Budget & Tax

Making Millionaires Finally Chip in Like the Rest of Us Would Pay for Transformational Public Investments in Kentucky

Kentucky has an opportunity to tackle its infrastructure challenges head on through proposed investments in President Biden’s American Jobs Plan...

Analysis

Local Recovery Monies Should Go to Communities’ Greatest Needs — Kentuckians Can Help Make That Happen

Cities and counties in Kentucky are in the process of receiving the first half of over $1.8 billion in total monies from the Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (Local Recovery...

Analysis

Corporations Were the Primary Focus of One-Time Monies in General Assembly

One-time monies in the state budget gave the 2021 General Assembly a unique opportunity to provide meaningful assistance to Kentuckians struggling during the pandemic. Those dollars resulted from federal aid...

Op-Ed

Governor Should Veto Expensive, Poorly Targeted Tax Breaks for Remote Workers and Data Centers

The text below was sent as a letter (available here as a PDF) to Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear from Jason Bailey, Executive Director of KyPolicy. March 30, 2021 Dear Governor...

Analysis

Legislature Spends Additional Federal and General Fund Monies on Session’s Last Day

At the very end of the legislative session, the General Assembly appropriated nearly $1.4 billion in funds Kentucky is set to receive from the American Rescue Plan. Unfortunately, the biggest...

Analysis

At the Expense of Community Investments, HB 372 Gives a Costly Tax Windfall to High-Income People

A brand-new version of HB 372 was released the night before the last day of the session. While research shows the best way to attract people to move to or...

Op-Ed

Governor Should Veto Tax Bills That Reduce Needed Revenues, Put Kentucky at Risk of Owing Back Aid

The text below was sent as a letter (available here as a PDF) to Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear from Jason Bailey, Executive Director of KyPolicy. March 17, 2021 Dear Governor...

Analysis

Tax Break for At-Home Workers Is an Extraordinarily Expensive Windfall

House Bill 372 was amended on the last day of the legislative session before the veto period to add an expensive tax break for people who live in Kentucky and...

Analysis

Kentucky Should Learn from the Past and Not Expand Its Expensive and Ineffective Film Tax Credit

The Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee made a last-minute change to House Bill 249 to bring back a bad idea — making Kentucky's film industry tax credit refundable yet again....

Analysis

Legislature To Pass Austere Budget, Prevent Governor From Using New Federal Aid Without Authorization

The legislature is set to pass an austere budget that does not include the employee raises, targeted budget increases and one-time investments the governor had proposed using surplus monies available...

Making Millionaires Finally Chip in Like the Rest of Us Would Pay for Transformational Public Investments in Kentucky

Local Recovery Monies Should Go to Communities’ Greatest Needs — Kentuckians Can Help Make That Happen

Corporations Were the Primary Focus of One-Time Monies in General Assembly

Governor Should Veto Expensive, Poorly Targeted Tax Breaks for Remote Workers and Data Centers

Legislature Spends Additional Federal and General Fund Monies on Session’s Last Day

At the Expense of Community Investments, HB 372 Gives a Costly Tax Windfall to High-Income People

Governor Should Veto Tax Bills That Reduce Needed Revenues, Put Kentucky at Risk of Owing Back Aid

Tax Break for At-Home Workers Is an Extraordinarily Expensive Windfall

Kentucky Should Learn from the Past and Not Expand Its Expensive and Ineffective Film Tax Credit

Legislature To Pass Austere Budget, Prevent Governor From Using New Federal Aid Without Authorization

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