Four New Ways Kentuckians Will Lose Medicaid
Low-income and disabled Kentuckians are currently eligible for a broad range of health care benefits thanks to Medicaid. As long...
Analysis
Adequate Fund Balances are Crucial for Prudent School District Management and Should Not be Relied Upon to Make Up for State Funding Cuts
One of the ways the governor’s budget expects local school districts to make up for significant cuts he has proposed in state support for education, including transportation and teacher health...
Governor’s Budget Cuts Per-Student SEEK Funding
The Support for Education Excellence in Kentucky (SEEK) formula is the primary source of funding for the state’s local school districts. Despite the perception that SEEK funding is not cut...
More Detail About 70 Programs Defunded in Governor’s Budget Proposal
This table provides information about the 70 programs for which Governor Bevin's 2018-2020 budget proposal would eliminate state funding. The proposal is available here. All programs identified as being eliminated...
Medicaid Work Requirement Is Misguided and Harmful
With the recent guidance by the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on work requirements, it is very likely that Kentucky’s request to implement a “community engagement”...
School Voucher Tax Break Proposals Further Threaten Funding for Public Education
Bills have already been filed in both the Senate and the House this session that would further threaten resources for Kentucky’s already underfunded public schools and other services, allow high-income...
Marketplace Signups Robust and Would Likely Be Stronger Without Barriers
Early in 2017, the Department for Health and Human Services (HHS) cut the Healthcare.gov open enrollment period in half, from 14 to 7 weeks. Despite this and other impediments described...
New 2018 Cuts Hit Some Departments Harder Than Others
Last week the governor announced mid-year budget cuts for fiscal year 2018 that represent an overall cut of 1.3 percent to all 3 branches of state government. However, it is...
Massive New Federal Tax Cuts for the Wealthy Should Be a Resource for Kentucky’s Budget
Kentucky is facing a major gap in its next two-year state budget that could mean unprecedented cuts to education and other services. But the General Assembly could look to the...
Some Federal Lawmakers Want to Use New Tax Cuts for the Wealthy as Cause to Undermine Basic Supports for Kentucky Families
The tax bill Congress passed yesterday was the first in a two-step plan to cut taxes for the wealthy and corporations and pay for them later through cuts to critical...