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...
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...
The Coronavirus Economy in Kentucky: One Year Later
The calendar now marks one year since COVID-19 hit Kentucky. Over that time, the impact on human health has been enormous: over 422,000 Kentuckians have contracted the virus and nearly...
HB 563 Diverts Public School Dollars to Unaccountable Private Entities
Kentucky still has a lot of work to do to make sure all students can thrive, but taking money out of public schools and diverting it to private entities and...
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...
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....
SB 4 Would Limit No-Knock Warrants and Reduce Harm, but New Amendments Undermine Positive Impact
On the one year anniversary of the killing of Breonna Taylor by police in March 2020, public officials, community organizations and advocates continue to call for a ban of “no-knock”...
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...
Kentucky Saw Small Uptick in Jobs in January, But Major Jobs Gap Remains
Kentucky’s economy experienced slight improvement in January, new monthly jobs data shows, but the employment situation remains far weaker than it was before the pandemic hit a year ago. Thankfully,...
Last-Minute Tax Giveaways Threaten Budget — and Will Force Kentucky to Pay Back Aid Money to Feds
The final days of the Kentucky General Assembly are a time when last-minute tax breaks are sometimes slid quietly into legislation and made law. Corporate lobbyists prefer this approach, because...