Analysis

The 2022 General Assembly Passed More Bills Increasing Incarceration Than Decreasing It, and Failed to Make Other Badly Needed Justice Changes

Kentucky has one of the worst rates of incarceration in the country. Two years after a sharp decline in the...

Corporate Tax Break Watch: 2022 General Assembly

Last year, the Kentucky General Assembly passed new business subsidies and tax breaks at a cost of well over $1 billion. Especially because the state has large revenue surpluses thanks...

Bill Provides Huge Subsidy to Investment Companies with No Requirement of Rural Investments, Jobs or Return to Communities

House Bill 308, which passed the Kentucky House and may be acted on in the Senate in the session's final days, is a giveaway to out-of-state venture capital funds with...

Tax Cut Is a Giveaway to the Wealthy That Will Damage Future Budgets

The General Assembly passed a new version of House Bill 8 (HB 8) that is expected to reduce the individual income tax rate by 1 point over the next couple...

Budget Agreement Includes Only Modest Increases in Most Areas of Budget, Salary Increases for State Workers

The 2022-2024 budget agreement announced today includes only very modest funding increases for critical state services across the budget. Investments in education and other areas are small, especially considering the...

Senate Version of HB 7 Still Makes It Harder to Get and Keep Food and Medical Assistance, Particularly for Working Families

Although substantially changed, the newest Senate version of House Bill 7 (HB 7) still puts up numerous paperwork barriers to food and medical assistance for Kentucky families and workers. HB...

The 2022 General Assembly Passed More Bills Increasing Incarceration Than Decreasing It, and Failed to Make Other Badly Needed Justice Changes

Corporate Tax Break Watch: 2022 General Assembly

Bill Provides Huge Subsidy to Investment Companies with No Requirement of Rural Investments, Jobs or Return to Communities

Tax Cut Is a Giveaway to the Wealthy That Will Damage Future Budgets

Budget Agreement Includes Only Modest Increases in Most Areas of Budget, Salary Increases for State Workers

Senate Version of HB 7 Still Makes It Harder to Get and Keep Food and Medical Assistance, Particularly for Working Families

Proposal Would Continue to Tax Slot Machines at Egregiously Low Level

HB 7 Will Cost $255 Million from Kentucky’s Budget and Harm the State’s Economy

New Version of HB 7 Still Makes Food and Medical Assistance Much Harder to Get and Keep

Pretrial Bills in the Kentucky General Assembly Are a Mixed Bag

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