Budget & Tax

Kentucky Public Universities and Community Colleges Serving More Low-Income Students and Students of Color Receive No Performance Funds in 2020

New information about the distribution of performance funds for Kentucky’s public postsecondary education institutions again raises concerns about the model,...

Analysis

Further Shift from the Income Tax to the Sales Tax is Bad for Kentucky

In interviews leading up to the 2020 session, legislative leaders have expressed their desire to continue down the path of reducing income taxes and paying for the reductions by relying...

Report

Critical Investments for a Healthier Kentucky

Click here for a PDF version of this report. Too many Kentuckians face circumstances that make them vulnerable to poor health. Problems like unsafe drinking water, jobs that pay little...

Analysis

Taxing Betting Uniformly Would Generate Much-Needed General Fund Revenue

The 145th running of the Kentucky Derby was over quickly, but the revenue losses from Kentucky’s failure to uniformly tax betting already happening in the state — and to dedicate...

Analysis

Pension Proposal Steers Quasi-Governmental Organizations Toward Breaking Promise to Current Employees

A new pension proposal from the governor’s office pushes quasi-governmental organizations to leave the retirement system in ways that are still very expensive to them, and even less affordable if...

Analysis

Ways Forward for the Commonwealth

In the coming weeks and months, Kentuckians will hear from candidates for governor about their vision and ideas for our commonwealth. KCEP’s careful analysis of Kentucky data and the research...

As Betsy Devos Comes to KY to Tout “School Choice,” Others Say It Isn’t a Good Choice

As Betsy Devos Comes to KY to Tout "School Choice," Others Say It Isn't a Good Choice By Annie Andersen

Op-Ed

On Tax Day, Let’s Celebrate What We Build Together With Taxes

“Nothing in life is certain except death and taxes.” This common idiom, often attributed to Benjamin Franklin, but with roots tracing back decades prior, heaps the negative connotations of death...

Analysis

2019 Session Tax Round Up – More Special Interest Tax Cuts Means Less To Invest

The Kentucky General Assembly ended the 2019 session with the passage of a pair of so-called tax "clean up” bills that make Kentucky’s precarious revenue situation worse. The first bill,...

Analysis

Senate Pension Bill Also Breaks Inviolable Contract

When the governor vetoed House Bill 358, the legislation affecting pension costs for quasi-governmental organizations like community mental health centers and regional universities, his primary stated objection was that it...

Kentucky Public Universities and Community Colleges Serving More Low-Income Students and Students of Color Receive No Performance Funds in 2020

Further Shift from the Income Tax to the Sales Tax is Bad for Kentucky

Critical Investments for a Healthier Kentucky

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

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

2019 Session Tax Round Up – More Special Interest Tax Cuts Means Less To Invest

Senate Pension Bill Also Breaks Inviolable Contract

Research that works for Kentucky

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