reform
      • Report: Kentucky Incarceration Rates Worst in Region
      • The Phantom Promise: How Appalachia Was Sold on Prisons as an Economic Lifeline
      • Louisville Officials to Advocate for Cash Bail Reform in Next Legislative Session
      • Podcast: Weekly Chat on Proposed Madison County Jail Expansion
      • Boyle County Detention Center a Focus of Statewide Incarceration Study
      • Why Are Many Kentucky Jails So Crowded?
      • Time for Reform: Overcrowding Issue Didn’t Start at the Jail
      • Newly Available Data Shows Madison County Jail Crowding Driven by Low and Moderate Risk Defendants Awaiting Trial for Low Level Offenses
      • Waiting for Trial: Lag in Judicial System Timeline Contributes to Overcrowding
      • Building a Huge, Expensive Jail Would Be a Big Mistake for Madison County
      • Kentucky Has an Arbitrary Justice System Across Counties
      • Op-Ed: A Criminal Defense Attorney’s Perspective on Posting Bail in Kentucky
      • Report: In KY, Staying in Jail May Depend on Where You Live
      • ‘Disparate Justice’ Study Calls for Cash Bail Reform
      • County Leads State in Pretrial Release of Defendants
      • Data Suggests Where You Live in Kentucky Could Affect How Long You Stay in Jail if You Can’t Afford Cash Bail
      • Study: Cash Bails Vary by County
      • Kentucky Needs Equitable Pretrial Release System
      • Bail Practices Study Finds McCracken County Least Likely to Use Non-Financial Bond
      • Kentucky Center for Economic Policy Calls for Bail Reform
      • Variance in County Bond Releases Brings Justice System Credibility into Question
      • End Cash Bail March Sheds Light on Community Efforts
      • “We Are Doing This Under a Banner of Urgency’: More Than 100 March to End Cash Bail
      • Report: Kentucky Counties Have Inconsistent Bail Policies
      • No Bail for You: Kentucky Counties Are ‘Wildly Inconsistent’ in How They Treat Defendants
      • Report: Where Kentuckians Live Affects Chances for Pretrial Release
      • New Report Reveals an Arbitrary Justice System Across Counties
      • New Grant to Fund Research on Kentucky Jails
      • Kentucky Needs to Reverse Course on Criminal Justice Trends
      • Economic Policy Group Hoping For Bail Reform in 2019 Legislative Session
      • Building a Kentucky Economy That Works for Everyone
      • Guest Opinion: Reforming Kentucky’s Bail System
      • In the Wake of Amendment 4: Spotlight on Disenfranchisement in Kentucky
      • State Officials Discuss Criminal Justice Reform Amid Incarceration Boom
      • Opponents Express Outrage Over Gang Bill in Senate
      • Does America Need Another Prison? It May Be this Rural County’s Only Chance at Survival
      • Kentucky Tonight: Violent Crime
      • New Law Will Increase Sentences for Low-Level Heroin Dealers in Kentucky, a Break From Recent Criminal Justice Reform
      • General Assembly Risks Driving Corrections Costs Higher
      • Prison Reform and Second Chances
      • Breaking the Cycle
      • Unlikely Allies May Push to Reform Ky. Penal Code
      • Improving Reentry in Kentucky through Education and Supports for Inmates and Ex-Offenders
    • Category: Economic Security Press
      • Appalachia Coalition Creates Blueprint for Sustainable, Equitable Future
      • Survival Is Anything but Certain for Coal Country
      • ‘No Pay, We Stay.’ A Look Back At Miners’ Protest That Rocked Appalachia
      • Governor Calls on Employers to Offer Paid Sick Leave
      • Revised Public Assistance Bill Still Fraught With Problems, Advocates Say
      • Hearing for Public Aid Bill On Tap Thursday in Frankfort
      • Groups Concerned Public Assistance Reform Could Hurt Some Kentuckians
      • New Restrictions, Penalties Proposed for Kentucky Assistance Programs
      • Kentuckians Unaffected by New Food Stamp Rule, Officials Say
      • Trump Administration’s New Food Stamp Rules Will Make it Harder for Kentuckians to Get Aid
      • New SNAP Rule Could Hit Ohio Valley Hardest
      • Sign-on Letter: A Thriving Community Requires a Strong Safety Net
      • Thankful for SNAP’s Role in Kentucky
      • Kentucky Advocates Breathe Easier as Benefits Task Force Makes Only Minor Recommendations
      • Report: Lyon Among Least Food Insecure Kentucky Counties
      • Report: SNAP Reduces Food Insecurity for 11.3% of McCracken Population
      • Thousands Losing SNAP Benefits
      • As Task Force Considers Changing Food Assistance, New Data Shows 30,000 Kentuckians Have Already Lost Help Buying Groceries
      • ‘There is a Lot of Fear’: Why Advocates Worry Kentucky Will Put Work Requirements on SNAP
      • Press Release: SNAP Improves Health and Reduces Health Care Costs Across Kentucky
      • Report Ranks Ohio Valley High in Childhood Obesity Amid Cuts in SNAP Benefits
      • Tackling Poverty in America Means Grasping Reality
      • Kentucky Tonight: Public Assistance and Government Welfare Programs
      • Kentucky Can Strengthen Economic and Communities with Three Inclusive Policies for Immigrants
      • Kentucky Can Strengthen Economy and Communities With Three Inclusive Policies for Immigrants
      • Kentucky’s Real Minimum Wage Is Higher Than You Think. but You Still Can’t Live on It
      • New Rules for Those Seeking a Green Card
      • Study Shows Kentucky 8th Most Obese State
      • Study: 48K Kentuckians at Risk of Losing Medicaid Under Bevin Work Requirements
      • When Coal Jobs Leave and Appalachian Town, What Happens to the Mining Families Left Behind?
      • Thousands of Kentuckians Could Lose Food Stamps Under Trump Plan to Tighten SNAP Rules
      • Kentucky Tonight: Public Pension Reform
      • Making Connections: SNAP Cuts Hurt Hungry People, Economy
      • Comer on Recent House Measures: Child Abuse Prevention and Minimum Wage
      • Insider News Roundup: Earnings Season Begins; Rents Keep Climbing; Paychecks Remain Flat; Westport Village Sold; and More
      • Average Kentucky Worker’s Paycheck Not Yet Benefitting from Growing Economy
      • Kentucky Home to Some of the Poorest Counties, But Some Say That’s Good
      • Perry County Second to Last in State for Health Outcomes
      • New KY Law May Keep Student Loan Debtors At Work
      • Homeless, Hungry Students. We Can’t Expect Kentucky Schools to Fix This Alone
      • The Trump Administration Contemplates Changing How the Poverty Level is Calculated
      • More Kentuckians Turning to Food Banks for Assistance
      • More than 21,000 Kentuckians Lose Food Aid Due to Work Requirement, Groups Say
      • Thousands of Kentuckians Lose Food Assistance
      • Work Requirements Cut SNAP Benefits in Kentucky
      • New Data: 21,400 Kentuckians Have Lost Food Assistance as a Result of Barriers Erected by State
      • Effects of Kentucky’s SNAP Work Requirements Studied
      • Bill Would Put Giant Holes in Kentucky’s Safety Net, Groups Say
      • Sign-On Letter Against House Bill 3
      • Proposed Benefits Overhaul Adds New Work Requirements, Drug Tests
      • Sweeping Changes Aimed at Kentucky Aid Programs Called “War on Poor”
      • Bill Slashing Kentuckians’ Unemployment Insurance Benefits Advances in House
      • ‘Salt in the Wounds of Laid-Off Kentuckians.’ Bill Slashing Jobless Benefits Advances.
      • GOP Lawmaker, Once Unemployed, Seeks to Reduce Benefits
      • It’s Time to Stop Blaming the Safety Net
      • Report: Thousands Lose Access to SNAP Throughout Kentucky
      • Report: SNAP E&T Program Inapt
      • Report Shows Impact of SNAP Rule Changes
      • Report: Locked Out SNAP Recipients Face Barriers To Returning
      • New Report Shows Time Limits and Other Challenges Hinder Success of Kentucky’s SNAP E&T Program
      • Income Disparity: Unemployment Rates Are Low, but NKY Has Some of Lowest Income Rates in the State
      • Kentucky Groups Stand Against Attack on Immigrant Families
      • Re-Instated Work Requirement Leaves Thousands of Kentuckians Without Food Assistance
      • SNAP Puts Food on the Table
      • County Leaders Refuse Request to Manage SNAP Program
      • Thousands of Kentuckians Lose SNAP Benefits Due to Work Requirement, Report Says
      • A Report Says Kentuckians Are Losing Access to Food Stamps. A Medicaid Preview?
      • Kentucky Organizations Urge Protecting Food Assistance in Farm Bill
      • Kentucky Poverty Rate Improving, Still Among Worst Though
      • The Next Louisville: When Retirement Isn’t An Option
      • To Improve Health Through Work, Kentucky Needs to Commit to Better Job Quality
      • State Government Workers Retired in Droves – Not So Much with Teachers
      • Down on the Farm: Anti-Poverty, Animal Advocates Fear Effects of Farm Bill
      • Coalition of Kentucky Organizations Oppose Food Assistance Cuts in Farm Bill
      • States Aren’t Waiting for Washington to Require Poor Residents to Work
      • Mayor Fischer Blindsided Us By Supporting State’s Gang Crackdown Proposal, Critics Say
      • Cuts to Kentucky Unemployment Benefits Trashed as Bill Advances in General Assembly
      • SNAP Benefits for Some Recipients Become Conditional on Work Requirements
      • Lawmakers Want to Slash Kentucky’s Unemployment Checks
      • Census Data Shows Too Little Improvement in Poverty and Income in Kentucky to Suggest Full Recovery
      • Cutting Wages No Way to Grow Kentucky’s Economy
      • Income Rises for Kentucky Households in 2015 but Progress Needed to Reduce Poverty
      • Press Release: New Data Show Reason for Concern about Income Inequality in Kentucky
      • Statement on New Overtime Threshold Rule’s Impact on Kentucky
      • Statement on Lexington Minimum Wage Ordinance Passing
      • Kentucky Sees Lack of Progress in Incomes, Poverty Over Last Year
      • More Than a Celebration, Labor Day a Reminder of Work Left To Do
      • Family Budget Calculator Shows What it Takes to Get By Throughout Ky.
      • Food Donation Tax Credit Slipped Into Last-Minute Bill in Kentucky General Assembly
      • Mossotti Introduces Lexington Minimum Wage Ordinance
      • Lexington Council Committee Votes to Delay Consideration of Minimum-Wage Increase Until at Least June
      • City Begins Discussions on Proposal to Raise Minimum Wage to $10.10 Per Hour
      • Lexington Council to Begin Discussion of Raising Minimum Wage from $7.25 to $10.10 an Hour
      • Minimum Wage Bill Flounders in Senate
      • Raising Kentucky’s Minimum Wage on Eastern Standard
      • Ky. Minimum Wage Bill to Re-Emerge in 2015
      • Louisville’s Minimum Wage Debate From the Perspectives of Business Owners and Low-Income Workers
      • America’s Immigration Divide Could Have Impact on Kentucky
      • Mesa’s Public Subsidies
      • Kentucky Lawmakers Wrestling Over Ways to Address Heroin Epidemic
      • Experts Continue to Debate Louisville Minimum Wage in Letters to Metro Council
      • Increasing Louisville’s Minimum Wage Would Help Address Tale of Two Cities
      • Experts Offer Range of Predictions About Louisville Minimum Wage
      • A Full Day of Local Debate on the Minimum Wage, From the Left to the Right
      • Jefferson Co. Minimum Wage Increase Advances
      • Louisville Business Owners Push Back Against $10.10 Wage
      • Report: Min Wage Bump Helps Older Workers
      • Congressman John Yarmuth Puts Political Weight Behind Louisville Minimum Wage Bill
      • Study: Local Minimum Wage Hike Would Benefit More Than One in Five Workers, Mostly Full-Time Adults and Women
      • Louisville Metro Council to Discuss Minimum Wage Tuesday
      • New Report: More than One in Five Louisville Workers Would Benefit from Proposed Minimum Wage Increase
      • Census Bureau Report Shows Slight Improvement in KY Poverty Rate
      • Number of Poor Kentuckians Remains High, State Still Climbing Out of Recession
      • Addressing Tax Breaks on Retirement Income
      • KY Minimum Wage Debate
      • Minimum Wage
      • State Lawmakers Rally to Raise Minimum Wage
      • Child Poverty Persists
      • Why Do 27 Percent of Kentucky’s Kids Live in Poverty?
      • Kentucky Sees Drop in Food Stamp Recipients
      • Food Stamp Use in First Decline Since Recession
      • Kentucky Immigrants Are Likelier To Have a College Degree Than U.S.-Born Kentucky Residents
      • “Feds Should Help” With Coalfields Transition
      • Immigration Reform Would Help Kentucky, Report Says
      • Report: Immigrants Contribute to Kentucky’s Economy, but Face Barriers
      • War on Poverty Efforts Made Real Progress, but There Is Much Work Left to Do
      • Pension System Review Could Up Taxpayers’ Costs
      • More than 800 Kentucky Schools Eligible in 2014-2015 To Combat Child Hunger By Increasing School Meal Participation
      • Kentucky Pension Reforms
      • Appalachian Food Bank Highlights Needs of Hunger
      • What Does ‘Equal Pay Day’ Mean for Kentucky Women, Especially Minorities?
      • Some State Pensions in Dire Straits
      • Minimum Wage
      • Report: More Than Half of Kentuckians Living Paycheck to Paycheck
      • Kentucky Economic Group Says Minimum Wage Boost Would Have Wide-Reaching Positive Impacts
      • Speak Your Piece: Owsley County Breakdown
      • Food Stamp Cut Hits Kentucky County Harder Than Most
      • Minimum Wage Increase a Priority
      • 53,000 Kentuckians May Lose Jobless Benefits if Congress Lets Emergency Program Expire
      • Expiring Unemployment Benefits Will Affect Thousands of Kentuckians
      • Federal Food Stamps Benefits Cuts Begin, Which Affects One-fifth of Kentuckians
      • Stimulus Expiration Means Cuts for Food Assistance Program
      • Food Stamps for Kentucky’s Fast Food Workers?
      • Protecting Needy Constituents from Food Stamp Cuts
      • House Bill Slashes Food Stamp Program
      • KY House Members Must Reject Plan to Slash Food-Stamp Benefits
      • Kentucky’s African American Disparities Continue, U.S. Census Data Shows
      • Congressman John Yarmuth Lone Kentucky Lawmaker to Vote Against $40 Billion in Food Stamps Cuts
      • Report: One in Six Kentucky Households Cannot Afford Healthy Food
      • Showdown Over SNAP
      • House GOP Ups Nutrition Cuts
      • Food Aid Cuts to Hit County Soon
      • New Report – 875,000 Kentuckians Will See Cuts to Their Food Assistance Benefits This Fall
      • Kentucky, States Asked To Consider Bracing Food Stamp Recipients For Cuts
      • Earned Income Tax Credits Help Kentucky’s Military Families
      • Working Family Tax Credits Help Kentucky’s Military Families
      • The Price of Poverty 2
      • Healthcare Reform Helps Entrepreneurs
      • Expanding Medicaid Means Improved Health and Quality of Life for Many Kentuckians
      • Public Employee Pensions
      • Statement: Medicaid Expansion Will Make Kentucky Healthier and Our Economy Stronger
      • Louisville Non-Profit Team Receives $100,000 to Develop Civic Engagement Plan
      • Questions Linger on Pension Funding
      • Workers Across Kentucky’s Economy Could Gain Health Insurance through Medicaid Expansion
      • Pension Bill Focuses on Wrong Issues
      • Why Regions Fail
      • Child Poverty Rates Follow Trend in Southeastern Kentucky
      • Kentucky Among 10 States with Fastest-Growing Income Inequality
      • New Study – Kentucky, Indiana in Middle Range for Income Inequality
      • Kentucky Among 10 States with Fastest-Growing Income Inequality
      • The Money Gap Widens in Kentucky
      • New Census Data: 29,000 More Kentuckians Had Health Insurance in 2011
      • Report Attacks Public Pension “Myths”
      • Study Says Gap Between Private, Public Sectors Not Wide
      • Public Versus Private Employee Costs in Kentucky: Comparing Apples to Apples
      • Health Care Law Will Benefit Kentuckians In Many Ways
      • New Data: Income Down, Poverty Up in Kentucky, Indiana
      • Census Shows Shrinking Middle Class in Kentucky
      • Census Data Paint Bleak Economic Picture in Kentucky
      • 17.4 Percent of Kentuckians in Poverty
      • New Census Data: Poverty and Uninsurance Rates Remain High in Kentucky
      • KY Group–Medicare, Medicaid Plans Sever Societal Covenant
      • Payday Lending is Godsend or Evil
      • Proposed Cap on Payday Interest Rates Turned Down
      • KY Passing Up Feds’ $90 Million Bonus Bucks for Jobless Workers?
      • Kentucky to Forego $90 Million for Jobless Workers Unless Unemployment Insurance Updates Made by August
    • Category: Education Press
      • WKU Students Join Frankfort ‘Rally for Higher Education’
      • Eastern Standard: Inadequate, Inequitable Education Funding in Kentucky
      • Kentucky Ranks 8th-Worst in College Affordability, Per Report
      • Kentucky Among Worst States in Nation for College Affordability, Harming Students Who Already Face the Greatest Barriers
      • WKU Scholarship Changes a Positive Step
      • Teacher Shortage Cause for Legislative Action
      • KY Sees Decline in Per-Student State Funding
      • STEM Degrees Gain Steam in Kentucky: Good for Your Kid’s Wallet, but Not Their Classroom
      • Kentucky Students Are Paying More for Tuition – and It May Get Higher
      • Study Ranks Kentucky College Degree Eighth Least Affordable in Nation
      • State Higher Education Affordability Ranks Low
      • Kentucky One of the Worst States for College Affordability
      • New Study Puts Kentucky Eighth for College Unaffordability
      • Kentucky Public Higher Education Affordability Ranks Low
      • West Virginia and Kentucky College Students Still Struggle to Pay Back Loans
      • New School Year, Tough Choices for KY Districts
      • UK Outperforms University of Louisville in Competition for State Funds
      • Kentucky Is Learning That You Can’t Have School Without Teachers
      • Major Changes to KEES Scholarship Program Get First Approval as Concerns Linger
      • Funding Gap Between Wealthy, Poor School Districts Climb Toward Pre-KERA Levels
      • Kentucky Continues to Cut Funding for Education
      • Higher Ed Cuts Keep Kentucky Among Worst in Nation
      • Continued Higher Education Cuts Place Kentucky Among Worst in Country
      • Kentucky Cuts to Higher Education Place it Among Worst in Country
      • Shortchanging Our Schools
      • Growth in Healthcare Jobs an Opportunity for Kentuckians
      • New Report Argues for Funding Proven Strategies
      • Report: Low-income, Minority Students Losing Ground at Kentucky Colleges
      • State 11th Worst in Public Education Cuts, Study Says
      • Beshear Admits More Funds Should Be Directed to K-12 Students
      • Report: Kentucky Spending on Public Education Lower Than Recession Levels
      • Report: Education Funding in Kentucky Not Keeping Up
      • Fact Checking the ‘War on Coal’
      • Adjusted for Inflation, Kentucky’s Per-Student Spending Has Taken a Hit
      • Report: Kentucky’s School Funding Cuts Since Recession Among Deepest in the Country
      • Study: Ky.’s Education Cuts Deeper Than Most
      • Kentucky’s School Funding Cuts Among the Nation’s Deepest
      • Education Inequality Worsening; Kentucky’s Future Jeopardized without Support for Poor Schools, Kids
      • College Graduation Up in Kentucky, But Low-Income, Minority Students Struggling
      • College Graduation Up in Kentucky, But Low-Income, Minority Students Struggling
      • In Eastern Kentucky, Schools are Improving, but Progress ‘Painfully Slow’
      • Study Says State School Funding Cuts Threaten Education, Economy
      • Shortchanges Public Education; Study Shows how Funding Falls Short
      • Kentucky Among States that Cut School Funds Most During Recession
      • Report – Deep Cuts to Education Hurting Students and the Economy
      • Kentucky—and Most States—are Spending Less Per Student Than Before the Recession, Report Says
      • Kentucky’s Disinvestment in Higher Education Part of a Harmful National Trend
      • KY Community College Students Need More Help
      • Increase Support for KY’s Community College Students
      • Crossing the Finish Line: Overcoming Barriers to Community College Degree and Credential Attainment in Kentucky
      • College Graduation Gap Widens for Low-income Kentuckians
      • A Rocky Appalachian Trail
    • Category: Event description
      • Important Conversations at KCEP’s 2020 Policy Conference
    • Category: Health Care Press
      • Kentucky Lives and Livelihoods Are on the Line with Supreme Court Challenge to ACA
      • Even Before COVID-19, Kentucky’s Uninsured Rate Was Rising. Medicaid Funding and “Welcome Mat” Approach Critical to Protecting Kentuckians in Crisis
      • Kentucky Leading Among States in Medicaid Enrollment as It Works to Sign up Those Eligible
      • Kentucky Jumps Back on State-Based Obamacare Exchange Bandwagon
      • Gov. Beshear Urges Kentucky Employers to Offer Paid Sick Leave Amid Coronavirus Concerns
      • Stay Home From Work? Many Kentuckians Can’t
      • Medicaid Is Foundational for Kentucky’s Health
      • Bevin’s Health Plan Was Cruel to Vulnerable Kentuckians. Beshear Was Right to End It.
      • InsureKY Reacts to Withdrawal of Barriers to Medicaid
      • First Approved Medicaid Work Rule on Chopping Block in Kentucky
      • Gov.-Elect Beshear Says He’ll Rescind Medicaid Waiver
      • Kentucky Expands Medicaid Program To Pay for Employer Coverage
      • Kentucky Could Be First State To Fully Eliminate Medicaid Work Requirements
      • Indiana Halts Medicaid Work Requirements In Light of Pending Lawsuits
      • Report Shows Increasing SNAP Benefits Could Reduce Kentucky’s Health Care Costs
      • Progress on Health Coverage in Kentucky Has Begun To Erode, According to New Data
      • Deep Study Finds Only 36% Affected by Kentucky’s Proposed Medicaid Work Rule Aren’t Meeting Them Already
      • Here’s a New Tool to Track Ongoing Changes to State’s Medicaid Program, Includes County Enrollment Data
      • Bevin and Trump Administrations Cite SNAP Work Requirement in Push to Reverse Medicaid Ruling
      • Why States Want Certain Americans to Work for Medicaid
      • Arkansas Governor Vows Not to Give up on Medicaid Work Rules
      • Summary Judgment: HHS Approval of Kentucky HEALTH Vacated, Again
      • The Risk of Death From This Cancer Went Down in Kentucky After Medicaid Expansion
      • The Risk of Death From This Cancer Went Down in Kentucky After Medicaid Expansion
      • Bevin and Santorum Tout Conservative Plan to Restructure Healthcare
      • Medicaid Recipients File Suit Again to Block Bevin’s Work Requirements and Premiums
      • Kentucky Medicaid Fight Enters Round Two
      • The Deadline to Get Health Insurance Using the Federal Marketplace Is Saturday
      • Kentucky Tonight: Medicaid
      • Advocates: Medicaid Waiver Could Hurt Mentally Ill, Vulnerable Populations
      • Concerns Raised Over Medicaid Work Requirements
      • Deadline to Sign up for Insurance on Healthcare.Gov Is Dec. 15, but Most Americans Don’t Know
      • Kentucky’s Medicaid Enrollment Dips Ahead of New Rules
      • Bevin Plans to Move Ahead With Medicaid Changes, but Another Court Battle Is Likely
      • Local Officials Wait to Learn Kentucky HEALTH Details
      • Kentucky’s Medicaid Overhaul Approved
      • Insure Kentucky Releases Statement as CMS Reapproves KY HEALTH Medicaid Waiver
      • Feds Back Work Requirements in Other States as Kentucky Waits
      • Family History Leads Kentucky Candidates to Different Places
      • Healthy Debate: Ohio Valley Health Concerns Driving Competitive Midterm Races
      • Medicaid Overhaul: Will Kentucky Be the Next Arkansas?
      • ‘Kentucky Is Not Arkansas.’ Arkansas Drops Thousands From Medicaid for Non-Compliance With Work Requirements
      • Medicaid Work Demonstration Legal Developments: Stewart v Azar; Bevin v Stewart; Gresham v Azar
      • More Kentuckians Don’t Have Health Insurance
      • New Census Data Shows Progress on Health Insurance Coverage Has Stalled
      • State Moves Ahead on Kentucky HEALTH Plan That Federal Judge Has vacated; Hoping for Waiver
      • Analysis Shows Comments on Medicaid Proposal ‘Overwhelmingly’ Against Kentucky Health
      • Report: Kentucky’s Medicaid Changes ‘Overwhelmingly’ Unpopular
      • Thousands Please with the Feds to Stop Bevin’s Medicaid Overhaul
      • Overnight Health Care: Comments on Kentucky Medicaid Changes Largely Negative
      • A Battle Over Medicaid Coverage Takes Center Stage in Kentucky
      • New Group Offers a Proposal to Save Kentucky’s Medicaid Expansion
      • Dozen State AGs Sue to Stop Health Plan Rule
      • Kentucky Tonight: Medicaid
      • In a Surprise Move, State Restores Dental, Vision Coverage for Medicaid Recipients
      • Report: Thousands in KY Lost Dental, Vision Coverage After Medicaid Rollbacks
      • Appointments at the Kentucky Dental Clinic Down By Half After Bevin’s Medicaid Cuts
      • Kids Wrongly Denied Care Under Kentucky’s Medicaid Cuts, Dentists Say
      • Kentucky Cuts Dental, Vision Coverage for Nearly 500,000 Medicaid Recipients
      • Judge Blocks Kentucky Medicaid Work Requirements Hours Before Their Implementation
      • Court Blocks Kentucky’s Changes to Medicaid, Including Work Requirements
      • A Look at Medicaid in Kentucky
      • Insure Kentucky Coalition Issues Statement on Ruling Blocking New Barriers to Medicaid Coverage
      • Federal Judge Rules Against Kentucky’s Medicaid Work Requirements
      • Official Says Medicaid Expansion Could Be Scrapped
      • First, Get a Job
      • As Kentucky Rushes to Remake Medicaid, Advocates Try to Protect Health Care for the Homeless
      • Reports: Medicaid Proposals Jeopardize ACA Gains and Individuals’ Coverage
      • Medicaid Work Requirement Will Hurt Kentucky’s Workers
      • Bevin Wants Medicaid Plan to Delivery Dignity, but it May Just Punish the Poor
      • Kentucky Tests How Much To Demand of Medicaid Recipients
      • Medicaid Changes Require Tens of Millions in Upfront Costs
      • Bevin’s Medicaid Changes Actually Mean Kentucky Will Pay More to Provide Health Care
      • New Census Data Shows Continued Gains in Health Insurance Coverage Thanks to ACA
      • Statement on the Failure of Health Repeal in the Senate
      • Statement on Vote to Debate Health Care Repeal
      • Statement on Senate Health Repeal Bill
      • Statement on House Passage of Health Law Repeal
      • House Health Care Bill Is an Even Worse Threat to Kentuckians
      • Kentucky Tonight: Affordable Care Act
      • Statement on Failure of Health Law Repeal
      • Congressional Budget Office Estimates Show Health Repeal Would Cause Deep Harm
      • Statement on House Health Law Repeal
      • Decisions About Future of Health Law Must Be Based in Facts
      • ACA Repeal Would Be Devastating in Ky.
      • Cutting Back Medicaid Expansion No Solution to Budget Pressures
      • New Census Data Keeps Kentucky As Top State in Health Insurance Coverage, Thanks to Medicaid Expansion
      • Medicaid Expansion Allows Kentuckians to Engage their Health, Barriers Make It Harder
      • Changes to Kentucky’s Medicaid Expansion Put the State’s Health and Economy at Risk
      • New Report Warns Against Harmful Changes to Kentucky’s Medicaid Expansion
      • Statement on Dismantling of Kynect
      • New Census Data Confirms ACA is Working in Kentucky
      • Will Ga. Hospital Group Go to Bat for Medicaid?
      • New Access to Health Care Will Be an Economic Driver
      • Medicaid Expansion Leads to Booming Reimbursements, Plunging Uninsured Rate in Kentucky
      • Obamacare in Kentucky
      • Get Over It
      • Medicaid Expansion Decision Expected from Gov. Steve Beshear on Thursday
      • Decision to Expand Medicaid in Kentucky Gets Reactions from State Officials, Advocates
      • More Workers Could Get Health Care if Medicaid Expands
      • Thousands of Kentucky Veterans Could Get Health Insurance Under Medicaid Expansion
      • Medicaid Expansion Would Help 27,000 KY Vets and Families
      • Medicaid Provides for the Poorest and Sickest
      • Policy Group Uses Census Data to Encourage Medicaid Expansion
      • Health Care Crossroads
    • Category: Jobs and the Economy Press
      • Bigger and Faster: What Will Amazon Mean for Metro Des Moines Retailers?
      • Ohio Valley Outlook: Expect A Slower Regional Economy in 2020
      • Kentucky’s Economy Shows Some Progress Mixed With Struggles Under Governor Matt Bevin
      • SOTC Panel: State of Economy in Kentucky
      • How Are Kentucky Workers Faring This Labor Day?
      • Terry Gill, Kentucky’s Economic Development Cabinet Secretary, Is Resigning
      • Bills Would Worsen Troubles for Kentuckians Who Get Laid Off
      • This Week On The Business Side What’s The Real Shape of Kentucky’s Economy
      • Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin Had a Very Bad Week. Blame Some of It on His Worst Enemy.
      • Report: Kentucky’s Economy Not as Rosy as Suggested
      • New Report Shows Kentucky’s Economic Performance Falls Short
      • Bevin Says Kentucky Economy Booming Under New Laws. Job Growth Has Actually Slowed.
      • Report Challenges Matt Bevin’s Claims of Economic Revival in Kentucky
      • New Research: Kentucky’s Economic Performance Falls Short of Claims Based on Corporate Announcements
      • State’s Labor Surplus Swelling, Data Shows
      • Kentucky Tonight: Jobs and Wages
      • The Problem Is Bad Jobs, Not Bad Workers
      • Census Data Shows Fewer Kids in Kentucky Living in Poverty
      • Welcome to the Indentured Servant Economy
      • New Census Data Shows Too Many Kentuckians Still Struggling to Afford Basic Necessities
      • Rural Kentucky Needs Direction, Plan for Reversing Economic Lag Behind Cities
      • New Report Shows Job Growth Lagging in Rural Kentucky
      • Kentucky’s Economy Improves in Cities. Rural Areas Falling Behind
      • Report Shows Gaps in Kentucky’s Economy
      • Report Examines Income Inequality In Kentucky
      • Kentucky Resettles More Refugees Than the National Average. Here’s the Story of One
      • Refugees Feel Sting of Supreme Court Ruling to Keep Trump’s Travel Ban
      • Kentucky Tonight: Economy and Trade
      • Job Losses, Unfair Competition: How to Address Trade Inequities
      • Jobs Myth at Root of Policies Harming Unemployed
      • The State of Working Kentucky 2016: Bright Spots But Still Far From Full Recovery
      • Bolder Economic Solutions One Answer to the Anger
      • Power+ Plan for Appalachian Renewal
      • Kentucky’s Economy Continues to Reflect National Trends
      • Report: Kentucky Workers Still Feeling Recession
      • Low Road Economy No Path to Prosperity in Kentucky
      • Support Workers to Grow KY Jobs
      • EPI Study: Trade Deficit with China has Cost Kentucky 41,000 Jobs Since 2001
      • Despite Figures, State’s Economy Remains Slow
      • Growing Trade Deficit with China has Cost 41,100 Kentucky Jobs Since 2001
      • Deep In Coal Country, Pondering Future Without It
      • State Unemployment News Not All Good
      • Disagreement on How to Fix Job Woes
      • Report: Many in KY Still Working to Find Work
      • New “State of Working” Report Finds Kentucky Still Behind in Jobs, Wages, Living Standards
      • W.Va. Rages Like It’s 1984
      • Report Shows Kentucky Workers Still Struggling
      • Happy Labor Day! New Study Finds Kentucky Jobs Scarce, Wages Stagnant
      • Eroding Wages and Continued Lack of Jobs Mark Labor Day in Kentucky
      • Eroding Wages and Continued Lack of Jobs Mark Labor Day in Kentucky
      • Kentucky’s Recovery Debate on KET
      • Jobs and the Economy
      • Anti-Poverty Plan Touted Despite Unproven Math
      • Not Much to Lose in Move From Coal
      • EPA’s Coal-State Impact Less Than Certain
      • Report: Kentucky Adding Low Paying Jobs
      • Exploiters of Job Losses Paint Wrong Picture of Cause
      • Coal Man: Mining To Last Generations Here, but the Impact Will Be Less
      • When the Coal Layoffs Trickle Down
      • In Kentucky, Who’s to Blame for Coal’s Decline?
      • Welcome to Workers’ Voice
      • Assessing the SOAR Summit
      • Wasteful Emissions
      • Kentucky Workers Face Eroding Wages and Too Few Jobs
      • Reclamation Money Could Fuel Recovery
      • Kentucky’s Stake in “Too Big to Fail”
      • Appalachia’s Bright Future Conference April 19-21
      • Kentucky Coal Production, Employment Plummet
      • Debate Continues on Kentucky’s Economic Climate
      • Unemployment Up in Eastern Coal Counties; Western Counties Seeing Declines
      • Kentucky Spent $1.29 Billion On Economic Development Incentives Over Last Decade
      • Leaders Exchange Ideas for Transforming the Economy of Eastern Kentucky
      • Nearly One-Third of Kentucky Households Had Less than $25,000 in Income in 2010
      • Persistent Unemployment and Stagnant Wages Mark Labor Day 2011
    • Category: Media Mentions
      • COVID Relief Is Coming to the Ohio Valley. But As Hunger Persists, Did It Arrive Too Late?
      • COVID-19 Relief Package Isn’t Enough to Get Kentucky Through the Pandemic
      • Kentucky Is Hurting as Its Senators Limit or Oppose Federal Aid
      • With Budget Talks Coming, Report Suggests New Revenue Is Needed in Kentucky
      • Kentuckians Still Waiting on Unemployment Benefits After Filing in the Spring
      • Kentucky Needs to “Reprogram” Computers to Pay New $300 Jobless Benefit, Beshear Says
      • Latest School Choice Proposal in Kentucky Would Create “Education Opportunity Accounts”
      • Kentucky’s Unemployment Insurance System Poses Problems
      • What Is in the New Rescue Package Bill?
      • Federal Unemployment Aid for 80,000+ Kentuckians Set to Expire After Christmas
      • Kentucky’s Mountain Region Suffering with Job Losses
      • How Kentucky Missed Out on a $90 Million Unemployment Upgrade
      • KY Faces a Terrible COVID Christmas, Scary New Year. But ‘Freedom Fighters’ Bury Their Heads.
      • Ohio Valley Economic Outlook Grim As COVID Aid Programs End
      • Expiration of Pandemic-Related Benefits to Impact 100,000+ Kentuckians
      • What Striking Down the ACA Would Mean in Kentucky
      • U.S. Supreme Court Takes Up Future of Affordable Care Act
      • From Immigration to Health Care, How Will a Biden Presidency Impact Kentucky?
      • Criminal Justice Reform Coalition Pushing for Changes in 2021 Legislative Session
      • Should Record-High COVID-19 Cases Bring Restrictions? It’s Complicated
      • Federal Ruling Allows Inmates to Get a COVID-19 Stimulus Check. But Time Is Running Out.
      • State’s Incarceration Rate Remains Among Highest: Group
      • More Than 1 in 3 Kentuckians on Medicaid Because of Pandemic
      • A Thriving Community Requires a Strong Safety Net to Help Kentuckians Make Ends Meet
      • AACS Survey: Jobs, Housing Top Concerns
      • Why Kentucky Ranked 40th in U.S. News & World Report’s Best States Analysis
      • Helping Refugees Adjust to Life in KY, Cope With Mental Stress
      • Bevin Invokes Wimpy’s Hamburger Line in Pension Reform Lawsuit
      • Kentucky Employees and Teachers Could See Health Costs Leap 50 Percent Under Budget Plan, Critic Says
      • Anti-Pension Missive Does Not Compute, House Republicans Should Keep Asking Smart Questions
      • Pension Letter Doesn’t Move House Members
      • For Many Kentuckians, Federal Food Aid Doesn’t Stretch Far Enough
      • Kentucky Kingdom Withdraws Support for Bill Banning Overtime Pay for Seasonal Workers
      • Unemployed and Out of Luck. Plan Would Cut Benefits for Out-of-Work Kentuckians.
      • Bevin Promised to Turn ‘Sacred Cow’ Tax Breaks into ‘Hamburger.’ Where’s the Beef?
      • Paying Taxes for Essential Services is Not Bad for Kentucky
      • Some Kentucky School Districts May Go Broke Before Year Ends
      • How Changes To Kentucky’s Medicaid Program Could Affect Dental Care
      • Kentucky Halts Applications for Film Industry Tax Credits
      • Fixing State Finances Requires New Revenue
      • Bevin Defends ‘Adoption Czar’ Hire, Medicaid Waiver
      • Kentucky Kingdom Workers Could Lose Overtime Pay Under Senate-Backed Plan
      • Report: Kentucky’s Inflation-Adjusted Per-Pupil Funding Down Since ’08
      • Republicans May Reveal Their Pension Bill to Nervous Retirees as Soon as Monday
      • Let’s Drop the Make-Believe on School Funding in Kentucky
      • Affordable Care Act Enrollments Up in 2017 — Kentucky Has Second Greatest Percentage Increase
      • Big Changes Proposed for Kentucky’s Largest College Scholarship Program
      • Less Art, Music. More Fees for Students. Report Tallies Costs of Kentucky School Cuts.
      • Report Highlights Impact Of Budget Cuts On Kentucky Schools, Students
      • Survey Shows Cuts to Ky. School Districts Have Meant Fewer Services
      • Barber: Bevin’s Proposal Would Add $500,000 to FIS Budget
      • Bevin Budget Breakdown: Here’s What’s Boosted, What’s On The Chopping Block
      • Activists, Educators Respond To Proposed Budget Cuts
      • Kentucky HEALTH Won’t Be ‘Transformational’
      • Day Care Dilemma: High Costs, Few Options Frustrate Some Parents
      • Kentucky Group Criticizes Bevin’s Budget, Pushes For Tax Reform
      • Lawmakers Discuss Proposed Budget Cuts
      • UK Says It Could Lose Millions Under Proposed Budget
      • Group Voices Kentucky Budget Concerns
      • Urge Lawmakers to Support Plan to Ensure Funding for Public Education
      • Could Controversial School Choice Program Be Headed to Kentucky?
      • Bevin Takes $201 Million From State Workers’ Health Plan to Balance Proposed Budget
      • Look Past Bevin’s Budget Spin. ‘Sacred Cows’ Escape Again, but Schools, Health Suffer.
      • Kentucky’s Budget Puzzle is Missing a Huge Piece: Pension Reform
      • Governor’s Budget Proposal Has Deep Cuts for Education
      • Education Advocates Grade Bevin’s Budget Proposals
      • School Officials Leery of Bevin Budget Proposal
      • Bevin Order Would End Medicaid Expansion if Courts Block Any Part of Waiver Plan
      • Bevin Orders End to Expanded Medicaid if Courts Block Work Requirement, Other Changes
      • Legislation Would Allow 95 Percent Tax Credit on Donations for Private K-12 Scholarships
      • Bevin Touts ‘Transformational’ Medicaid Overhaul as Critics Fear Sicker Kentuckians
      • Kentucky is First State Ever to Require Medicaid Recipients to Work
      • Kentucky Scores First Medicaid Work Requirement Approval
      • ‘Out of Control.’ Movie, TV Incentives Approved by State Balloon to $162 Million.
      • Ky. Becomes First State to Require Medicaid Recipients to Work
      • Work Requirements Are Likely Coming To Kentucky’s Medicaid Program
      • Difficult Budget Has Some Wary of K-12 Cuts Across Kentucky
      • Report Gives Low Grade To Kentucky’s Cuts To Education
      • Kentucky First to Get OK for Medicaid Work Requirement
      • Kentucky Leaders on Course to Create ‘Dumberer’ Citizens Through Education Cuts
      • City School Board Talks Budget Woes
      • Kentucky Pension Reform Bill’s Funding Method May Kick ‘Kids in the Teeth,’ Critics Say
      • Nothing is Safe as Lawmakers Slash $1 Billion From Budget
      • Kentucky Center for Economic Policy Issues Preview of 2018-20 State Budget
      • KCEP Finds the Wealthiest School Districts Get More Money Per Student
      • Funding Gap Widens Between Kentucky’s Wealthy, Poor School Districts
      • Louisville Lawmaker’s Bill Targets Job Regulations
      • Kentucky Budget Cuts Could Crush School Outreach, Education Officials Say
      • School District Leaders Brace for Budget Cuts
      • Kentucky Advocate Says DREAM Act Would Boost Local, State Economy
      • Kentucky’s Universities Brace for ‘Bigger Cuts Than They’ve Ever Seen’
      • McConnell Touts Tax Bill Benefits, Skeptics See Few For Kentucky
      • $10,000 Cap for State and Local Deductions in Federal Tax Bill Could Limit School Revenue Growth
      • Pension Reform, Taxes and the Budget
      • In This Small Kentucky Town, They Aren’t Waiting on Washington to Fix Things
      • ‘Child Care Deserts’ are Leaving Rural Parents with Few Options
      • Connections with Renee Shaw: Disability Rates and Benefits
      • Kentucky Tonight: Federal Tax Reform
      • Kentucky One of the Worst States for Cuts to Education Spending, Report Shows
      • State Officials OK Millions In Taxpayer-Funded Movies In Secret
      • Analysis of Proposed Pension Reform at KTRS Shouldn’t “Be Surprising to Anybody that Understands How These Proposals Work”
      • “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” Would Leave Kentuckians Worse Off
      • Analysis: House Tax Plan Tilts to Favor Wealthiest Kentuckians
      • Central Kentucky’s Health Care Systems Investing Millions in Outcomes
      • Closing This Tax Loophole Would Bring Kentucky Billions. Will You Have to Pay More?
      • Feds Will Allow Medicaid Work Requirements. Here’s What It Means For Kentucky
      • U.S. House Tax Plan Benefits Only Wealthiest Kentuckians
      • Will Kentucky’s Pension Crisis Cripple Regional Universities and Community Colleges?
      • Bill to Save Kentucky’s Pensions Finally Released, but Success Remains Doubtful
      • Congress Moves to Fund Children’s Health Insurance, But At Others’ Expense
      • Changes Likely to Bevin’s Plan, GOP Leaders Predict
      • Kentucky Tonight: Public Employee Pensions
      • Three Interesting Things From the Draft Version of the Pension Reform Bill
      • Gov. Bevin Makes a Case That 401(k)-Style Pension Plans Can Be a Better Deal for Teachers
      • Bevin’s Pension Bill Has a Few Surprises, Such as Where That 3 Percent Pay Cut Goes
      • Gov. Matt Bevin’s Pension Proposal Is Out. Here’s How It Will Affect Kentuckians
      • Kentucky Pension Reform: Massive Bill Released for Lawmakers’ Scrutiny
      • OPINION: Additional Contribution for Retiree Health Benefits an Unnecessary Wage Cut
      • Ky. Needs a Break From Tax Breaks
      • About That 3 Percent ‘Pay Cut’ in Pension Plan? Teachers, Workers Say They’re Stumped.
      • How Developers of Lexington’s Flashiest Mall Got a Tax Break Meant for Blighted Areas
      • Would Federal Tax Proposal on 401(k)s Undercut Bevin’s Plan?
      • Kentucky Pension Reform: Will Plan Make it Harder to Attract Teachers?
      • State Can Mitigate Pension Problem by Paying What it Promised
      • Kentucky Awards $5 million a Month to Low-Budget Films. What Do We Get in Return?
      • States’ Answer to Rising Health-Care Costs for Employees? You Pay for It.
      • Kentucky Taxpayers Should Question GOP Pension Plan. Here’s Why.
      • Bevin Says Kentucky Pension Reform Plan Will Make 2018 Budget Session ‘Brutally Difficult’
      • Pension Reform Plan Calls for Current Benefit Caps After 27 Years, 401(k)-Style Accounts for Most Future Public Workers in Kentucky
      • Kentucky Pension Crisis: Bevin Plan Would Move Workers to 401(k)-Like Plans
      • Spike In Kentucky Disability Benefits Aided By Aging Baby Boomers
      • Beshear Says He’ll Sue Trump For Cutting Obamacare Subsidies
      • Trump’s Order to Cut Health Insurance Funds Will Drive Up Costs for Thousands in Kentucky
      • Kentucky AG Joins Suit Challenging Trump’s Health Care Order
      • Kentucky’s Pension Crisis Threatens State Funding
      • Louisville Forum Holds Debate for Solutions to Kentucky’s Public Pension Problem
      • Kentucky Tonight: Tax Policy
      • Pension Reform Forum Tuesday
      • Obamacare Changed Their Lives. Now These Kentuckians Worry They’ll Lose Coverage.
      • Here’s Some of What Bevin Wants to See in Pension Reform
      • Kentucky Sends an Ominous Signal About The Future of Medicaid
      • Healthy Times: Episode 30
      • How Repealing Obamacare Would Affect This Louisville Family
      • Graham-Cassidy Comes Under Fire In Kentucky
      • Why Senate GOP Health Plan is Bad for America, Worse for Kentucky
      • Ky. Legislators Give Away Billions in Tax Exemptions
      • Kentucky’s Public Pension Faces Very Real Challenges Not Met by Switching to 401Ks
      • A Dream Deferred: DACA Recipients in Limbo While Congress Debates
      • Kentucky Pension Crisis: Are 401(k) Plans the Solution?
      • Bevin Calls For Phasing Out Individual Income Tax
      • What Does Tax Reform Mean to Bevin? Business Leaders Get a Sneak Peek.
      • Kentucky Leads Nation in Decrease of Those Without Insurance
      • Kentucky Posts Fourth-Biggest Drop in Uninsured Rate Since Obamacare Coverage Expansion
      • Forward KY – Pension Podcast
      • Bevin Seeks 17.4 Percent Budget Cuts to Deal with Expected $200 Million Shortfall
      • State Agencies Must Cut Budgets by 17% to Avoid $200M Shortfall, Bevin Says
      • Pensioners Not to Blame for Kentucky’s Predicament
      • Kentucky Isn’t the Only State with a Pension Crisis. Here’s How Others Coped.
      • Making Workers Pay for Politicians’ Mistakes isn’t the Only Way to Fix Pensions
      • What are Key Players Saying About a Consultant’s Proposals to Fix the Pension Crisis?
      • Kentucky Group Cautions Against 401(k) Pension Fix
      • Report: Kentucky’s Per-Student Higher Education Budget Cuts Since Great Recession Amongst 10 Worst
      • In This College Ranking, Kentucky is Among the 10 Worst
      • State’s Higher Ed Funding Cuts Among Worst
      • Report Shows Deep Cuts to University Funding
      • Kentucky’s Pension Crisis Can’t Be Solved with 401(k) Plans, Group Says
      • Ky. Public Pension Coalition Cautions Against Moving New State Hires to 401(k)-Style Pensions
      • Workers Speak Out Against Governor’s Pension Reform Plan
      • Bevin’s Pension Crisis Website Sets Kentucky’s Debt Way Too High, Advocates Say
      • Bevin Launches Pension Crisis Information Website
      • Health Secretary Says ‘No One is Going to be Pushed off Medicaid,’ but Plan Says Fewer Will Have It, and Has Pitfalls to Lose Coverage
      • Kentucky Tonight: Public Pensions
      • How The Plan To Cut Immigration In Half Could Hurt Kentucky’s Economy
      • Ford’s Louisville Plants Reach Highest Employment in at Least Two Decades
      • Executive Action On Healthcare? Paul Sounding Confident
      • Reforming the Tax Code
      • Bevin Wants to Deal with Pension Crisis, Tax Reform Separately
      • We’re Ready to Work with McConnell to Improve Health Care
      • KET: Areas of Conflict and Compromise in State Tax Reform
      • Indivisible Group Eyes Common-Sense Tax Reform
      • Medicaid Cuts Loom – Even Without ACA Repeal
      • Feeling Pain: 500K Kentuckians Could Lose Coverage with ACA Repeal
      • Waiver Tweaks Likely To Further Shrink Medicaid Rolls
      • Can Public Pension Benefits Be Cut? Kentucky Officials Looking Into It
      • In Kentucky, Competing Narratives Complicate Healthcare Debate
      • City, Pro Soccer Club Kicking Around Public Costs of Butchertown Stadium Deal
      • McConnell’s Health Plan Will Hurt Kentuckians More Than Most
      • McConnell’s Health Gambit Ripples in Kentucky
      • McConnell Says His Bill Wouldn’t Take Anyone off Medicaid, Critics of the Bill Say It Would
      • Republican Medicaid Cut in Kentucky Would Slash 9,000 More People From Health Coverage
      • Frailty of State IT System Prompts Bevin’s Latest Medicaid Request
      • Bevin Revises Medicaid Plan, Seeks to Reduce Kentucky’s Rolls by Another 9,000 People
      • Kentucky Labor Cabinet Expanding Apprenticeship Opportunities
      • Rand Paul Says He’d Be Closer to Backing Health Care Bill with Fixes on Association Plans
      • Kentucky Seeks Stricter Work Requirements for Medicaid Enrollees
      • Bevin Proposes Money-Saving Changes To Medicaid Waiver; More Would Lose Benefits
      • Medicaid Changes Could Save Kentucky Money; Others to Lose Benefits
      • Under Senate Health Bill, A Rural Vs. Urban Divide Is Exacerbated
      • CBO: Health Care Bill to Create 22 million More Uninsured
      • Amid Health Care Debate, Kentucky Overdose Deaths Surge
      • Kentucky Tonight: State Tax Reform
      • Sen. McConnell, Don’t Cut the Lifeline
      • Protesters Rail Against McConnell’s Health Plan in Kentucky Capitol
      • Republican Senators Release Health-Care Bill to Cut Medicaid
      • McConnell, Paul Find Themselves on Opposite Sides as Senate Health Care Bill Heads to a Vote
      • Kentucky Senators Take Leading Roles In High-Stakes Healthcare Debate
      • Kentucky Tonight: The American Health Care Act
      • Kentucky Tonight: Public Employee Pensions
      • What The Drop in Unemployment Means–Or Doesn’t Mean–For Kentucky
      • President’s Budget Slashes Critical Assistance for Kentuckians
      • How Trump’s Budget Could End Up Hurting Poor Kentuckians
      • Medicaid Expansion Successes
      • Trump Budget Would Harm Kentuckians, Push Massive Costs onto State
      • Proposed Medicaid Cut’s Impact in Eastern Kentucky
      • Trump Budget Cuts Would Hit Trump Country Hardest
      • Sacred Cows and Secret Deals
      • Programs That Help Poor Kentuckians Face Big Cuts Under Trump’s Budget Plan
      • Medicaid Enrollees in State Concerned About Future
      • Many Might Lose Coverage if Ky. Charges Medicaid Premiums, Study Suggests
      • Hey, Moms, You’re on Your Own
      • Tax Shortfall Signals Need For Reform
      • Kentucky Tonight: Tax Reform
      • Kentucky Has A History With High-Risk Health Insurance Pools. It Isn’t Good.
      • How Kentucky’s Advocacy Groups are Reacting to U.S. House Passage of AHCA
      • Kentucky’s Weak Jobs Outlook Might Bring Budget Cuts
      • Kentucky Set to Surpass Its Record for Business Investments
      • The Effect of Trump’s Tax Plan on Kentucky: It Varies
      • Lexington Town Hall is a Sea of Discontent
      • Mind The Gap: Why The ‘Wage Gap’ Still Divides Us On Payday
      • Consumption Based Taxing Structure Would be “Tax Shift” Not Tax Reform, KCEP Says
      • What Is Tax Reform And Why Does Gov. Bevin Want It?
      • Top Kentucky Newspapers Consistently Reported On The Substance And Impact Of Kentucky’s Medicaid Waiver
      • Taxing Grocery Purchases Tough Sale
      • Commentary: Adding Sales Tax to Groceries Would Hurt Low-Income Families, Weaken Revenue Growth
      • Tax Reform Discussion
      • State Leaders Float The Idea Of A Constitutional Convention
      • 3-Day Pain Pill Limit Heads to Gov. Bevin
      • Money Model: Performance-based Funding Would Harm WKU
      • Myth and Facts about the ACA
      • Trump Heads to Kentucky for Health Care Push
      • Charter School Measures Now in Place, but Questions About Funding Remain Unresolved
      • KY Undocumented Immigrants Pay $36.6m in State, Local Taxes; Reform Could Increase
      • Trump Brings Health Care Debate Back to Kentucky
      • The American Health Care Act Would Effectively Eliminate the Medicaid Expansion
      • Bevin Administration Not Estimating GOP Health Bill’s Impact
      • Insurance Experts: Replacement Plan Harms Many, Helps Few
      • Post-ACA Predictions For Kentucky At Odds
      • Reopening The Constitution: Panacea Or Pandora’s Box?
      • Pence Pitches GOP Repeal Plan
      • CBO Report: KY Pays Price Under Congress’ Health Plan
      • Program Guides At-Risk College Students
      • Charter School Bill May Be Stalled in Kentucky Legislature
      • Temporary Work: A Growing Industry Leaving Some Workers Behind
      • After Obamacare: Thousands Of Jobs Hinge On Affordable Care Act Decisions
      • Charter Bill Would Put Public Schools At Risk Statewide
      • Where’s the Ambition For Education?
      • Louisville Police Chief Says Convicted Felons are ‘Coming Back Too Quickly’
      • Despite Bevin Warning, 40 Tax Cuts Proposed
      • Message to KY Politicians: Keep Welcoming Refugees and Immigrants
      • Students Rally Against Higher Education Cuts
      • Lawmakers Want to Boost Fines For Rogue Payday Lenders by 500 Percent
      • WKU Students Rally for Higher Ed Funding in Frankfort
      • Bevin’s Tax Reform Push Already Fueling Debate
      • NKP Focuses on Information and Grassroots Campaigning
      • Study Says Repeal of ACA Would Cost Kentucky Nearly 56,000 Jobs
      • Movement to Let States Rewrite the U.S. Constitution Comes to Kentucky
      • Talk of Obamacare Repeal Alarms Kentuckians
      • Kentucky Tax Reform Needed, But Beware of Paths Taken by Kansas, North Carolina
      • Kentucky Student Body Presidents Defend Higher Education
      • Officials, Consumers Debate Affordability of Affordable Care
      • Bevin Must Consider High Cost of Low Wages
      • Residents Decry Loss of Obamacare
      • Lawmakers Must Focus on Ways to Increase Workers’ Wages
      • State Pulling Workers out of 31 Unemployment Offices Amid Major Cuts
      • Lawmakers Add Rare Saturday Session in Frankfort
      • Right-to-Work Bill Gaining Steam; Final Passage Expected Saturday
      • Right-to-Work Bill Passes House Panel
      • Right-to-Work, Prevailing Wage Bills Set For House Vote After Clearing Committee on Partisan Votes
      • Despite Union Jeers, Right to Work, Prevailing Wage Repeal Fast-Tracked for Saturday Vote Passage
      • State House Committee Passes ‘Right to Work’ Bill, Repeal of Prevailing Wage in Party-Line Votes
      • Kentucky Republicans Poised To Pass Right-To-Work Law, Delivering Blow To Unions
      • House Committee Passes Contentious Right-to-Work Bill; Floor Vote Expected This Week
      • House Committee Passes Right to Work Bill
      • Bevin, GOP Lawmakers Push Anti-Union Bills as Angry Workers Chant in Hallways
      • Kentucky’s Tax Code Gives More Money Than It Collects. Would Reform Change That?
      • Op-Ed: Prevailing Wage Repeal Would Worsen Job Quality, Harm Kentucky Economy
      • Commentary: Plan to Cut Taxes at Top, Increase Revenue Both Misguided and Dangerous
      • Economist, Big Donor Laffer to Meet With Bevin
      • Breaking Cultural Barriers: Stories of Immigrants Who Now Call Kentucky Home
      • Why Kentucky Ranks Third In The Nation For Student Loan Defaults
      • In Life After Coal, Appalachia Attempts to Reinvent Itself
      • Kentucky University Funds May Be Based in Part on Number of Degrees
      • Kentucky Tonight: Tax Reform
      • Report: State’s School Budget Cuts Nation’s Third-Worst
      • Medicaid Waiver Critics Still Concerned That Proposal Will Get Rejected By Federal Government
      • Barr-Kemper Debate Highlights Myth About Minimum Wage, Which Should Be Raised
      • Kentucky’s Total K-12 Funding Per-Student is Down Eight and a Half Percent
      • Too Many Students Can’t Pay For College. So UK is Making a Major Change to Help
      • Public Comments on Bevin’s Medicaid Plan Can Continue Until Feds Issue Final Decision
      • Kentucky Supreme Court Strikes Down Minimum Wage Ordinance
      • Kentucky Continues Decline as One of Worst States for K-12 Core Funding
      • One Bourbon, One Strike and No Fear: Jim Beam Workers Win a Better Contract
      • Report Shows K-12 Funding in Kentucky Slipping
      • Kentucky Continues Decline as One of Worst States for K-12 Core Funding, Report Says
      • State Supreme Court Strikes Down Louisville, Lexington Minimum Wage Increases
      • What Striking Down Louisville Wage Law Means
      • Kentucky Court Strikes Down Louisville’s Minimum Wage Hike
      • High Court Rules Louisville Minimum Wage Ordinance Unconstitutional
      • Kentucky Supreme Court Strikes Down Minimum Wage Ordinance
      • Kentucky Supreme Court Strikes Down Louisville Metro Minimum Wage Law
      • Kentucky Supreme Court Strikes Down Louisville Minimum Wage Ordinance
      • Kentucky Supreme Court Strikes Down Law Raising Louisville’s Minimum Wage
      • Fischer Miffed as Minimum Wage Law Struck Down
      • Why The Jim Beam Strike Matters Nationally
      • 90% of Public Comments Opposed Bevin’s Medicaid Plan
      • Now That The Comment Period Is Closed, What’s Next For Kentucky Medicaid?
      • Kentuckians Voice Concerns Over Medicaid Changes as Comment Period Closes
      • Kentucky Tonight: Jobs and Wages
      • WKU Could Receive Refund After Court Ruling
      • Kentucky has Third Highest Student Default Rate for Second Straight Year, New Data Shows
      • Democrats Cap Off Drama by Calling for $4.6 million in School Funding
      • Medicaid Forums Allow Kentuckians to Voice Concerns on Proposed Changes
      • Health Coalition Invites Public to Learn About, Comment on Medicaid Proposal
      • Rural Areas Are in Critical Need of Technological Infrastructure
      • Like Other States, Kentucky Should Look to Hospitals, Tobacco Tax to Fund Medicaid Expansion
      • Census: Louisville Income Levels Up 6%
      • Census: Incomes Continue To Climb In The Commonwealth
      • Income Up in KY, but Poverty Rate Remains Among Highest in Nation
      • Kentucky Makes Strides in Income, Health Coverage and Education, Census Data Shows
      • Bevin Medicaid Plan Debated at Forum
      • Proposed Medicaid Changes Could Affect More Than 1 Million Kentuckians
      • Kentucky’s Uninsured Rate Down to 6% and Obamacare Gets The Credit
      • Kentucky’s Gender Wage Gap Is Narrowing, Report Says
      • Challenges Persist for Many in Kentucky Labor Market
      • Frustrated by Kentucky’s Lack of Better Jobs and Higher Wages? Here’s Why
      • New Minimum Wage Good, But Not Enough
      • Gov. Bevin Submits Medicaid Overhaul Plan to Feds, With Some Changes
      • Bevin Administration Submits Final Medicaid Changes To Feds
      • Bevin Submits Revised Waiver
      • Bevin Submits Medicaid Plan That Restores Allergy Testing
      • Controversial Parts of Medicaid Plan Remain
      • Gov. Bevin Submits Medicaid Waiver Plan to Feds with Few Changes
      • Bevin Submits Updated Medicaid Plan to Federal Government
      • Kentucky Wasting Money on Ineffective Business Incentives
      • Commentary: Five Major Challenges Facing Kentucky College Students in 2016
      • Bevin’s Medicaid Proposal Will Change, Health Secretary Says
      • Report: Kentuckians Not Saving Enough for Retirement
      • Trading Places: Neighboring Companies On Opposing Sides Of Free Trade Debate
      • Kentucky Should Enact State-Sponsored Retirement, New Report Says
      • Nearly Half of Working Kentuckians Lack Access to a Retirement Account at Place of Business
      • Kentucky’s Medicaid Ultimatum Threatens Beneficiaries’ Health
      • Should Kentucky Repeal The Inheritance Tax?
      • Bevin Extends Public Comment Period on Medicaid Proposal
      • Still Time to Comment on Bevin Medicaid Plan
      • Kentucky Reopens Medicaid Waiver Comment Period
      • Study: More Kentuckians Sought Care After Medicaid Expansion
      • Gov. Bevin Delays Applying For Medicaid Waiver
      • Refugees Fare Well Long-Term In The U.S., New Study Finds
      • Ideas Roll In for Bevin’s Red Tape Initiative
      • Benefind Woes Continue, Lawmakers to Get Update
      • Kentucky Medicaid Program At A Crossroads
      • Final Hearing on Bevin’s Proposed Medicaid Overhaul Attracted Room Full of People in Hazard
      • Critics Blast Medicaid Plan at Hazard Hearing
      • Bevin Wants Help Trimming 4,500+ Business Regs
      • Bevin Announces Review of Business Regulations
      • Proposed Medicaid Overhaul Meets Opposition at Hazard Forum
      • At Third and Final Medicaid Hearing, Eastern Kentucky Residents Say Plan Doesn’t Match Up With the Realities of Their Region
      • What Happens If Bevin Repeals Kentucky’s Medicaid Expansion?
      • Friday Marks First Phase Of Lexington Minimum Wage Hike
      • Louisville’s Minimum Wage Goes Up Friday
      • Metro Louisville’s Minimum Wage Set to Jump to $8.25 an Hour Friday
      • Fayette County’s Minimum Wage Increases to $8.20 Friday
      • Louisville’s Minimum Wage to Go Up Friday
      • As Bevin Changes Medicaid In Kentucky, A Mixed Response
      • Bevin Officials to Talk Medicaid at Forum
      • Storm Clouds Gather Around Ky. Medicaid Plan
      • Governor Takes Aim at Kentucky’s Medicaid Expansion Program
      • Future Now Uncertain for Thousands of Immigrants
      • In Kentucky, The 1 Percent Are Getting Richer
      • Average Income for Top 1 Percent of Kentuckians Continues to Rise While Dropping for All Others
      • Income Inequality Growing in Kentucky
      • Report: Kenton Co. Has Highest Income Inequality in Kentucky
      • Louisville’s Top Earners Make Nearly 20 Times The Average Income, New Report Says
      • Kentucky Tonight: Jobs and Wages
      • Study: Fewer Kentuckians Receiving Cash Assistance Since Welfare Reform
      • EKY Health and Wealth Expands with ACA, Medicaid
      • Kentucky Among Worst in the Country in Continuing Higher Education Budget Cuts
      • KY Among States with Biggest Cuts to Higher Ed Funding
      • Kentucky Ranks Sixth From Bottom in State Higher Education Cuts Since Great Recession
      • Report Warns About Impact of Bevin’s Proposed Medicaid Changes
      • Kentucky’s Higher Education Budget Cuts Remain Among Highest in the Country
      • Higher Education Funding Cuts Push Kentucky Down National Rankings
      • Kentucky Has One of the Worst-Funded Higher Ed Systems in the Country
      • Student Voice | Students Win at Legislature
      • With Veto, Need-based Scholarships Still Millions Short of “Powerball Promise”
      • Budget Will Hobble Kentucky
      • State Park Repairs Not Among Vetoes
      • University of Louisville Tuition Increase for Next School Year Capped at 5 Percent
      • Building to the Future
      • Tuition Increases Capped at 4.6 to 6.1 Percent for Kentucky Schools
      • Ky.’s Unprecedented Success In School Funding Is On The Line
      • One-to-One with Bill Goodman
      • Financial Aid For Up to 30,000 Restored at the Wire
      • Louisville Is Behind The Curve In Public School Funding
      • Biennial Budget, Road Plan on Path to Governor’s Desk After Passing House, Senate
      • Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin Faces Lawsuit Over Unprecedented Higher Education Cuts
      • Three Kentucky Representatives Ask to Join AG Beshear’s Lawsuit on Higher Education Cuts
      • Governor Bevin Vetoes Seven Bills, Including Parts of Judicial Budget
      • Trio of Democratic Lawmakers Join Suit Against Gov. Bevin’s Higher Education Cuts
      • Bevin’s Five Veto Actions Most in 16 Years
      • Louisville In Bottom 10 Nationally For Life Expectancy Among Poor
      • After Success with Expungement Legislation Unlikely Allies Might Look at Penal Code Reforms Next
      • No Excuse For Not Agreeing on a Budget
      • Budget Talks Stall on Pensions, Higher Ed as Deadline to Pass Budget in Time to Override Vetoes Expires
      • Kentucky Politics Distilled: Final Budget Negotiations Begin
      • Once This Bad State Budget is Finished, Kentuckians Must Demand Tax Reform
      • House Budget Realistic for Kentucky
      • House Democrats Move To Keep State Health Exchange Alive
      • Senate Expungement Bill Includes a Too-Long Wait, Too-High Fees
      • Kentucky’s Healthcare Industry Sees Major Growth Spike in 2015, Recent Data Shows
      • New Data Show Health Care Jobs Grew In Kentucky Last Year
      • Battle to Halt Rollback of Kynect, Medicaid Expansion is About the People, Former Gov. Beshear Says
      • Consumers Seek to Save Ky Health Expansion
      • Column: Ky. Needs Tax Reform to Support Pension Reform
      • Lawmaker: Only Working Farms Should Get Farmland Preservation Tax Break
      • Kentucky Tonight: State Budget
      • 10-acre Lawns Get Benefit Meant for Working Fayette County Farms
      • Bevin’s Budget Slashing Kentucky’s Future
      • Budget Should Address Liabilities and Invest in Future
      • Advisers: U.S. Economy to Grow Modestly, Though Recession Risk Increasing
      • Higher Ed Advocates: Stop Swiping Lottery Dollars from Scholarships
      • Where has Kentucky’s Spending Ability Gone?
      • Kentucky Tonight: Minimum Wage
      • Outside Groups Advocate for Tax Reforms as Legislature Faces Austere Budget
      • Years of Constant Budget-Cutting Show Kentucky Needs More Revenue
      • Gov. Matt Bevin to Study Possibility of Tax Reform
      • Coalition “Together” on Need for More $$ in KY
      • School Board Analyzes SEEK Funding
      • Kentucky Can Take More Balanced Approach to Tight Budget with New Revenue Options
      • Retroactive GEDs Possible for Hundreds in Ky.
      • Richards: Budget Cuts ‘Unacceptable’
      • Governor Bevin Proposes Cuts to Tourism, Arts, and Heritage Cabinet
      • Bevin’s Budget Bill Cuts Money for Planned Parenthood, Suspends Prevailing Wage
      • Bevin’s Budget Won’t Satisfy His Ambitions
      • Bevin Proposes Spending $59 million of Lottery Money on New Workforce Development Scholarship
      • Debrief of Governor Bevin’s Budget
      • Bevin’s Budget Spares K-12 schools, Cuts Higher Education
      • Governor Prepares to Unveil His Budget Plan
      • Budget Will Show What Kind of Governor Bevin Wants to Be
      • Concern Mounts as Budget Day Looms
      • Kentucky’s Medicaid Expansion Benefits Everyone. Why mess with it?
      • Kentucky Advocates Defend Health Insurance Marketplace
      • Kentucky Tonight: RTW and Prevailing Wage
      • Column: Bill Would Expunge Low-Level Felony Records
      • Expungement Bill Gets Support in House
      • House Panel Approves Bill to Expunge Some Felony Records
      • Kentucky, Once an Obamacare Exchange Success Story, Now Moves to Shut it Down
      • Attorney General Andy Beshear says Gov. Bevin’s Decision to End Kynect ‘Bad Deal’ for Consumers
      • Bevin’s Plan to Dismantle Kynect Moves Forward
      • Kentucky Moves Ahead with Plans to Dismantle Health Exchange
      • Bevin Notifies Feds He’ll Dismantle Kynect
      • Bevin Notifies Federal Government He’ll Dismantle Kynect
      • Kentucky ‘Smart on Crime’ Coalition Ready to Engage Legislature on Felony Expungement Legislation
      • Magic Math Won’t Solve Revenue Woes
      • 2016 General Assembly to Deal with Ambitious New Governor, Same Old Money Problems
      • Billions in Pension Debt Mean Budget Cuts
      • After GED Test Revamp, Graduates Fall by 77%
      • Bevin Orders Marriage License Changes; Reverses Beshear on Felon Voting Rights, Minimum Wage
      • Bevin Rescinds Voting Rights to Ex-Felons, Changes Kentucky Marriage Licenses
      • Gov. Bevin Rescinds Beshear’s Action on Felon Voting Rights
      • Report: GED Takers Tumble After Update
      • Report: Fewer Kentuckians Getting a GED Due to More Rigorous Standards
      • Can Kentucky’s New Governor Undo Obamacare?
      • Corrections Reforms can Save Kentucky Needed Cash, Public Advocate Says
      • Report: State’s School Funding Cuts Among Nation’s Worst
      • Kentucky Education Funding Drops 12 Percent Over Four Years
      • Report: Education Funding Dropped 12.1 percent per Student in Ky. After Recession
      • How A $15 Minimum Wage Took Over The Democratic Party
      • Report Shows Special Interests Prioritized Over Our Commonwealth
      • Pension Group Providing Options for Legislators
      • State Leaders Talk Kentucky Teachers’ Pension Solutions, To No Avail
      • Many Kentuckians on Medicaid Work for Low Pay
      • Lexington Raises Minimum Wage
      • Council Has Done its Homework, Time is Now for Lexington to Raise Minimum Wage
      • New Coverage is Making a Difference in Kentucky
      • Kentucky Counties with Highest Medicaid Rates Backed Matt Bevin, Who Plans to Cut Medicaid
      • Pushback on Bevin’s Plans for Medicaid
      • 3 Industries Affected Most by Kentucky’s Medicaid Expansion
      • Newly Elected Kentucky Governor May Roll Back ACA
      • Minimum Wage Measure Heads to Vote
      • Conflicting Jobs Numbers Cited by Conway and Bevin Reflect Divergence of Federal Employment Surveys in Kentucky
      • Wages Play Key Role As Louisville Seeks To Boost Workforce
      • Candidates Vague on How They Will Balance Budget
      • Kentucky Student Loan Default Rates Among Highest In Nation
      • Kentucky Has Third-Highest College Student Loan Default Rate in the Country
      • Census Data Show Black Income Levels Plummet in Kentucky
      • Census Shows Prosperity Gap Widening in KY
      • Kentuckians Earned Less In 2014, Census Shows
      • Black Income Levels Plummet 11 Percent in Ky.
      • Center: Drop in Kentucky’s Uninsured Rate Leads Nation
      • Kentucky’s Drop in Rate of Uninsured People Leads the Nation in New Census Report
      • Report: Ky. Sees Biggest Drop in Uninsured
      • U.S. Census Shows Kentucky Had the Largest Uninsured Rate Decrease in 2014
      • Despite Stark Financial Outlook, Kentucky Gubernatorial Candidates Say Little About Taxes
      • S&P Downgrade of Kentucky to Increase State’s Borrowing Costs, Heighten Urgency of Addressing Pension Crisis
      • Pension Debt Lowers Kentucky Credit Rating
      • Mapping Child Poverty in Louisville Metro
      • Florida’s Governor Wants To Recruit Kentucky Businesses
      • Kentucky Has Given $830 Million in Economic Development Tax Incentives to Companies Since 2012
      • KTRS Has Healthy Return, but Many Issues Remain
      • Cost of Living High in Ashland
      • Making Ends Meet: Group’s Family Budget Calculator Breaks Down Monthly Costs for NKy, Other Regions
      • Cost for Ky. Family of Four? How About $57,763
      • Here’s How Much Money You Need To Earn To Get By In Louisville And Surrounding Cities
      • Do You Make Enough to “Get By” in Kentucky?
      • Taxpayers Foot the Bill for Low Wages, Lack of Opportunity
      • Kentucky Tonight: Jobs and Wages
      • As Medicaid Turns 50, Nearly a Million Kentuckians are Covered
      • The Tangled Web of State Tax Reform
      • Kentucky Finishes Fiscal Year With Budget Surplus
      • Good for a Rainy Day: State’s Emergency Fund Grows as Shortfalls Remain
      • Kentucky’s Rainy Day Fund at Highest Level Since 2008
      • Kentucky Tonight: Tax Reform
      • A $10.10 Minimum Wage is Not the Same as a Living Wage
      • Kentucky General Fund Receipts Increase 5.3 percent in FY2015, Exceeding Estimate by $165 million
      • Exceeding Expectations, Kentucky Has $165.4 Million Budget Surplus
      • Kentucky’s Revenues Are Up 5 Percent for the Year, but Road Fund is Down and Pensions in Shortfall
      • Louisville’s New Minimum Wage Could Have an Impact Across the South
      • Louisville Sets Up Hotline to Catch $7.75 Minimum Wage Scofflaws
      • Louisville’s Minimum Wage Hike Could Be An Example Through the South
      • Public Employee Pensions: Where Will the Money Come From?
      • Appeals Court Won’t Stop Minimum Wage Hike
      • How Raising the Overtime Salary Threshold Could Affect Kentucky
      • How Would New Overtime Rules Affect Kentucky?
      • Kentucky Tonight: Public Employee Pensions
      • Court Sides with Louisville in Minimum Wage Case
      • Jefferson County Judge Upholds Louisville Metro Minimum Wage Ordinance
      • Minimum Wage Ordinance Upheld by Judge
      • Louisville’s Minimum Wage Hike Survives First Court Test
      • Lexington Council Committee Puts Proposed Minimum Wage Increase on Hold
      • States Moving College Scholarship Money Away from the Poor, to the Wealthy and Middle Class
      • Kentucky Retail Federation Issues New Jobs Numbers
      • Ruling in Minimum Wage Suit Likely Before July 1
      • Beshear Orders Minimum Wage for Executive Branch Workers Raised to $10.10 Hourly
      • Gov. Beshear Signs Executive Order Raising Minimum Wage to $10.10 for State Workers and Contractors
      • Gov. Beshear Raises Minimum Wage For 800 Kentucky State Employees
      • Reaction to Beshear Move on Minimum Wage
      • Gov. Beshear Sets New Minimum Wage for State Employees
      • Kentucky’s Economy is Rebounding for Some, KCEP Finds
      • Jobless Rate in April Falls to Lowest Since 2001
      • Kentucky’s Funding for Higher Education Among Worst in the Nation, KCEP Director Says
      • Ky.’s Fraud Backlog Imperils Food Stamp Fund
      • Looming Trade Deficit May Cloud Kentucky’s Sunny Economy
      • As State Cuts Funds, Growth in Graduation Rates at Kentucky’s Colleges Declines Sharply
      • Report: Kentucky Has Highest Per-Student Cut to Higher Education Spending in the Country
      • Minimum Wage Hike – Will Lexington Be Next?
      • Right-to-Work Laws Worsen Jobs For All
      • Most Kentucky Counties Have Fewer People With Jobs Than in 2007
      • ‘Right to Work’ is Wrong for Kentucky
      • GC Fiscal Court Denies Right to Work Ordinance
      • Right to Work, Right or Wrong?
      • Kentucky Would Gain Little from Estate Tax Repeal
      • Kentucky’s Economic Future Relies on Bold Action
      • Will Kentucky’s New Angel Investor Tax Credit Lead to Jobs?
      • If Congress, State Won’t Raise Minimum Wage, Lexington Should
      • Christie Pension Fix Not a New Idea, But Ups Ante
      • Late-night Vote Keeps Ky. Gas Taxes Steady
      • ANALYSIS: How Gas Tax Bill Was Passed
      • Louisville’s Road Funds Set To Take Huge Hit if Frankfort Fails to Act on Gas Tax
      • Schedule Hearing on Minimum Wage
      • New MACED President Says Timing Right for New Ideas in Eastern Kentucky
      • Report Finds Kentucky Lagging in Jobs, Wages, Living Standards
      • Poll: Most Voters Want $10.10 Minimum Wage
      • Report Details Workers’ Plight
      • This Labor Day, Some Reflections on Ways to Reward Those Who Work for a Living
      • Bluegrass Poll: Most Kentuckians Support Hiking Minimum Wage
      • State Budget and Tax Reform
      • Kentucky Revenues To Fall Short for Budget Year
      • Weaknesses Remain, Despite Better Numbers
    • Category: Op-Eds
      • Kentucky Must Remove the Roadblocks to Unemployment Insurance — Our Most Important Economic Stabilizer
      • Many Kentuckians Face Hunger and Hardship This Thanksgiving. They Need Relief.
      • 95 Organizations Across Kentucky Agree: We Need a Safety Net That Works for Us, Not Against Us
      • Alternative Pension Plan Is Much Better Than Governor’s
      • Kentucky Needs a New Economic Agenda
      • Two Steps to a Better Budget this Session
      • Kentucky Groups Reject Senate Tax Plan
      • Federal Tax Reform Plans Will Help the Wealthy, Lead to Program Cuts and Deepen Poverty
      • Cassidy-Graham is the Greatest Threat to Kentucky’s Coverage Yet
      • Consumer Not King – Rand Paul’s Association Plans Worsen Protections
      • McConnell’s Health Plan Would Wreak Havoc on Kentucky
      • Principles for a Tax Reform Plan
      • Leaked ACA Repeal Plan Is Radical and Dangerous
      • Minimum Wage Action Should Be at Top of General Assembly Agenda
      • Budget Must Invest in Kentucky’s Economy Today
      • Three Questions About the Governor’s Budget
      • Celebrating Medicaid at 50
      • Kentucky Workers Need Better Trade Policies, Not Worse
      • Urge Congress To Support Mothers With Tax Credits Extension
    • Category: Press Releases
    • Category: Workforce and Economic Development Press
  • Category: Research
    • Voucher Proposal Takes Dollars from Kentucky’s Public Schools and Gives Them to Unaccountable Private Schools
    • Recovery Went in Reverse in December as Relief Expired, Pandemic Resurged
    • New Data Helps Pave the Way for Bail Reform in Kentucky
    • Will a Third Stimulus Check Be Needed?
    • Kentucky Ranks Near Top for Inmate Mortality, with COVID Infecting 90% in One Prison
    • Letter to Governor Beshear: Coalition Statement on COVID-19 Vaccine and Incarcerated Kentuckians
    • KFC’s Yum Center’s Debt Deepens by More Than $28 Million
    • Does the Racing Industry Get a “Sweetheart Deal” on Taxes? This Republican Thinks So.
    • KY Jailer Concerned Over Proposed Budget Cuts, Policy Expert Weighs In
    • Ky. Still Can’t Waive Unemployment Overpayment Debt
    • $2,000 Checks Would Provide More of the Relief Kentuckians Need
    • Governor’s Budget Increases Funding for Relief and Reinvestment
    • Beshear Makes Another Bid to Raise Teacher Salaries, Boost Education Funding in Budget
    • Pandemic Forcing KY Moms Out of the Workforce
    • Any Action on Proliferating Slot Machines Must Raise Artificially Low Tax Rate
    • Defeating the Pandemic and Building a Robust Recovery: A Preview of the Budget of the Commonwealth
    • Kentucky’s Inadequate and Outdated Unemployment Insurance Taxes Need to Be Modernized
    • Kentucky’s Too-Slow Economic Recovery Faces New Threats
    • COVID-19 Crisis Demonstrates Need for State Improvements to Unemployment Insurance in Kentucky
    • With Many Forms of Assistance Ending in December, Kentuckians Need Federal Relief Before the New Year
    • Waiver to Provide Substance Use Disorder Treatment to Incarcerated People Shouldn’t Increase Incarceration
    • Letter to the Public Pension Working Group
    • Clean Up the Tax Code to Invest in Our Commonwealth
    • Equip Kentucky for Prosperity in the Modern Economy
    • Testimony on Call for Constitutional Convention
    • House Proposes to Maintain Austere Budget, Shift Some Priorities
    • Testimony: Local Option Sales Tax
    • Letter: What a Tax Reform Plan Should Include
    • Testimony on HB 318: Tax Reform
    • Category: COVID-19
      • Tracking the Economic Fallout of COVID-19 in Kentucky
      • How Kentucky Should Spend Remaining Coronavirus Relief Fund Monies
      • Lessons from the Great Recession: Kentucky and Other States Need More Federal Relief
    • Category: Criminal Justice
      • Banning No-Knock Warrants Is an Important First Step in Addressing Police Violence Through Demilitarization
      • Disparate Justice: Where Kentuckians Live Determines Whether They Stay in Jail Because They Can’t Afford Cash Bail
      • An Economic Agenda for a Thriving Commonwealth
      • Fact Sheet: HB 169 “Gang” Bill is Not an Evidence-Based Approach
      • 2 Gen Approach to Kentucky’s Opioid Epidemic Needed
      • Facing Challenges with the New GED Test in Kentucky
      • Improving Reentry in Kentucky through Education and Supports for Inmates and Ex-Offenders
    • Category: Economic Security
      • Testimony on House Bill 1, Committee Substitute
      • SNAP Is Good for Kentuckians’ Health
      • Eliminating SNAP Broad-Based Categorical Eligibility Increases Inefficiencies and Hunger for Working Families, Older Adults and Persons with Disabilities
      • Evidence from Kentucky Should Serve as Warning Against Food Assistance Restriction Rule
      • Letter to Legislators: Quasis Need True Relief
      • Time Limits and Other Challenges Hinder Success of Kentucky’s SNAP E&T Program
      • Workforce Development in Kentucky Should Encourage High-Road Jobs
      • The Financial Condition of the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Industry in Kentucky
      • New Retirement Plan for Private Sector Workers Would Strengthen Economic Security in Kentucky
      • Who Stands to Benefit from a Minimum Wage Increase in Lexington
      • Presentation: The State of Working Kentucky 2015
      • Closing Corporate Tax Loopholes to Fund Investments in Kentucky Families
      • Increasing Kentucky’s Minimum Wage Would Help One in Four Workers Make Ends Meet
      • More than One in Five Louisville Workers Would Benefit from Proposed Minimum Wage Increase
      • A Profile of New Americans in Kentucky
      • Fact Sheet: The Benefits of a State Earned Income Tax Credit by Legislative District
      • Increasing Kentucky’s Minimum Wage Would Help One in Four Workers Make Ends Meet
      • Medicaid Expansion Would Benefit Workers Across Kentucky’s Economy
      • Thousands of Kentucky Veterans Could Get Health Insurance Under Medicaid Expansion
      • Cash Balance Plan Likely to Increase Costs, Impact the Quality of Public Services and Reduce Retirement Security
      • Proposed Cash Balance Pension Plan for New Workers Projected to Increase Costs
      • Presentation: Protecting Retirement Security and Building a Better Kentucky
      • Four Key Facts about Public Pensions in Kentucky
      • Myths and Facts about an Earned Income Tax Credit in Kentucky
      • Public Versus Private Employee Costs in Kentucky: Comparing Apples to Apples
      • Threatening Benefits for Low-Income Families Wrong Way to Address Drug Problem
      • Unemployment Insurance Important to Economy but Limited for Workers
      • Kentucky Should Re-Enact Surcharge to Pay Unemployment Interest
      • Testimony on HB 182: Payday Lending
      • Kentucky Will Forego $90 Million for Jobless Workers Unless Unemployment Insurance Updates Made by August
    • Category: Education
      • Strengthen Education for All Kentuckians
      • State Budget Cuts to Education Hurt Kentucky’s Classrooms and Kids
      • Performance Funding in Kentucky Should Promote Successful Outcomes for All Students
      • 2016 Kentucky Budget Primer
      • Developing the Healthcare Workforce: Growing Need Is an Opportunity for Kentucky
      • Testimony: College Affordability in Kentucky
      • New Commitment to Need-Based Financial Aid Critical in Context of Rising Tuition
      • Vast Inequality in Wealth Means Poor School Districts Are Less Able to Rely on Local Property Taxes
      • Crossing the Finish Line: Overcoming Barriers to Community College Degree and Credential Attainment in Kentucky
      • Fact Sheet: College Affordability in Kentucky
      • The College Affordability Crunch in Kentucky
      • State Has Cut Education Funding Substantially from Pre-Recession Levels
    • Category: Fact Sheets
      • House Federal Budget Proposal Means Major Cuts in Kentucky from Head Start to Clean Water
      • Paul Budget Would Cut $1 Billion from Education in Kentucky
    • Category: Federal Tax and Budget
      • What Will the Debt Ceiling Cuts Mean for Kentucky?
      • Federal Medicaid Cuts Would Harm Kentucky’s Health and Economy
      • Extending Federal Tax Cuts Would Double the Deficit for the Benefit of the Wealthiest
      • House Budget Would Make Steep Cuts to Needed Services in Kentucky
      • Testimony on SCR 134: Balanced Budget Amendment
      • Using the Federal Income Tax Cuts to Help Address Kentucky’s Budget Challenge
    • Category: Health Care
      • Build Healthy, Resilient Communities
      • Kentucky’s Barriers to Coverage Work Against the Objective of Medicaid
      • Changes to Medicaid Waiver Request Move Further in the Wrong Direction
      • Testimony for Congressman Yarmuth’s ACA Repeal Forum
      • Many Kentucky Workers Have Gained Insurance through the Medicaid Expansion and Are Now at Risk
      • Kentucky Can Improve Budget and Protect Medicaid by Ending Growing Hospital Tax Break
      • Proposed Medicaid Waiver Would Reduce Coverage and Move Kentucky Backward on Health Progress
      • Protecting Medicaid’s Role in Advancing a Healthy Kentucky
      • Many Kentucky Workers Have Gained Insurance through the Medicaid Expansion, Are at Risk If Program Is Scaled Back
    • Category: Jobs and the Economy
      • The State of Working Kentucky 2019
      • Immigrants Make Important Contributions to Kentucky Communities and Economy
      • Improve Job Quality and Economic Security
      • The State of Working Kentucky 2016
      • Presentation: The State of Working Kentucky 2015
      • The State of Working Kentucky 2014
      • Sharp Decline in Coal Severance Tax Revenue Underscores Need for Economic Plan
      • State Revenue Growth Should Be Put Into Context
      • Kentucky Job Numbers Beg for Federal Action
      • Kentucky’s Economy a Long Way from Full Recovery
    • Category: Presentations
      • Kentucky’s Budget Outlook
      • Presentation: State Budget Overview
      • Presentation: The Working Poor in Kentucky
      • Presentation: Kentucky State Budget Briefing
      • Presentation: Kentucky’s Budget Outlook
      • Presentation: The Coal Severance Tax in Appalachian Kentucky
      • Presentation: Building the Commonwealth through Tax Reform
    • Category: Reports
      • Legislature to Pass Austere 1-Year Budget with Major Uncertainty as to Revenues
      • Senate Budget Increases Rainy Day Fund Paid for by Reducing Spending, Withholds Teacher Pension Contributions Until Benefit Cuts Are Made
      • Tax Plan Is a Tax Shift with Troubling Long-Term Effect on Revenues
      • Budget Agreement Includes Cuts, Full Pension Contributions and Some New Revenue
      • TIF Creep Means Growing Costs, Less Accountability
      • Shifting Health Costs to Employees Has Become Way State Plugs Budget
      • How Several Bills Passed This Session Changed the State Budget
      • General Assembly Passes Budget Containing 14th Round of Cuts Since 2008
      • Deep Business Tax Cuts Are Not the Key to a Stronger Kentucky Economy
      • “Single Sales Factor” Would Cost Substantial Revenue Kentucky Needs for Investments that Work
      • Governor’s Budget Provides Some Short-Term Help But Needs Revenue to Improve and Sustain
      • Limiting Expensive Income Tax Break for Higher-Income Retirees Is Important Part of Tax Reform
      • Tax Plan Misses Opportunity to Make Overall Tax System Fairer
      • Measuring the Tax Plan Against Key Principles
      • Our Commonwealth: A Primer on the Kentucky State Budget
      • Governor’s Austere Budget Gives Small Bump to K-12, Cuts Funding for Many Areas
      • Budget Preview Report: Kentucky Faces Choice of Reinvestment or Retrenchment in Next State Budget
      • State Must Begin Meeting Responsibility to Teachers’ Retirement or Pay More Later
      • Another Corporate Tax Cut Is Not the Answer
      • Kentucky’s Income Tax: Protecting and Strengthening a Key to Growth
      • Tax Expenditures Big Cause of Budget Problems, but Some Legislators Want More
      • Governor’s Budget Proposes Deep Cuts on Top of Past Reductions
      • Kentucky Faces Serious Challenges with Next Budget
      • One-Dimensional Reports Overlook Well-Documented Revenue Problem
      • 2011 Revenue Results a Reminder of Importance of State Income Taxes
      • Corporate Taxes Important to Meeting Kentucky’s Needs
      • What Are Taxes For?
      • Governor’s Veto Means Budget Depends on Managed Care Savings and Anticipated Revenue
      • Four Revenue Options that Should Be on the Table
      • Senate Budget Proposes $148 Million in Cuts
      • Farmer’s High-Risk Overhaul Creates Imbalance in Kentucky’s Tax System
      • Reforms Needed to Bring Greater Scrutiny to “Tax Expenditures”
      • End of Recovery Act Funds Could Mean Serious Budget Challenge for Kentucky
    • Category: State Budget
    • Category: State Tax
    • Category: Tax and Budget
    • Category: Testimony
  • Category: Workforce and Economic Development In-Focus
    • 2020 KCEPCon Presentations

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