The Safety Net in Kentucky Lifts 810,000 People Out of Poverty
The safety net plays a critical role in alleviating poverty and strengthening the Commonwealth, lifting approximately 810,000 Kentuckians above the...
Economic Security
New Retirement Plan for Private Sector Workers Would Strengthen Economic Security in Kentucky
When it comes to a secure retirement many Kentuckians are in danger in part because they lack access to a retirement account at work that can help them save, new...
Report Explores Contributions of Refugees to Kentucky and the U.S.
A recent report from the Center for American Progress (CAP) shows Kentucky is home to refugee populations that rank our state and some metro areas among those with the largest...
New Report Shows Cause for Concern Over High Income Inequality in Kentucky
The top one percent of earners in Kentucky have taken home one-fourth of all income growth in the recovery from the Great Recession, continuing a decades-long trend of rising income...
How Income Inequality Looks Across Kentucky Counties
The average income of the top 1 percent of Kentuckians is 16.6 times greater the average income of everyone else in the state according to a new report by the...
Federal Payday Lending Rule a Win for Kentuckians
To read KCEP's submitted comments on the rule, click here. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its long awaited proposed rule to reign in many abusive practices of payday...
Understanding Pension Contributions in the Final Budget
The issue of pensions for Kentucky public employees and teachers is complex, and the two main pension systems — the Kentucky Retirement Systems (KRS) and the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System...
A Fourth of Kentucky’s Salaried Workforce Will Benefit Under Increase to Overtime Threshold
An estimated 149,000 salaried Kentucky workers will become entitled to overtime protections under President Obama’s increase to the overtime salary threshold announced today, according to an analysis from the Economic...
Kentucky’s Class of 2016 Faces Lingering Slack in Labor Market
Despite improvement, the labor market is still weak for young Kentuckians graduating from high school and college in 2016 according to a new report from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI)....
New Early Childhood Education Report Highlights Benefits of Investment
Too little funding for early childhood care and education (ECCE) in Kentucky means that quality care is too expensive for low-income families, and remains unaffordable for most Kentuckians. A new...