Budget Cuts Lead to Job Losses
News of layoffs at the University of Kentucky follows stories of pending job loss at the Fayette County health department....
Budget & Tax
Senior Tax Breaks Don’t Attract Migrants
Those arguing for state income tax cuts often claim that such cuts will result in the relocation of large numbers of people from other states, but the economic evidence simply...
Kentucky’s Adult Education Challenge
Education cannot solve all of our economic problems, as the many college-educated young people now unemployed and underemployed can attest. But low levels of educational attainment are an important reason...
Budget Makes Education Goals Harder to Achieve with Cuts to Per-Student Funding
Kentucky has set high goals and taken great strides in improving educational achievement and degree attainment rates. However, the 2013-2014 state budget will make progress difficult over the next two...
Growth of Economic Development Incentives Comes with Little Accountability
Two new reports released this week call attention to the growth of state economic development tax incentives and the lack of accountability mechanisms that would enable states to know what...
What Are Taxes For?
Tax Day is an important time for Kentuckians to consider the role of government in our state and nation. Taxes are a critical tool for doing things together that we...
Budget Agreement Affirms Deep Cuts to Core Investments
The 2012-2014 budget bill that passed both the House and Senate late last week is—like the budgets previously proposed this year by the Governor, House and Senate—based primarily on cuts....
Report Highlights Kentucky’s Need for More Progressive Income Tax
A report released today by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) shows that income taxes for Kentucky families slightly above the poverty line are among the highest in...
The Benefits of Expanded Pre-School
In its final days of negotiating a new budget, a sticking point between the House and the Senate is whether to include new dollars for the expansion of pre-school. The...
Given Kentucky’s Budget Downpour, State Should Use Rainy Day Fund
The budget the Senate passed on Thursday would not use any of the $122 million sitting in the state’s rainy day fund to help reduce cuts to essential services. In...