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...
Economic Security
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...
Evidence from Kentucky Should Serve as Warning Against Food Assistance Restriction Rule
Click here for a PDF version of our full comments on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s February 1, 2019 Proposed Rule The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) helps 566,900 Kentuckians put...
Letter to Legislators: Quasis Need True Relief
Dear Representative/Senator, As you consider how to provide needed relief for quasi-governmental agencies facing substantial pension increases, it is important to do so in ways that do not break legal...
Watch Out for Attack on Pensions on Session’s Final Day
The General Assembly adjourned for the veto period without providing relief from soon-to-spike pension costs to quasi-governmental organizations like regional universities and community mental health centers. The legislature can still...
Breaking Inviolable Contract for Quasi-Governmental Employees Would Result in Massive Loss of Benefits
Pension proposals for quasi-governmental organizations that attempt to break the inviolable contract for current employees will result in a huge loss of retirement income for those affected, with career employees...
Pension Bill Breaks Inviolable Contract, Shifts Contributions from Underfunded Plan
The Senate version of House Bill 358 essentially forces quasi-governmental agencies like health departments and community mental health centers to break the inviolable contract for pensions with their current employees...
SB 57 an Important Step to Expand Felony Expungement
SB 57, which is scheduled for a vote in the House tomorrow, would take another modest but important step toward making it easier for Kentuckians with a record to get...
HB 3: Taking Financial Help from Kentucky’s Kids, Including Those Raised by Grandparents
Kentucky currently utilizes federal dollars through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program to provide modest but critical cash assistance to more than 27,000 very poor kids. House Bill...
Sign-On Letter Against House Bill 3
To the Members of the Kentucky General Assembly: We, the undersigned, voice our strong opposition to House Bill 3. HB 3 would erect costly and complex barriers that take away...