Pell Grant Cuts Would Reduce College Access and Economic Opportunity in Kentucky
The recent U.S. House budget resolution would slash the Pell Grant program by $75 billion over the next decade, cutting...
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Five Things to Keep in Mind as College Students Head Back to School
In colleges across Kentucky, students are beginning their fall semester — some for the first time, some returning to complete a degree. Here are five things about higher education in...
School Funding Challenges Remain as Students Return to Classrooms
The beginning of a new school year is often a time of excitement for kids, parents and educators. But it’s also a time state funding cuts and freezes to K-12...
Ending Cost Sharing Reduction Payments is a Lose-Lose for Kentucky
Since 2014, the federal financial assistance for out-of-pocket health care costs known as Cost Sharing Reductions (CSRs) has been under threat – first from a lawsuit filed by the House...
Too Many Community College Students Are Hungry or Homeless
While community college is typically thought of as an affordable option for earning a degree, a recent report shows this is often not the case. Too many community college students...
Kentuckians Are Concerned About Proposed Changes to Medicaid
Kentucky officials recently asked the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to change certain parts of their original request to alter the commonwealth’s Medicaid program. These changes would move...
How Cuts to Federal Non-Defense Discretionary Funding Would Impact Kentucky
When Congress returns from its August break, the House is expected to vote on their plan for 2018 appropriations that includes cuts to non-defense discretionary (NDD) funding, as well as...
Four Added Concerns About Kentucky’s Fiscal Outlook
The fact Kentucky has a severely underfunded pension system and that Gov. Matt Bevin plans to call a special session on the issue has been widely publicized. So has the...
Continuing General Fund Erosion Is More Evidence of the Need to Clean Up Tax Code
As a share of the economy, Kentucky’s General Fund is worse off today than before the last positive effort to clean up the tax code under the Kentucky Education Reform...
Trump Tax Plan Would Be a Windfall for Only the Wealthiest Kentuckians
The wealthiest Kentuckians would be winners from the $4.8 trillion in federal tax cuts President Donald Trump has proposed, as shown by a new report from the Institute on Taxation...