Federal Budget and Tax Law Will Worsen Health and Hardship in Kentucky and Provide More Giveaways to the Wealthy
The passage of Congress’s major budget and tax legislation, titled the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), sets up a...
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Kentucky Faces the Nation’s Highest Number of Rural Hospitals at Risk of Closure if Congress Cuts Medicaid
If Congress' plan to cut Medicaid becomes law, Kentucky could lose up to $28 billion of federal funding for the program over the next 10 years, leaving hundreds of thousands...
Kentucky Teacher Pensions Are Getting Smaller
Kentucky has fallen to 42nd among states in teacher salaries, and the average district is paying its teachers 20% less than it was before the Great Recession after adjusting for...
Trouble Looms If Congress Passes the Buck to the Kentucky State Budget
Congress is considering huge cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, energy and higher education in an attempt to pay for just a portion of the enormous cost of tax cuts skewed to...
Program Cuts and Tariff Costs Will Leave Many Kentucky Families Worse Off, Even with Modest Tax Cuts
On Thursday, May 22nd, the House of Representatives passed its major tax and spending legislation, which included last-minute revisions that made it even more favorable for the wealthy. The tax...
What the U.S. House Plan to Cut Medicaid Would Mean for Kentucky
The United States House of Representatives has passed a plan to reduce Medicaid spending by an estimated $21 billion for Kentucky over 10 years (some estimates show even deeper cuts),...
U.S. House Tax Plan Widens Inequality by Extending and Expanding Breaks for the Wealthiest
Last week, leaders in the House released their proposed bill to extend and expand tax breaks that overwhelmingly benefit the wealthiest Americans. These tax breaks are paired with budget cuts...
House Budget Plan Includes Largest Ever Cut to Federal Food Assistance
The House budget plan includes huge cuts to federal food assistance, the largest reduction ever proposed in the history of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The proposed cut requires...
Federal Cuts to Medicaid and SNAP Would Blow Massive Hole in State Budget
Congress is considering huge cuts to vital federal programs like Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in part to make room for more tax cuts for the wealthy....
The Wealthiest Kentuckians Would Be Runaway Winners from Federal Tax Cut Extension
The 2017 federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) provided substantial windfalls to America’s highest earners at the expense of programs vital to the wellbeing and security of everyone else. Now,...