Reinstating Time Limits for Food Assistance Will Hurt Low-Income Kentuckians and Local Economies
Many Kentucky communities still face deep economic challenges eight years into the recovery from the Great Recession, and yet the...
Analysis
Guest Blog: HB 2 Will Take Money Out of Injured Workers’ Pockets
Last week, the Kentucky House passed House Bill (HB 2), legislation that would hurt Kentucky’s workers, their families and their communities. The bill would severely restrict compensation for seriously injured...
What’s In the Senate Pension Bill
The Senate’s pension legislation, introduced as SB 1, includes cutting teachers' cost of living adjustments, moving new employees into a less secure hybrid cash balance plan and requiring an expensive method of...
KEES Bill Could Worsen College Affordability for Low-Income Kentuckians
Our state needs to prioritize making college more affordable for low-income Kentuckians and House Bill 247, which would radically alter the Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship (KEES), falls short of this...
Switching to 401ks Is a Lose-Lose
It’s a bad idea for Kentucky to shut down its pension plans and move new teachers and public employees into less efficient 401k-type defined contribution (DC) plans. State and local...
Gang Bill Unproven and Costly Approach
House Bill 169 proposes to make charges and related sentences much harsher for some crimes committed by individuals identified as gang members. This is an unproven approach to addressing gang...
Kentucky Better Budget Builder
Kentucky has what it takes to restore essential investments our commonwealth -- revenue options to address our eroding General Fund as an alternative to more budget cuts. This interactive tool...
Bill Would Limit Unemployment Insurance Benefits and Cut Them Off Much Sooner
Unemployment Insurance (UI) is a form of income-replacement coverage that keeps workers who lose their jobs out of poverty, boosts the economy in communities that experience downturns and helps to...
Significant Cuts Proposed for PVA Offices Will Harm Property Tax Revenues Statewide
Kentucky’s Property Valuation Administrators (PVAs) told a House Budget Review Subcommittee yesterday that the governor’s budget contains cuts of 23.5 percent to PVAs that would require layoffs of approximately 40...
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 as people earn below a certain annual wage (a little...