Presentation: The State of Working Kentucky 2015
While the pace of job growth has picked up in Kentucky over the last year, the state's economy is still...
Economic Security
Bill Would Provide Greater Retirement Security for Workers at Kentucky Small Businesses
A concerning number of Americans are financially unprepared for retirement, and a contributing factor is that many lack a retirement plan offered through their jobs. But a bill in the Kentucky...
Misclassification Harms State Budget as Well as Workers
House Bill 256 would help Kentucky workers as well as the state’s budget by cracking down on the growing problem of misclassification of workers as independent contractors, with a focus...
Map Shows How HB 374’s State EITC Would Help Working Families and Communities Across Kentucky
By closing several corporate tax loopholes, House Bill 374 would enable the state to invest in an Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for Kentucky’s working families. The state EITC would...
Closing Corporate Tax Loopholes to Fund Investments in Kentucky Families
House Bill 374 would close several corporate tax loopholes that allow some profitable corporations to avoid paying their fair share of taxes, and use the resources to fund a tax...
Top 1 Percent of Kentuckians Continue to Capture Bulk of Income Gains in Recovery
Income inequality continues to widen in Kentucky and the nation through the recovery according to a new report released today by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI). Between 2009 and 2012...
Increasing Kentucky’s Minimum Wage Would Help One in Four Workers Make Ends Meet
Wages for Kentucky workers at the bottom of the income scale have been eroding, leading to growing inequality and contributing to persistent poverty in the state. The decline in the...
Kentucky Workers Left Behind as Majority of States Lift the Wage Floor
As momentum to increase the minimum wage grows around the country, Kentucky’s $7.25 minimum puts the Commonwealth in the unfortunate minority of states that haven’t boosted workers’ pay above the...
Who Stands to Benefit from Louisville’s New Minimum Wage
An estimated 45,000 workers in Louisville/Jefferson County who would otherwise make less than $9 an hour will have higher wages once the new metro government minimum wage ordinance—the first such...
Mesa’s Public Subsidies
Nowhere in his recent op-ed in opposition to a local minimum wage did Ted Longacre, CEO of Mesa Foods, mention that his company has received substantial public subsidies that the...